How do you finish a ridge with shingles?
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Quote from Youtube video: I have applied this cement all around all four edges for this one because it can take wind shear from both sides. So all four sides so I thought I'm gonna make it extra strong and extra durable.
Where do you start shingling on a hip roof?
1. Install the starter course along the eave. Apply the first shingle of the first course in the middle of the hip roof. Install the second shingle to the right of the first shingle.
Are hip and ridge shingles the same?
Ridges: the horizontal lines at the top edge of two sloping roof planes. Hips: the verticle lines from two adjoined sloping roof planes. What these two have in common is that the shingle does not lay flat. The shingle is bent over a ridge and laid on top of all other field shingles.
How do you shingle a hip and valley roof?
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Quote from Youtube video: On both sides at the intersecting roof surfaces bring the first course along the eave up to and over the valley with the last shingle extending a minimum of 12 inches onto the intersecting roof.
How do you finish the end of a ridge cap?
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Quote from Youtube video: Here using your snips cut the ridge cap as shown. Next using your hand seamer fold the left side of the ridge cap downwards 90 degrees.
How do you finish the top row of shingles?
Here’s how to shingle the top edge of your shed roof:
- For the final row, cut shingles into strips.
- Ensure strips are wide enough to cover nails.
- Install your strips.
- Apply sealant over exposed nails on the last strip.
- Use more sealant along the top edges of all shingle strips.
How do you Shingle a ridge on a hip roof?
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Quote from Youtube video: Shingles into pieces. Using the perforation marks as a guide bend each piece over the hipper ridge. And overlap successive pieces to yield a 5 5 8 inch exposure nail on each side of the capping.
How do you install 3 tab shingles on a hip roof?
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Quote from Youtube video: So you always want to start from the bottom. So I've laid this one where I want it. And then you cut on the bottom one you cut the corner. So that it matches the corner of the shingle.
How do you flash a hip roof?
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Quote from Youtube video: Place the first step flashing strip over the end of the starter course shingle and secure. The step flashing to the roof with 2 nails.
How do you start a valley shingling?
Directions for How to Shingle a Valley
Bring enough 18-inch aluminum flashing up to the roof to cover the length of the valley. Line the flashing up with both chalk lines and press it into place down the seam of the valley. Use a rubber roller to press the flashing flush with the valley.
How do you flash a valley for shingles?
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Quote from Youtube video: Additional pieces to overlap by at least six inches remove the temporary nails Center a minimum 24 inch wide minimum 28 gauge prefinished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley.
Do roof valleys need flashing?
Closed valleys aren’t required to have metal flashing, but they should have additional underlayment lining the valley, preferably a couple layers of roll roofing. You can usually see whether this has been done by looking carefully at the bottom edge of the valley.
Should flashing go over or under shingles?
Flashing should overlap the roof-covering material, but on asphalt shingle roofs, for aesthetic reasons, the part of the headwall flashing that extends down over asphalt shingles is often covered with a course of shingle tabs.
How do you divert water from a roof valley?
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Quote from Youtube video: But once the valley water diverter is installed you notice that no more water cascades over the side all water is funneled through the diverter. Into the gutter. And away from the landscaping.
How far should roofing nails penetrate the sheathing?
Roofing jobs need to be done with proper planning to avoid nails coming off or extracting on their own over time. Roofing nails should be 1-1/4 to 2 inches long to ensure that it sufficiently penetrates and embeds in the roof sheathing.
Can I use 1 inch roofing nails?
If you’re using typical architectural shingles and 3/8-inch-thick sheathing, you’ll need 1‐inch nails. If your building codes require thicker sheathing, you’ll need 1 ¼-inch nails. When installing thicker shingles, you may need to use a longer nail in order to penetrate the OSB beneath fully.
Should roofing nails go all the way through plywood?
Nails should never go through the plywood, water does go under the shingles and rust the nail thus making it thinner, more water to go through, the correct nail length should be the sum of the shingle thickness plus the underlying materials minus 1/4 inch…it is strange that protruding nails are thought to be normal!
Should roofing nails protrude through eaves?
Any roofer, salesman or roofing contractor should know that exposed overhangs should not have nails sticking through them and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to determine if they will come through.
How do you hide roofing nails?
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Quote from Youtube video: All you have to do is basically screw this on and it basically creates a little channel in the cork. Without pushing too much counter pressure to pop out the nail.
Should roofing nails be visible in the attic?
Yes, and there are two types of nails that are normal to see in an attic: 1) The ring-shank nails used to secure asphalt shingles to the plywood or OSB roof sheathing typically penetrate into the attic 1/4” or more.
