Starting Roof Shingles

Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only.

Starting roof shingles.

Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Starter shingles are the initial shingle products installed on the roof just before the first course of the finish shingles which will comprise the visible parts of the roof. To begin installing the first shingles on your roof cut off the three tabs on the shingle. If possible have the shingles delivered via a boom directly onto the roof.

Both step shingling and racking will yield a watertight roof. Consider four and five. Snap horizontal chalklines to help you keep the courses straight. After completing a column the roofer can go back down to the eave edge of the roof and start laying the next column of shingles.

Gaf pro start 120 lin ft black starter roof shingles. You ll get the most life out of your shingles and your roof by laying them in a smart. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. Following the manufacturer s directions.

Install a starter strip. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Gaf pro start 120 lin. Pattern curling and shadowing color blending.

For pricing and availability. Owens corning starter strip shingle 105 lin ft black starter roof shingles. Get free shipping on qualified architectural shingle starter shingle roof shingles or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. All the other patterns work in essentially the same way offsetting.

Using alternate patterns 1. Understand the basic patterns. Eave and rake roofing starter strip shingles model 1126000 39 97 bundle 39 97. First snap a line for the top of the.

How to do it prep work space. Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap. Since the starter shingles will be covered by the roof shingles it doesn t matter what color they are except in special situations see below. This should leave you with about 1 2 of the shingle left.

Stagger each course to achieve the half pattern.