House Roofing Procedure

A plastic and rubber flange is used to seal around penetrations such as plumbing vents.

House roofing procedure.

This is very important because only when you have a solid base for your roofing structure your shingles will stay intact. Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar. Every roofing replacement project begins with a thorough inspection of the wood decking. Any soft wet or rotted wood needs to be replaced to create a solid base for your roofing structure.

For roofing felt synthetic roofs such as epdm tpo and pvc and metal roofs you will need nails to fasten them to your roofs. Cut the shingles to fit around the flange s dome. Begin this layer at the bottom of the roof and add it in horizontal rows with a slight overlap to prevent. Space them by 6 inches.

Complete weathering in your roof with the asphalt roofing paper. Use tin caps approximately 2 inch 5 cm round metal discs under roofing nails to keep felt from tearing and blowing away if there might be wind before shingles are put on. Nail it every couple of feet. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size.

Start at the bottom side of the gable and overlap the sections of drip edge a few inches as you work your way up the roof see figure a. In the same manner you did with the drip mold mark the areas you need to nail with chalk lines. Roll out a single layer of roofing felt or tar paper which serves as a moisture barrier.