How To Install Roof Shingles And Flashing

It may seem as if a single piece of flashing would offer more protection than many pieces of step flashing.

How to install roof shingles and flashing.

But it doesn t work that way. How to apply roof ventilation on shingles roof. Next remove old shingles and flashing. Flashing can be purchased in pre formed styles to help you install it more easily and these include.

This movie shows you how to install step flashing on a roof with iko roof shingles. Use caution so you don t damage any windows or siding in the process. Continuous flashing against a sidewall is one way to install a roof but it s not the correct way. Install your underlayment completely and your shingles up to where the wall begins so that the first piece of flashing or the corner flashing will rest on a shingle.

Once even a small section of roofing cement fails you ll have a leak. The 250 mm 10 length is bent in half so that 125 mm 5 will reach up the wall surface and the other 125 mm 5 will extend onto the. To install asphalt shingles start by installing underlayment and new flashing on the roof. Using your hammer pry up the nails.

Bring a trash can up on the roof so you have a place to throw old shingles and flashing. Remove the metal flashing. To make corner flashing take your tin snips and cut a 45 degree line from an outside corner to the center fold. Align the step flashing with the leading edge of the starter course and nail it in place using one nail in the upper corner.

Then begin nailing the shingles to the roof working in rows and starting at the edge of the roof. Begin by removing the shingles using a roofing shovel. Lifting the shingles around the vent if you ve already laid them or they re already part of an existing roof slide the upper portion of your vent flashing. Step flashing built to protect joints between roofs chimneys and other objects like skylights this flashing steps up above the shingles and attaches to the object providing comprehensive water protection.

Install the step flashing. Vent pipe flashing as the name implies this flashing is usually. Once you ve done that cut your shingles to size if they re not already.