How Spacing Roof Shingle

Install a starter strip.

How spacing roof shingle. Snap horizontal chalklines to help you keep the courses straight. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. You may want to lay a shingle find where it sits in the valley and give it a small bend so the shingle sits firmly in the crease. First snap a line for the top of the.

You ll get the most life out of your shingles and your roof by laying them in a smart. Work up from the initial row starting at the lower corner in a diagonal pattern staggering the shingles to prevent gaps. Using alternate patterns 1. How to do it prep work space.

All the other patterns work in essentially the same way offsetting. Then the end of each shingle overlapping a step flashing must also be well embedded in plastic cement. Most metal shingles will be attached to the roof using metal shingle. As on the other shingles use 4 roofing nails on each shingle.

Consider four and five. When nailing the shingle do not place any nails closer than 6 from the valley center. Understand the basic patterns. Each flashing should overlap the one below by at least 75 mm 3 but not be visible below the shingle top lap.

With laminated shingles place four to six quarter sized dots spaced evenly about one inch above the bottom of the overlapping shingle. Stagger each course to achieve the half pattern.