How To Replace Roofing Felt On A Shed

This will give you extra felt to hang over.

How to replace roofing felt on a shed.

Previous step next step. Remove the old felt. Tidy up the overhanging felt. Have a good look at the exposed timber especially where there were holes in the felt and make sure.

The real beauty of installing a professional quality roofing felt to a shed roof is the utter lack of specialist tools required unlike other high performance roof coverings. How to felt a shed roof. If you re happy with the positioning nail it down tidily remember to fold the corners around neatly. Buy the roof felt.

Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area. Replacing shed roof felt removing the old felt and nails. Roll out the first layer of felt. The first thing you need to do is remove the old worn felt from the roof.

Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in. Clean and prepare the roof. If you keep having to patch your roofing felt on the shed then you might need to start thinking about covering up your felt altogether. Laying the new felt ridged.

Measure the roof of your shed. A hammer a craft knife preferably with a hooked blade but not essential an old 2 brush and a flat pry bar as seen in my roofing tools section will help. Unroll the felt a bit at a time working from left to right making sure the felt is flush with the edge of the roof. Remove any existing timber fascia boards.

Once measured and cut line the first piece of felt up so that it over hangs the edge of the roof on three sides by enough to cover the side pieces of the roof. Cutting your felt pieces. Tack the felt in place with just a few widely spaced clouts. Other roofing felt leaks.

Apply the felt to the roof. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact dimensions of your roof. Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface.