How To Shingle A Porch Roof

While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.

How to shingle a porch roof.

See products and services from this episode. The only major difference is that a porch is much smaller so the job is a lot easier and quicker to do. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr. Secure each shingle with four nails.

Most flashing is 8 inches wide. With a porch there are not so many essential structural elements that need to be taken into consideration. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof. Adding shingles to a porch roof is no different than adding shingles to a roof of a home or any other building.

4 inches should go up the house wall and 4 inches should go on top of the porch roof shingles. Integrate shingles on new porch roof with existing shingles on home one of our readers is interested in knowing how to integrate shingles on a new porch roof with the existing shingles on their home. Continue laying your shingles horizontally up the roof. Step 6 make a 10 degree bend on the shingle edge of the flashing approximately 1 2 inch from the edge.

Waviness in the metal can develop after cutting and this bend helps keep the flashing straight while you are. If you hit a stack vent or chimney interlace the shingles with the flashing to allow water to run down the roof. Center each ridge cap shingle over the ridge and attach with two nails. When you reach the peak either bring the ridge edges together with a ridge capping layer or cut regular shingles into 3 tabbed equal pieces and bend them so they fit on the.

A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. I am replacing a deck with a covered porch. By margaret of lotus ca question. Dave gives her some advice to help her with this project.

Frame your porch roof by continually adding rafters until it extends one foot past your porch walls or support columns. Trim the shingles at the ridge and ends of 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. Cut 12x12 inch ridge cap shingles from standard roof shingles.