Tools and Parts List

Utility Knife

Tool belt

Hammer

Nails

Staple gun

Staples

Level

Chalkline

Tape Measure

Ladders and scaffolds

Parts List

Tar Paper

Shingles

General Installation Information

1. The first step is laying felt paper over the entire roof section that you are going to shingle. 2. The felt layer is intended to be a water barrier but it is fragile. Be careful not to puncture or tear it. 3. Be careful when you cut felt paper not to cut into the felt layers already stapled to the roof. 4. Be careful not to puncture the felt paper with the stapler when you are stapling. 5. The shingle packages have instructions for cutting and laying shingles that may differ in some details from this Reference Guide. 6. Shingles are staggered so that the joint between two shingles is covered by shingles in the next two rows above. 7. Shingles are overlapped so that the bottom edge of one row just covers the top of the shingle on the row below. 8. If you snap a chalk line about every 4 feet from the bottom of the roof it will serve as a guide for laying the rows of shingles straight. 9. When laying shingles it is important that the nails that hold the shingles do not show and that the nail head does not go through the shingles. 10. It is often easiest to put the bundles of shingles on the felt paper near the top of the roof before you start shingling. 11. Use roof jacks to place a board as a safety barrier along the lower edge of the roof after you have laid a few rows.

Laying Felt Paper

A typical roof with some important features is shown in plan view below

Starting 1. You should always start from a lower corner of the roof (e.g. where B and C meet). 2. Square the end of the roll with the lower edge of the roof and with the corner if the roof is square. 3. Fasten felt paper to roof with staple gun. 4. Staple the felt paper every 8" on the bottom and side edges. 5. Staple every 2.5 feet across the width of the paper. 6. Dont staple the top edge. This will be stapled when the next roll is put on.

7. Continue to staple the roll until either it is used up or you come to an obstruction (valley F or hip G) or the opposite edge of the roof.

8. When you come to the opposite edge of the roof, staple the felt paper on the edges and cut the paper at the roofline. 9. When a roll is used up overlap the end 3-4" with the new roll Overlapping Rows of Felt Paper 1. Overlap the bottom edge of felt 3" past the top edge of the last piece you laid down. (remember you did not staple this edge)

2. 3. 4. 5.

Staple the felt every 8" at the edge of the roofline. Staple the felt every 8" at bottom edge of paper. Staple the width of the roll up the roof every 2 1/2 feet. Continue until you hit an obstruction, the felt is used up, or you get to the opposite edge of the roof. (look to previous sections for instructions)

Obstructions Valley (Line F) 1. When you come to a valley, roll the felt about 18-20" past the valley then cut the paper. 2. Staple the bottom edge down starting 4" from the valley

. 3. Staple the side edge (width) of the paper every 8 4. After these steps go back to step 1 of the Starting section and begin from the other bottom corner of the roof. 5. Once you reach the valley continue through the valley and follow the valley instructions starting with step 1. Hip (lines C and G) 1. Roll the paper over the hip by about 18-20" then cut the paper. 2. Staple the bottom edge of the paper. 3. Staple the side edge (width) of the paper every 8". 4. After these steps go back to step 1 of the Starting section and begin from another bottom corner of the roof 5. When you reach the hip again go over the Hip instructions and start with instruction 1 again.

Peak of Roof (lines J and K) Check with the supervisor when you get near the peak of the roof as to how it should be finished. The ridge over an attic will need a ridge vent so that air can leave the attic, while the ridge over a portion of the house like the porch does not need a ridge vent. Two methods are used to finish the peak: A. Leave about 6" without felt paper from the peak of the house. This area will be done differently than the rest of the roof after shingling is done up to the edge of the tar paper. B. Cover the ridge with felt paper and cut access to the ridge opening with a utility knife. In both methods you need to allow room for a ridge vent or the row of shingles that will cap the ridge.

Laying Starter Strips

Starter Strips 1. The starter strips are in a separate bundle. They do not have tabs and they need to be split down the middle so that they are one-half the height of shingles. One side has an adhesive strip along the edge. 2. Start at one corner of the roof and lay the starter strip 1/2" over the side and bottom edges of the roof, making sure adhesive strip is facing up.

