How is a roof installed
How To Install Shingles #2 Getting Started
hi I'm Shannon from house improvements
calm in today's video I want to just
show you how to basically get started on
a roofing project so this video is going
to deal with getting the underlay laman
started which in our case we're using a
grip guard or ice and water protection
whichever one you prefer as well as
getting the starter strip and the first
row of shingles going so we've obviously
stripped the roof off already as you can
see you can see our other video dealing
with stripping shingles and we've gone
around and made sure all the nails are
pounded down and that there's nothing
protruding all the boards are tight and
and solid there's no rot so we've
basically got the roof all prepared
we're ready to shingle depending on your
type of shingles that you're using some
manufacturers don't recommend shingling
over a roof that has individual boards
with spaces like this they may recommend
that you sheet the entire roof right
over top of this well you either rip
this off and reseed it or sheet over
this with 7/16 or three-eighths plywood
in this case I'm not really too worried
about it the space is very minimal and
I've already done the other side of this
roof four or five years ago and there
hasn't been any problems so but just
double check with your manufacturer they
may void your warranty so just be aware
of that if you decide to go ahead the
way that I am without sheathing it that
you may void your warranty so okay so
roof is prepped we've got some of the
ice guard rolled out so that we're just
over in this corner ready to go
basically what we want to do for that
before we get started is we want to
install a drip edge on this edge now I'm
are using the existing one here just
because it was in good shape if you're
adding a new one basically all you want
to do is go along the eave add your roof
with this aluminum drip edge whatever
color you decide to choose and just
install it with a few few shingle nails
holding it down okay no rocket science
there just get it on there don't worry
about the you need it up that edge
you up the rake end but we aren't going
to worry about that rate at this stage
I'll get to that a little bit further
down okay so once we have that we want
to then measure our grip guard material
and at each end of the roof
I want to measure up a measurement in
regards to the width your grip guard so
that we can snap a straight line to get
the grip guard running straight your
eave here probably isn't straight okay
you want your grip guard to be on to
this metal for sure I try not to have it
hanging over because it just looks bad
the shingles we will hang over but the
grip guard I don't so just make sure
that the grip guard is going to seal
onto this metal by at least an inch when
you determine the height of that line
okay so snap that line is a straight lot
guide get your grip guard up there roll
your grip guard out in relationship to
that line now the grip guard basically
it's a eve protection and so this in
this case it's helping for ice dams and
that sort of thing now depending where
where in the world you are that might
not be an issue for you you might be
able to just use 15 pound roofing felt
for the whole roof in this area there's
an issue with possible ice damming and
and that's a whole different thing I'm
not going to go too into the explanation
of that but basically it's just water
and snow freezing and melting and
freezing and melting and working its way
backwards up the shingles so this is
just an extra layer protection to
prevent that from getting in the house
in my area here this edge of that
material needs to be 12 inches inside
the exterior wall below so actually it
would be inside the house line and
because we're a little bit lower slope
here we're actually going to do a second
roll to get us 24 inches inside of that
wall okay so basically we've got about a
12 a 24 inch overhang on our roof here
so my wall inside the house the exterior
wall is somewhere under this area so
we're just trying to be 12 inches inside
of that and in my case 24 so we're going
to use
a second roll of this once we get going
okay so this material it's much like a
shingle
it's you know got the same kind of
makeup as a shingle but it's got this
backing on the back that you can see
here that we peel off as we go to help
it stick down once the Sun gets on there
for a couple days it'll just blew it
bond it right down to the plywood or the
board's that you have here for your roof
so so I'm going to roll this out and
I'll just use the odd I got my stapler
we're going to use the odd staple in it
just to roughly hold it in place until
it bonds down obviously once we shingle
over it it's all that's going to hold it
down to this material also as you
shingle over it and obviously puncture
it full of a few holes it kind of closes
right up around those nails just in case
somebody's wondering about what why
bother if we're just going to punch it
full of a thousand holes but it does
