Reskinning House Roof

And try to avoid working on sunny days.

Reskinning house roof.

The best shingles will last up to fifteen years. Use 90 degree angles to hammer the skin. A solid watertight roof is absolutely essential to your home but the asphalt shingles that protect your roof from the elements don t last forever. Use the split end of a claw hammer to pry out nails still holding bits of shingles onto the roof.

The shingles won t stick together which makes them prone to wind damage. The rise is how much the roof increases in pitch for every 12 inches in horizontal. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. To avoid the skin from shifting from its place you can use two clamps that will hold the skin in place.

Use the hammer to tap on the edges of the skin until the skin begins to fold correctly. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Slide the split ends of the hammer under and around the nail. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. A couple of cold days won t cause trouble but after weeks and months the adhesive strips on the shingles can attract dust and fail to seal even when the weather does warm up. Lever the split end of the hammer up to pull the nail out of the roof. Avoid roofing your house in below freezing temperatures.

This is the trickiest part of estimating the cost to reshingle a roof because you have to factor in the rise. Remove leftover debris from the roof.