How To Staple Roofing Felt

Starting at the bottom of your roof unroll a few feet of felt lengthwise.

How to staple roofing felt.

Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof. Apply drip edge to the eave. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper.

The staples held better than the nails. Use a construction stapler or a hammer. Sadly time has shown me differently. If you can find a roof with staples here because of code it is easy to identify them because so many have worked up.

Place the replacement felt over the exposed area of the roof and secure using the arrow htx50 professional hammer tacker and 1 2 t50 staples. I was on a shake roof and could see staples worked up over an inch. How to do it. Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads.

Hang the lower edge of the felt over the eave the part of the roof that meets or overhangs the shed s walls by about 0 5. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Start by stapling a row in the middle of the new roofing felt section. If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector.

Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. Begin by using your staple gun to staple down the first part of your felt to the corner of your roof.

Its way better to work with and will last longer. Smooth out wrinkles as you progress to eliminate spots that could trap moisture and cause problems in the future. Apply and attach drip edge. Adjust the felt as you roll it making sure that it s straight with no bubbling.

Put fasteners at least every 8 inches. If you are only tacking down the felt for while you roof the building then 3 8 tack hammer staples are more then enough. Unroll your felt and secure it to your roof with a staple every 8 inches. Cut drip edge flashing at an angle at the corner press it lightly against the eave end.

The tiny diameter of staple legs mean less hold with time.