How To Shingle A Slanted Shed Roof

Later on we ll investigate the finer points of applying shingles to the top row of a lean to type shed.

How to shingle a slanted shed roof.

Put down your first sheet of plywood at the corner of one end of the roof. Cover your rafter trusses with plywood sheathing. Shed roofs come in all shapes and sizes but we are looking specifically at two types. Slant roof style is also known as a skillion shed or lean to it is a single sloping roof and can be thought of as half of a pitched 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. Once you have done this align the bottom edge of each shingle with the bottom edge of the starter roll. Measure up the width of a full shingle from the drip edge and make a mark at each end of the roof. It must be clearly equals to thirty five degrees.

Drive a nail into each corner of the plywood to hold it in place temporarily. Slate metal tiles shingle and others. Each item has a feature as well as the slanted roof angle. Nail the shingle in place with four nails so the shingle overlaps the drip cap on the end and bottom of the roof by 1 2 to 3 4 inch.

When you find the center of the bottom edge of the shed roof you can place a shingle on each side of the central point. Single slope and lean to. The coating material for a slanted shed roof can be varied. At the same time the folded roof may vary in the slant from eighteen degrees.

Nail the shingles in place. Continue nailing cut shingles along the bottom row to create a solid strip of shingles at the bottom of the roof. Make sure it s lying horizontally across the exposed rafters and that the edges are flush with the edges of the end rafters.