Removing Old Roof Shingles

Be careful not to damage the flashing.

Removing old roof shingles.

Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Work from the top bottom and sides to save back muscles. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to use an ordinary pitchfork to tear off an old roof. If the broken piece is lost cut a new piece to fit the existing shingle. The goal is to provide a reasonably flat surface for the new shingles to lie over with no gaps greater than 1 2 inch. If you re keeping the old metal flashing carefully remove nails and bend it upward off the shingles with a pry bar.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. In some cases you can get away with that but if your roof already has two layers of. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Some shingle manufacturers limited warranty coverage may require the old layer be removed.

You can get in there and do the surgical removal of a few shingles. Then you just pry up and life the nail head u so you can release the old shingle. Support see jane drill by shopping on amazon through our link. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.

Besides being tripping hazards they can work through and damage the new shingles. The shark tip is shaped perfectly for slipping under the nail head. The dasco is also nice for those moments where you need to remove a few damaged shingles without hurting the surrounding ones. That includes stripping 2 or 3 layers of shingles plus flashing and drip edge tossing them into a dump truck or.

Construction demolition unit cost for removing 3 tab asphalt roof shingles. If a shingle is torn or cracked glue the broken piece back in place using roofing cement. It doesn t matter where you start or stop. An underlying old shingle layer may affect those roof performance properties.

Once it s out of the way pull any nails and remove any shingles and underlayment that are underneath. We figure one unskilled worker can remove about 100 square feet of asphalt shingles per hour. Remove the old shingles with tear off shovels. Some shingle properties for example impact resistance may have only been evaluated on shingles applied directly to the deck.