How To Felt A House Roof

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.

How to felt a house roof.

Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. Step 1 with a dunster house log cabin it is best to lay a plastic waterproof membrane not supplied over the roof which is then to be secured down with a staple gun in intervals of around 20mm. Make sure it stays flat.

Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. How to remove felt from a summer house roof. Next find the center of the roof at the top and the eave then snap a vertical chalk line.

It is important to point out that you are rolling the felt lengthwise and not up and down when you install roof felt. Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof. As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

Before you put your new felt on the old stuff needs to come off. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof. Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.

Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer. The felt keeps the roof deck dry before shingles go on protects against wind driven rain as shingles fail and increases fire resistance. The summer house in the picture was 3 5m x 3 5m following the above steps i found that i needed 5 strips of felt in total to recover the roof. You will need to begin at the very bottom of one side of the roof.

Divide the area of your roof by the area of the felt rolls you plan to use and allow an approximate 10 extra for waste.