How To Shingle A Roof Valley With Architectural Shingles

Cut the last ridge shingle to the length you need but be sure that no part of the roof is exposed.

How to shingle a roof valley with architectural shingles.

Nail the shingles with no tabs such as precut pro start shingles and apply asphalt cement from a caulk gun in many dots along the drip edge under the edge then press the tab less shingles down onto the line of asphalt cement dots with adequate spaces between the dots. Only nail at the edges with only enough nails to hold it in place. Mark a chalk on subsequent roof layers upward. Ensure ice and water protector has been installed along the valley first.

You want to lay the shingles from the bottom to the top of the valley. Do the same with the next shingle continuing this step until you get to the far edge of the ridge. Once you ve reached the ridge bend the shingle over the ridge so that each side is equal and nail it into place with a single nail on each side. A continuous bead of asphalt could trap condensation or windblown water under the roofing at some point.

Weave and cut the valley on the highest side of the roof. Attach each shingle with three nails one in the center and one each on each side. Roof installation how to shingle a valley hd by roofrepair101 more about roofing at. When you get to the valley cut the shingles along the chalk line.

For closed cut valleys shingles on one roof plane are installed through a valley and extended at least 30 cm into the intersecting plane. The next one goes on the low side. How to shingle a valley with architectural shingles. After that correctly positionthe first shingle and properly snap a line of chalk across the roof to mark the top layer of the shingles.

No one of this affirmat. Then your first shingle goes on the side you are going to cut. Many roofers cut the shingles across because they say it s safer. You can cut the layered edge of architectural roof shingles and use the cut flat piece as your starter roof single.

Start by overlapping a starter from both sides of the valley at the bottom. Shingles from the other side are run through the valley center line and cut along a line parallel to and 4 cm from the center line. Apply the first real course of architectural shingles so that the tabs reach the lower edge of the starter course. In this video i show you how i do the valleys on a shingle roof.

Then starting at the base of the valley center your first piece of flashing in the valley. It is best placing metal flashing or a scrap piece of wood under the shingle you will be cutting as not to cut the shingle underneath. Apply a cover of starter architectural shingles.