Fitting Roofing Felt To A Shed

The process of felting a shed roof step 1.

Fitting roofing felt to a shed.

Use a hammer to remove the nails holding down the old felt roofroofing then strip the old felt. Since you will have overlap. Fitting shed felt is very easy once the old felt is removed and the roof is clean of residual nails splinters and bits of old felt. Then in part two we fit the new shed roof.

Unroll the paper about five feet along the edge of the roof. Includes useful advice on the best materials to use together with information. Step 1 remove facial boards. Buy the roof felt.

Carefully remove any existing timber fascia boards applied to the front back and sides of your shed. Clean and prepare the. Move the ladder down the side of the shed. 1 for each side of the roof as well as a third section that will overlap the 2 side panels by about 30cm on each side and run along the top ridge of the shed.

Unroll your felt onto a flat surface. In these two videos i will show you how to strip off the old roof covering not only for standard nailed felt roofs but also those roofs stuck with adhesive hot flame or bitumen. A conventional roll of felt is enough for 432 square feet. You ll need enough felt to cover the entire area of the roof with a little extra on each edge around 5cm to allow for overlaps at the eaves and at the gable ends approximately 7 5cm.

For most sheds you ll need to cut 3 pieces of felt. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact. Begin installing the roofing felt at the edge of the eave. Cut the felt to size using a hooked blade knife.

Step 2 strip the old felt. Mark the same at the other end of the roll. Lightly scratch a vertical line on the surface with the rear of the blade to mark the length of your shed plus the front and rear overlaps.