Shingling A Pyramid Hip Roof

This 1 2 tab has to be cut off where it hangs off the left edge of the gable roof.

Shingling a pyramid hip roof.

Roofing felt comes in rolls that feature pre marked lines 2 to 3. Have one person lay shingles in the proper place and another person nail shingles down. Overlap them as before and continue until you reach the top. We are a brunswick county nc.

Installing shingles on a hip roof takes more time than having them installed on any other kind of roof. Use two stacked shingles cut to form to start the ridge cap at the bottom of the hip ridge and then use one cap in each position up the ridge. The first couple of hip shingles were cut to match the corner. Lay the second row of shingles.

Start from the bottom edge of the ridge and secure each shingle with 1 1 2 inch nails. How to lay roofing felt on a hip roof. Use the shears or utility knife to cut three tab shingles into three separate shingles to use as cap shingles for the hip roof. The roofers used hip and ridge shingles which came bundled like typical shingles but they break into three pieces.

Getting your shingles redone on your hip roof would not only keep your house in great shape for years to come but also keeps your roof protected from all of the weather elements. Trim the very last shingle on each ridge as needed. Get some friends to help you shingle the hip roof. Start at the bottom of one side of the roof at the right or left edge.

Each shingle overlapped the previous one and they were secured with two nails on either side. Position the first row of roofing felt flush on the bottom with the edge of the gutter apron. All the shingles are cut along the hip rafter with a utility knife or in this case the ridgid roofing cutter. Set the first shingle of the second row back a half tab 6 inches 17 centimeters from the edge of first shingle on the first row and so that the bottom of its tabs just touches the tops of the cutout slots on the shingle below.

At the very peak you ll make four cuts through a shingle forming a right angle x but leave solid shingle to cover where the four hips join. Then finish by placing the last caps at the very top of the roof.