Installing Tar Paper On Hip Roof

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Installing tar paper on hip roof.

Setting the roll and then nailing off. Adjust the felt as you roll it making sure that it s straight with no bubbling. Install the drip edge on the gable ends of the roof after you finish installing your underlayment. Begin at the bottom edges of the roof and go up.

Drip edges on the eaves any valley liners and all flashing should be installed before the tar paper is laid. After this lines should be snapped every 34 as you move up the roof. Have a helper ready to assist with this step and take care to get the lines straight and clean. Staple it to the plywood with a staple gun placing the staples at 6 to 8 inch intervals along the edges and in the middle of the paper.

Never install the felt vertically across your roof. Before applying roofing you ll need to cover the sheathing with roofing felt also often called tar paper most local codes call for using 30 pound felt. How to lay roofing felt on a hip roof. Take a close look at how i paper the 30 in the center of the valley.

Measure the size of your roof in square feet. How to install roofing tar paper. Lay the next strip. Starting a roof with tarpaper felt.

This is how i paper my vallies. Some roofers prefer to attach felt underlayment with 1 inch roofing nails or special nails with plastic washers but most codes allow staples which are easier to drive. Use a ladder to reach the bottom level of the roof. Position the first row of roofing felt flush on the bottom with the edge of the gutter apron.

Chalk lines should be snapped 33 5 8 above the eave line. Multiply the width by the height for the. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size.

Start at the bottom of one side of the roof at the right or left edge. Nail it every couple of feet. Roofing felt comes in rolls that feature pre marked lines 2 to 3. Start at the bottom side of the gable and overlap the sections of drip edge a few inches as you work your way up the roof see figure a.

How to install roofing tar paper step 1. Then i run a r. Begin your first row of tar paper with the bottom of the tar paper. Unroll the paper on the roof and cut it to the correct length with a utility knife.

Lay the first course of tar paper lengthwise on the roof so one edge is covering the drip edge nailed to the roof. Lay the first strip of tar paper side to side with its bottom. For hip type shed roofs which include slopes on all 4 sides begin at the square hip at the top of the roof.