How To Start Shingling Your Roof

Step one in any roofing project is always safety first.

How to start shingling your roof. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Iko recommends that roofing work be done by qualified professionals who know the best way to shingle a roof and have been fully trained in all aspects of roof construction safety. You want to lay the shingles from the bottom to the top of the valley. Move to the other section of the roof then start laying shingles just like you did on the other section of roof.

Working at heights on a roof presents fall hazard risks and other safety concerns. Using your chalk line snap a line down the center of the valley. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across the roof. The next one goes on the low side.

Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes. Here are the basic steps to shingle a roof. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Start by overlapping a starter from both sides of the valley at the bottom.

Not only that the shingles can be piled just to the side of the column being laid. Build your shingles up to the highest part of the valley at the ridge. 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. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr.

Weave and cut the valley on the highest side of the roof. The felt keeps the roof deck dry before shingles go on protects against wind driven rain as shingles fail and increases fire resistance. Both step shingling and racking will yield a watertight roof. Then your first shingle goes on the side you are going to cut.

A continuous bead of asphalt could trap condensation or windblown water under the roofing at some point. Next find the center of the roof at the top and the eave then snap a vertical chalk line. This saves a lot of time moving shingle bundles and a lot of back strain.