Shingle Peak Of Roof

Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.

Shingle peak of roof.

As water runs down the roof surface it flows over each shingle till it reaches the eaves where it drips over the edge into your gutters or falls straight to the ground. Set the first shingle of the second row back a half tab 6 inches 17 centimeters from the edge of first shingle on the first row and so that the bottom of its tabs just touches the tops of the cutout slots on the shingle below. Asphalt shingle hacks and installation tips. If your shingles are standard three tab shingles the caps are made by cutting one shingle into three separate parts.

Roof cap shingles overlap one another at the peak of a roof or along a hip where two slanting roofs meet on an outside corner of a house. Hammer a roofing nail on each side of the shingle five inches from the bottom edges and one inch from the side edge. Place the first shingle end flush to the edge of the roof. Lay the last ridge cap shingle in the center of the shed roof on top of the exposed adhesive portions of the two center ridge cap shingles.

Your last shingle is an exposed shingle. The cap shingles for most roofs measure 12 inches by 12 inches. Lay the second row of shingles. Cut and bend a shingle to conform to the shape of the peak of the roof.

Install the next shingle approximately 2 3 past the seal strip of the first shingle. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. Preparing the peak capping a roof is the last thing done during a roofing project. Overlap the shingles to cover the nails on the side edges and use roofing cement to cover the nail heads on the shingle at the end of the roof.

This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more. The shingles at the peak of your roof are commonly called cap shingles. Secure the last ridge cap shingle with four nails at the corners of the shingle and cover the nail heads with roofing cement. Keep this up until you reach the other end of the peak.

Roof shingles are installed in such a fashion that each seam or joint is overlapped by a shingle further up the roof. It s important to realize the amount of shingle exposed to the weather is only 5 inches. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster.