Asphalt Shingle Roof Installation Instructions

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Asphalt shingle roof installation instructions.

Start by laying asphalt felt or other underlayment over the roof. Use six nails and four spots of asphalt roofing cement for every full shingle for every full shingle as shown below. Step one in any roofing project is always safety first. Use sticky back ice and water shield as underlayment where ice dams or leaf and twig dams are likely to build up and at.

Briarwood installation 42 571 28kb pdf. Install new flashing metal. Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof. Castlebrook installation 42 586 96kb pdf.

Briarwood installation 42 spanish 761 06kb pdf. Of the shingle tabs where the bottom edge of the tab meets the top of the cutout. Asphalt roofing shingles simply rely on the force of. Use four roofing nails per shingle as indicated on package instructions six nails in high wind areas.

Asphalt roofing cement should meet astm d 4586 type ii. How to install asphalt shingles 1. Nail the roofing strips parallel to the roof edge set in 1 and 8 from the roof edge with nails spaced 4 o c. Prepare roof edges cant strips.

This article discusses best roofing practices for the installation of asphalt roof shingles including installation temperature shingle sealing methods shingle course offsets asphalt shingle nailing location and specifications low slope and steep slope limits for asphalt shingles and roof flashing at building eaves and around skylights. Prep the roof by installing underlayment drip edge and valley flashing as needed. With respect to shingle application roof slopes from 2 12 to less than 4 12 18 5 are called low slope roofs while roof slopes of 4 12 or greater are called normal or standard slopes. Once this course is laid you can begin snapping horizontal chalk lines up the roof to ensure straight rows.

Before you begin make sure you re comfortable measuring laying out a job driving nails and cutting with a knife. If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector. Roof shingle installation instructions. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches.

Nail metal flashing called drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof deck near the gutters. Briarwood 42 quick start guide 2 66mb pdf. Make sure to expose 5 in. Start to finish 2 days.

Understand the physics of how a sloped shingle roof works. With one or two helpers you ll be able to shingle a 1 500 square foot roof in about two days. Tear off the old shingles.