Asphalt Shingle Roof Installation Instructions

This article discusses best roofing practices for the installation of asphalt roof shingles including installation temperature shingle sealing methods shingle course offsets asphalt shingle nailing location and specifications low slope and steep slope limits for asphalt shingles and roof flashing at building eaves and around skylights.

Asphalt shingle roof installation instructions.

Castlebrook installation 42 586 96kb pdf. Of the shingle tabs where the bottom edge of the tab meets the top of the cutout. Before you begin make sure you re comfortable measuring laying out a job driving nails and cutting with a knife. Briarwood installation 42 571 28kb pdf.

Briarwood 42 quick start guide 2 66mb pdf. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. Use six nails and four spots of asphalt roofing cement for every full shingle for every full shingle as shown below. Step one in any roofing project is always safety first.

Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof. Install new flashing metal. Briarwood installation 42 spanish 761 06kb pdf. With one or two helpers you ll be able to shingle a 1 500 square foot roof in about two days.

Start to finish 2 days. Working at heights on a roof presents fall hazard risks and. Asphalt roofing cement should meet astm d 4586 type ii. Asphalt roofing shingles simply rely on the force of.

Make sure to expose 5 in. Roof shingle installation instructions. Nail metal flashing called drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof deck near the gutters. Prep the roof by installing underlayment drip edge and valley flashing as needed.

Start by laying asphalt felt or other underlayment over the roof. Apply 1 spots of asphalt roofing cement under each corner and at about 12 to 13 in from each edge. Tear off the old shingles. Use sticky back ice and water shield as underlayment where ice dams or leaf and twig dams are likely to build up and at.

With respect to shingle application roof slopes from 2 12 to less than 4 12 18 5 are called low slope roofs while roof slopes of 4 12 or greater are called normal or standard slopes. Install drip edge and install 9 cant strips of roll roofing material along the rake and eaves edges gable ends and lower roof edge such that the roofing strip overhangs the roof deck by 1 4 to 3 8. Understand the physics of how a sloped shingle roof works. If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector.

How to install asphalt shingles 1. Asphalt shingles are an effective roof covering material for sloped roofs that can be successfully used on slopes as low as 2 12. Prepare roof edges cant strips.