How To Shingle A Garden Shed Roof

When it comes to roofing for your shed green is more than just a color it is an environmentally sound way of putting the finishing touches on your garden shed project.

How to shingle a garden shed roof.

Drag it gently from one end of the roof to the other east to west or west to east. Shingling a wooden storage shed roof is important for a great looking and long lasting shed. Wooden cedar shingles require about 1kg 1400 nails of 31mm x 1 8mm silicone bronze annular ring nails for 6 bundles of shingles. If your shed roof is flat or has a pitch of 18 degrees or less consider building a green roof on it.

I do this on my shed but these basic principals can be applied to your house as well. Attach the starter strip. Secure each shingle at the top using three 1 in 2 5 cm roofing nails. Cover the roof with roofing felt.

Bitumen shingles require galvanised nails with a minimum 10mm head to secure them. Lay the entire first row one at a time nailing each down with one inch roofing nails. Install the drip edge over the gable end felt and under the eaves felt. Place one nail at each corner a little way in from the edges and then one if not two in the middle.

How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles. Make sure the top and bottom of each row overlap by 2 inches 5 1 cm. Cut the tabs off a shingle. Nail the shingle in place with four nails so the shingle overlaps the drip cap on the end and bottom of the roof by 1 2 to 3 4 inch.

For this project you will need. Installing a shingle shed roof is very simple and requires little diy know how. In this video i show you the basics of roofing. Use a chalk line or straightedge and framing square to ensure that your rows remain neat and orderly all the way across your roof.

Step 2 position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches. Roofing felt drip edge shingle. Begin shingling at the bottom edge of the roof starting at one end. Continue nailing cut shingles along the bottom row to create a solid strip of shingles at the bottom of the roof.

Apply waterproof paint or primer to promote felt attachment. Roll out and staple down roofing felt in overlapping rows. Shed build time lapse.