How To Tar Paper A Shed Roof

How to install felt paper.

How to tar paper a shed roof.

Unroll the paper on the roof and cut it to the correct length with a utility knife. Rubber coat 57 roof tar. If you are using drip edge highly recommended you will want to install it on your eaves. Begin your first row of tar paper with the bottom of the tar paper slightly hanging over the edge of the roof.

Staple it to the plywood with a staple gun placing the staples at 6 to 8 inch intervals along the edges and in the middle of the paper. Make sure your roof deck is clean and free of debris. Cut it to fit your roof if. Lay the first course of tar paper lengthwise on the roof so one edge is covering the drip edge nailed to the roof.

Tack it to roof using a hammer stapler or an electric staple gun. Roll out the first section of tar paper over the ice and water shield. Lay the first strip of tar paper side to side with its bottom edge along the edge of the roof. Step 2 begin at the bottom edges of the roof and go up.

Starting from the bottom of your roof roll the paper out going from edge to edge leaving 1 2 overlap past the edges and. Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in. Cutting your felt pieces. Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area.

Step 5 overlap the next strip of tar paper over the first one by 5 inches and staple in place. Measure your roof s surface in square feet and purchase enough tar paper to cover the entire surface twice. This video quickly goes over how to properly tar paper a roof. This will give you extra felt to hang over.

Roll out the tar paper along the bottom edge of the roof. Cut lengths of shed roof felt to match the long side of the roof be sure to add 2 to 3 inches to the length at each end.