Images Of How To Put Ahingles Oor Chimney Roof Corners

Begin laying your shingle at the lowest point of the rise of the roof where the roof s surface meets the chimney stack.

Images of how to put ahingles oor chimney roof corners.

If the roof shingles and all accessory roof components are arranged and overlapped with this in mind the roof should successfully shed water. Place a second piece of 8 inch 20 3 cm flashing against the chimney. If you hit a stack vent or chimney interlace the shingles with the flashing to allow water to run down the roof. Nail the drip edge in place using your hammer and roofing nails.

When you reach the peak either bring the ridge edges together with a ridge capping layer or cut regular shingles into 3 tabbed equal pieces and bend them so they fit on the roof peak. Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps. If you bend nice crisp corners and nail carefully you ll only leave a tiny hole to caulk at the corner photo 3. Remember to place the flashing under the weather barrier on the dormer.

A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more. Always install flashing around a chimney and other valleys where two roof planes meet as these areas are more prone to leaks if not protected. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster.

Understand the physics of how a sloped shingle roof works. Place the step flashing over the caulk and onto the chimney. Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. Hammer 2 roofing nails into the flashing and roof.

Work up each side and finally install shingles across the top of the chimney. A do it yourself video detailing step by step how to flash a chimney with our metal roofing chimney kit. If you re flashing a masonry chimney nail the flashing to the roof as far up the flashing as possible. Use a hammer and roofing nails to secure the shingles.

Secure a shingle over the corner flashing using a hammer and roofing nail. Step 2 install shingles.