This document will help you with the installation of your cedar shake and shingle roofs.
How to cedar shake roof installation.
Use a crowbar nail bar or roofing shovel to loosen the old shingles.
Depending on how the cedar shake roof was installed the time frame could be altered.
These videos will help you with the installation of your cedar shake and shingle roofs.
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How to install roofing shakes roof deck.
Cedar roof installation and roofing installation tips videos.
Cedar shakes are much more involved and can take up to three times as long to install.
Use a hammer stapler to fasten it down applying a staple every 12 to 14.
Position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches.
Cedar shingle and polycarbonate panel roofing.
Use interlayment felt for the second layer.
Remove these old shingles and loose roofing nails from the roof.
On the left side of the page in the blue section under the heading supporting documents you will find our care maintenance brochure or click here for more information.
Before installing the shakes the roofer covers the roof deck with 15 or 30 pound roofing felt.
An experienced roofing contractor can expect to finish a 2 000 square foot home roof installation in two days or less depending on the size of the crew.
How to install cedar shingles on a shed roof and walls cover the roof in felt roofing paper install a cedar breather if needed use a chalk line to align the starter course of cedar shingles install shingles using 2 weather resistant nails install the first course directly on top of the starter.
How to install a cedar shingle roof on a garden shed step 1.
Installing the cedar shingles.
The responsibility of deciding the grading standards and installation details for red and yellow cedar roofs falls to the cedar shake and shingle bureau cssb.
Their manuals for sidewall and roof installations are invaluable resources and almost everything you need to know about a bundle of shakes or shingles is clearly printed on its label.
Cover the roof with roofing felt.
Second layer of felt paper.