kind of self seal itself so so I'm just
going to roll this out a little bit at a
time here I've got my line up here I
know you can't see that I'm trying to
keep this straight keep as many wrinkles
out of it as I can
we've got this backing started it's it's
basically split in the middle so you've
got a top edge and a back edge to kind
of peel out one other thing that I just
you might notice me look over my
shoulder always be aware of where the
edge of the roof is so you don't fall
off you just always got to be leery of
that okay so we're kind of getting that
down it was hotter today that would seal
down quite well right away we're just
putting a few staples up in this edge
just to kind of tack it there it's a
little breezy today I don't want the
wind to rip it off on us I'm just going
to peel that out all the way and I'll
come back and get the bottom edge if you
get a little bit off this line don't be
too worried about it but try to stay as
close as you can to it which is just
help everything stay nice and straight
look back make sure you don't have a
whole bunch of wrinkles
those wrinkles will just kind of show
right through the shingles even once
you're finished if it's really wrinkled
bad get rid of that now on the bottom
we've got the same thing I mentioned
about pounding all the nails down in the
roof early on in the video and part of
it is when you're pulling that plastic
out they get snagged on any that are
sticking up so if you can kind of get
them down I've actually got feels like
they got something under there
got an old nail under there okay so we
just had an old nail that popped out
underneath that membrane stick it down
I'm going to throw a few staples along
this end here as well okay just to keep
the wind from getting under it not too
worried about down here it's it's going
to stick down to that metal pretty
quickly once the Sun comes around and
we'll be getting a starter roll on there
as well anyways okay so we've got that
started down and the next thing you want
to do is basically to get started with
the shingling actually before I start
that I'm going to talk about this drip
edge on the side of the roof so we've
got a gable roof here so we need a piece
of this drip edge this is the material
right here okay
you'll notice I'm using two different
ones I've got a little bit different one
here that I can get in my area you may
not be able to get that style so you
might be using this all the way around
that's fine now as we progress up this
roof I've already talked that I'm going
to do another roll of the ice-barrier
eye shield up here and then a from that
point on in my area I've got to use two
layers of 15-pound roofing felt on the
entire roof under the shingles okay
along these edges the gable ends
I actually want this to be on top of
that felt on top of this as well so that
if you can imagine if this is your side
of your roof okay this roof goes out
there if water or snow or anything is
driving this way and gets actually
between this and your shingles it can
run under your shingle come out here and
actually get on to the felt paper or the
the whatever you got for underlayment
and it'll run to the bottom of the roof
without going into the wood or soaking
into the wood okay if you had this
underneath if this was under that under
your underlayment the rain and that
could just go right between them and
right into your attic or whatever do
some damage so so on the ends you want
this to be over top of all your
underlayment down here we've got it
underneath because water is rolling down
and it's then it's onto here and oh it
into the gutters so okay so two
different ways to do that now because of
the wind today I can't roll this whole
roof out with paper taffet's just going
to rip off before I get it shingled so
what I'm going to do I'm going to
actually leave this off until we get a
little bit of the shingle started and
then I can once the shingles are over
here on this edge I'll just come and
tuck it underneath there and get it
started and then you know once we get a
little bit further it's just because
it's such a long length if I if I just
tack it down here and leave it hanging
up there the winds going to rip it off
in this crazy country today okay so you
will see at some point in my other video
showing installing like actually
shingling the roof you're going to see
that piece on there and hopefully I'll
remember to mention about it again so
okay now to get the roof started we've
got our underlayment perfect we're good
on that end what we're going to do this
is the shingle we're using we're using a
laminated architectural shingle as our
actual finished shingle so you can see
we've got some doubled up areas here
when these are all done it looks really
good it looks like you know a shake roof
or
you know a nicer nicer style roof
instead just a three tab or interlocking
which most areas and can't get anymore
but anyways this is just a normal three
tab here so this is basically your other
option
it's three tab rooms like that now with
