How To Install Asphalt Roll Roofing Video

Many building supplies stores throughout the Delaware Valley sell roll roofing. The fabric is similar in composition to asphalt shingles but thinner. Many homeowners with practise-information technology-yourself experience can quickly acquire how to install roll roofing. It is advisable for low-pitch roofs, like those on sheds, gazebos, or three-seasons rooms. To avoid working with stiff and brittle material, we advise you choose a day for your projection when it is at least 50 degrees.

Tools and Materials

Ladder
Push broom
Roof baste edge
Roofing cement
Hammer
Record measure
Utility knife
Covering nails
Chalk line
Roll covering

How to Install Roll Roofing Instructions

Measure the length and width of the roof surface. Multiply the numbers to make up one's mind how many rolls of roofing to buy. Increment the number by five% to 10% to account for pieces that need to be trimmed.
Unroll the roofing cloth on the ground to relax some of the roll out of it.
Thoroughly clean clay from the roof with a broom. If any nails are sticking up from the roof sheathing, bulldoze them down with a hammer.
Use roofing cement to attach the roof drip edge to bottom edge of roof deck.
Measure 35 inches upward from the bottom edge. Mark it with a chalk line to create a straight line parallel to the drip border.
Cutting whorl roofing with utility knife into sections that fit the roof.
Position the first piece forth the chalk line. The other edge of the roll should line upwards with the outer border of the drip edge.
Drive covering nails along the bottom border and along the sides. Place nails 1 inch from the edges and 6 inches apart.
Mark some other chalk line 34 inches up from the acme border of the first row of ringlet covering.
Put down roof cement in a band 2 inches wide forth the top border of the first row.
Position the second row of roll roofing along the chalk line and overlap the covering cement.
Nail the bottom border of the 2nd row the same way as before.
Repeat the process until the roof is complete.
Seal the terminal elevation edge with roofing cement.

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Although many homeowners understand how to install roll roofing, the material is only appropriate in limited situations. For a professional evaluation of roofing needs, consult PJ Fitzpatrick. We've satisfied thousands of property owners since 1980.