How To Put Shingles On A Roof Ridge

Use roofing cement to attach the leading edge of this ridge cap piece to the shingles below.

How to put shingles on a roof ridge.

Attach the other side of the vent to the opposite side of the ridge to fully secure the vent. Box knife or utility knife. Since ridge cap shingles have to be formed over the ridge the shingles. Install asphalt shingle caps over the vent using the nails recommended by the manufacturer.

Line up the edges with the chalk line and secure with 2 roof nails right above the adhesive line on the shingle tab. This is an area of the roof which requires extra care and skill. Continue along the ridge of the roof until you have all of the shingles secured. Use sticky back ice and water shield as underlayment where ice dams or leaf and twig dams are likely to build up and at.

Start on the end of the ridge opposite to the prevailing winds. Nail metal flashing called drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof deck near the gutters. Hand cut ridge line shingles or store bought ridge shingles. Start at one of the eaves of the ridge and wrap a shingle around the ridge of the roof.

Roof installation trick for ridge cap. Use store bought hip ridge shingles or make your own. Chalk lines should be used to help ensure clean straight professional looking shingle ridge cap installation. You can either use special shingles called ridge shingles or cut a number of regular shingles into 3 tabbed equal pieces and bend each so they fit snugly on the roof peak and nail them into place.

Some extra tips for installing ridge shingles on a shed or playhouse. Place the shingle over ridge vent along the reference line and nail the ridge vent to the decking along that side as directed by the manufacturer. The shingle should be in the center of the ridge. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles.

You can cut 1 regular 3 tab shingle into 3 ridge shingles. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. Ensure the shingles aren t too cold. You ll need longer nails for this part as you re driving through more layers of shingles.

Integrity roofing and painting llc video demonstrates how to get an added layer of protection on the ridge. Plastic cap roofing nails. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Align the first ridge cap piece with the end of the shingles and the chalk line.

Bring the ridge edges together with a ridge capping layer.