3. Place four evenly spaced nails about 1/2" from the top of the starter strip. 4. Lay the next starter strip next to the attached one and continue until you reach an obstruction or the other side edge of the roof. 5. Make sure your starter strips have a constant 1/2" overlap of the bottom edge of the roof.

Obstructions Valley 1. Do not put in any nails within 12" of the valley line. 2. When within the length of one starter strip from a valley lay a piece of the starter strip in the center of the valley.

3. Cut a piece to fit in between the strip centered on the valley and the last piece laid in the row. 4. Use best judgment to place nails in the cut strip next to the last piece that you laid, being sure not put in any nails within 12" of the center of the valley line. 5. Then start on another corner of the roof. When you come to the valley continue the valley steps. Hip 1. Do not put any nails within 6" of the ridge of the hip. 2. You do not need to put a full length of shingle over the hip, but make sure the shingle overlap the hip line by at least 6". 3. If there is not enough to overlap the hip by 6" then place a piece of starter strip over the hip and cut another piece of starter strip to fit in between the hip piece and the last piece nailed down. 4. Start again from another corner of the roof and make your way to the hip (picture of hip piece).

Laying Shingling

A shingle is a composition sheet that is plain on the top half and with tabs covering the bottom half. The picture below is for architectural shingles with many unevenly spaced tabs. Sometimes shingles with three or four evenly spaced tabs are used. The dimensions given are for architectural shingles, and are different for three- and four-tab shingles.

1. Start by taking three shingles. Measure and cut off 5 5/8" from the edge of one shingle. Measure and cut off 11 1/4" from the second. Leave the other as a full shingle. 2. Lay the full piece of shingle directly over the edge of the starter strip so that it lines up with the side and bottom edge. 3. Place four evenly spaced nails 1/2" above the tabs. 4. Then lay the piece with 5 5/8" cut off down, overlapping the first shingle. The lower edge of the second shingle should be just even with the upper edge of the exposed portion of the first row of shingles (the upper edge of the tabs). 5. Nail four evenly spaced nails into the shingle 1/2" above the tabs. Be sure that the nails go through both the first and second rows but are not in the exposed section of the second row 6. Then lay the piece with 11 1/4" cut off down, overlapping the second shingle and with the lower edge just even with the upper edge of the tabs. Place two evenly spaced nails into the shingle 1/2" above the tabs. 7. Be sure that the nails go through both the first and second rows but are not in the exposed section of the second row. 8. Make sure the overlap is uniform along the edge of the roof. 9. Snap a chalk line across the roof at the top of three pieces of shingles.

The shingling should look like the picture below after you have laid the first three shingles. The fourth row in the picture is only to show you where it will be placed after the first three rows are laid.

10. Continue adding full shingles next to the first three rows of shingles starting at the bottom level and moving up to the other two rows. 11. When you come to and obstruction see the Obstruction section. 12. When you get the other edge of the roof cut the shingle to overlap the edge of the roof by 1/2". 13. Shingles are staggered so that the joint between two shingles is covered by shingles in the next two rows above. The first two rows of shingles should look like the picture below:

Obstructions Valley 1. 1. When you are coming to a valley make sure you do not nail within 12" of the center of the valley. 2. Lay a strip of shingles in the center of the valley. 3. Then cut a strip to fit in-between the shingle in the valley and the last shingle nailed down

4. Nail down (using your judgment for the amount of nails needed the shingle in the valley and then the cut piece.

5. At the opposite edge of the valley place shingles along the edge of the roof. Cut the shingles so that there is a line down the center of the valley. Hip 1. Do not nail within 6 of the hip. 2. Follow the same process as for a valley. Roof ridge 1. If the ridge is not vented you can overlap a row of shingles over the ridge as for a hip. There will be special shingles placed on the ridge. 2. If the ridge is vented check with the supervisor. The top of the roof will be done differently than hips because of the ridge vent.