Putting New Shingle On Hip Roof

The goal is to provide a reasonably flat surface for the new shingles to lie over with no gaps greater than 1 2 inch.

Putting new shingle on hip roof.

All the shingles are cut along the hip rafter with a utility knife or in this case the ridgid roofing cutter. If more than about 35 of your roof is going to need repair due to wind or hail especially if it s already 12 years old the cost effective decision might be to replace it all. The roofers used hip and ridge shingles which came bundled like typical shingles but they break into three pieces. Please click show more below to know.

You will also want to place them on top and do your best to center them on a seam between two on the previous row. Ideally the amount of the shingle showing on the main part of the roof matches the hip roof. Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar. If a shingle is torn or cracked glue the broken piece back in place using roofing cement.

Replacing the shingles on a hip roof requires more time and effort than working on types of roofs. Working on the base of the edges of your hip roof by making use of 2 stacked shingles. Adhere the joint where the cut edges of the shingles meet the dome with roofing tar. Now use a single cap at every spot as you go up the ridge.

You need to trim those shingles so that they fit correctly. The starting shingles for each row will typically be halved at the ridge of the hip roof as you ascend. As you place each new row make sure the center of the next shingle up overlaps the previous row by 2 3 of the total length. Repair is costlier on a per square foot basis because it is more time consuming to integrate new shingles into a roof here and there than to install them over the entire roof.

Make sure that you start with the first ridge cap lying on the bottom of the ridge of your hip roof. The first couple of hip shingles were cut to match the corner. Nail metal flashing called drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof deck near the gutters. Finally i had time to put the video clips together.

We are a brunswick county nc. Each shingle overlapped the previous one and they were secured with two nails on either side. Four years after installing my new shingles they re still nice. If the broken piece is lost cut a new piece to fit the existing shingle.

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