How To Shingle A Roof Ridge With Architectural Shingles

3 tab shingles are the most common type of shingle.

How to shingle a roof ridge with architectural shingles.

Having a line in installing new architectural roof shingles will make your work easier and faster. Three tab shingles are easy to cut into strips to create a ridge cap but now roofers and homeowners largely prefer laminated shingles. Architectural shingles are another option and are installed the same way as 3 tab shingles but give your roof more of a 3 d effect due to their varied shapes. In architectural shingles you need to use longer nails to get through the thicker portion of the shingle.

That wasn t ideal for making my own ridge shingles in the recommended. I used architectural shingles on this roof. They are typically 36 inches long in total. Measure your roof so you can be sure you buy the right amount of shingles.

That means the lower visible part of the shingle has 2 layers. The process to install ridge cap shingles has changed because roofing market trends have favored a new type of shingle. Roofers break roofs into squares when measuring for shingles. Rob davidson vice president of residential sales for iko canada explains why.

Architectural roof shingles and tabbed shingles are both roof shingles but when it comes to nails they are different. Architectural shingles aren t great for making your own hip and ridge shingles. Foundational aspects of ridge cap installation are covered in this how to install ridge cap video. They sell separate ridge shingles to match your architectural shingles.