How To Take Off Old Roof

Make the pile on a flat area away from flowers and shrubs.

How to take off old roof.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Call for free estimates from roofing pros now. The nails in the shingle should come up with the shingle when you pry it off. Remove the old shingles with tear off shovels.

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Besides being tripping hazards they can work through and damage the new shingles. Leaks form and the materials erode into something that is better. Place a pitchfork flat garden shovel or shingle scraper under the shingle.

Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. If you couldn t get the trash container close to the house throw the shingles onto a tarp on the ground. What to do if the old roof is not straight if the existing roof has wavy horizontal lines you can take out the waves by snapping a horizontal line 1 2 inch below the shingle bottoms of one course.

How to remove old flat roofing. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners. It doesn t matter where you start or stop.

Install a course along the snapped line then install succeeding courses using a guide or a snapped line. If you re going to add a roof on top of an old one it s a good idea to remove any loose shingles and apply a new layer of 30 pound roofing felt before laying the new shingles. Contractors have a tool that makes it easy to pick these up a giant magnet on wheels that they pass over the yard to grab the dropped fasteners so they don t cause any flat tires or injuries. As the old roofing material piles up at the roof jacks carry it to the edge of the roof and toss it into the trash container below.

Find a pre screened local roofing contractor. Remove all of the shingles on the roof. Pry the shingle from the roof.