How To Nail Roofing Felt

Remove old felt from the roof with your hands and a putty knife.

How to nail roofing felt.

Clean the roof decking of any debris protruding nails or other objects. Install drip edge flashings roofing felt and wsu if needed. Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. You will need 1 10 gallon of lap not mastic cement for every roll and 2 pounds of roofing nails for every square.

Dry the roof surface. Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof. For the lower portion of the roof especially the part that overhangs the eaves and is susceptible to ice dams it is a good idea to apply self stick waterproof shingle underlayment wsu also called ice guard. Nail the drip edge in place.

Grab loose pieces of felt and pull them off the roof. How to do it. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. Use a construction stapler or a hammer.

If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector. The roofing felt should be applied in layers that overlap. Some roofers prefer to attach felt underlayment with 1 inch roofing nails or special nails with plastic washers but most codes allow staples which are easier to drive. Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads.

Put fasteners at least every 8 inches. In roofing one square equals 100 square feet. Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches. Use 1 inch nails for new roofing.

Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. Cleaning and preparing your roof 1. An underlayment of felt roofing is optional. Start at the bottom of the roofline and work up so any water that gets through the roofing material will shed down the tar paper and will not go under it.

They are long enough to penetrate the sheathing. As you work the paper can be tacked down in the center so it won t blow away.