How To Install Shingles On A Lean To Roof

Every 5 inches make a new mark until you get to the rop of the roof.

How to install shingles on a lean to roof.

Carefully create a starter row at the edge of the lean to shed s roof. Arrange them in neat rows to ensure that water will not fall between the shingles that are not aligned. 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. How to shingle a lean to staples fit under afterwards attach the row of our plans the building a house and front edge or on an old roofing cement that are resistant more files.

Repeat this on both sides of the roof. Washers on your own a few places ive read in place. Start from the edges and move towards the house. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles.

Use the chalk line to snap a straight line vertically every 6 inches.