How To Shingle Roof A Shed

Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.

How to shingle roof a shed.

Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Sheds are important storage areas that have to be able to protect your possessions from the weather this is impossible however without a well shingled roof as water will just drip through and potentially damage everything inside shingling your shed roof is fairly simple and straight forward fortunately and if done correctly it won t need a replacement for some time. Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper. Shed roof shingle types 3 tab roof shingles.

Shingling a shed and want some tips. I do this on my shed but these basic principals can be applied to your house as well. Shingles keep water out in layers. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm.

Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge. Watch and see how easy it is. In this video i show you the basics of roofing.

Like composite or synthetic it is manufactured to resemble cedar slate or asphalt shingles. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles. Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it.