the three tabs or architecture all you
need to start with a starter strip what
that is is basically just an extra layer
of shingles right at the edge of the
roof okay over top of your underlayment
you can buy a starter strip from your
different shingle companies really all
you need to do is buy a pack of three
tab shingles same color as what you're
using for your main shingles take the
shingle normally this is how it would be
on the roof turn it half a turn this way
use this as your starter strip okay
so we'll put this on our first row of
shingles will line up completely with it
and what that does is it just gives us a
double layer of protection right here
plus the underlayment
okay so just cheaper to buy a three tab
and do it that way you're still getting
the same still getting the same thing
now to get that started we want to have
a nice straight line just like we did
with the with the underlayment so we're
going to do the same thing we're going
to measure the shingle we're going to
saw where we're going to measure this
this one here this is the three tab
shingle we're going to use for the
starter strip and I'm just measuring the
width of it and what I want when it's
all said and done is ideally I'd like it
to hang over about a quarter inch past
the drip cap okay so that means whatever
this measurement is which i think is
thirteen and a quarter
we actually want to line about thirteen
inches up from the corner that drip edge
to follow to get us nice and Street and
that'll give us our quarter inch
overhang some people like more I
wouldn't go any less than a quarter inch
on your overhang depending how crooked
your roof is you may not you know some
spots that might not hang over quite
that much so
this fairly street so like I said I'm
going to mark my measurement up here on
this end and that end then I'm going to
hand my partner there the chalk line
we're going to snap that line so that we
can get started here okay so we've got
our mark out here I'm going to roll out
the chalk line give that to my helper
he's going to go all the way to the
other end of the roof and we've got a
mark down there corresponding to the
same thing are you making out you're
good there okay and I'm going to stretch
this out and get a nice nice and taunt
so we get a nice true line just like
that okay so that's our our guide line
basically so we can hopefully get a nice
straight start to this shingle job I
usually like to use that do the starter
strip just by hand nailing and dragging
the holes along and a lot of times you
don't have the luxury of having a
scaffold to work off right here so
you're working up on the roof you know
basically hang over the edge nailing
upside down the nice thing with the
scaffold that we set up it does a couple
different things that's it's mainly for
the camera guy to have a decent area to
shoot from but it also is a bit of fall
protection so that we don't have to be
harnessed off we have to be very careful
still out at the outer edges so we
probably should be harnessed off still
there but this gives us the fall
protection we need on this side okay so
I'm going to get rid of my stapler okay
so remember I said we're going to turn
that one upside down just like it is
here now
and the same thing like like I said we
want to hang off a quarter inch on this
edge which are our line will give us
there we also want to hang off about
that same amount or even half an inch on
the far end so just want to take the
time to get started out here correctly
and I can see that this is already a
little bit I think we're going to be
alright it's a little goofy here because
this drift badge is kind of bent out of
shape to match up on top of this gutter
guard
okay so mark line the top the shingle up
up there on there and we're going to
nail up I'm going to stay away from this
end so I can get that piece in we're
going to nail about halfway up the
shingle I'm going to put five five nails
in this one I would normally have one
out there and I'll be able to add it
once I have that trim work in there okay
so you just want to keep going along all
the way along the length of the roof
putting the starter strip down don't
worry too much about what's going on
down here we're worried about this line
we have up here so that we get started
out nice and straight but the shingles
in tight to each other
a few nails out of here you may want to
wear safety glasses just depending how
crazy your nailing okay I'll do one more
just to get a little ways along here and
you could use an air nailer for this I
will for the main part of the roof but
like I said I just like to have nailing
to get started here it's just one less
thing in your way okay so you go all the
way along the roof cut it off with your
whatever you decide you wanna for
overhang down there and then the other
part of getting started is getting your
first actual course of the finished
shingles on the roof now with this
particular shingle we want to be nailing
there's a doubled up section here we
don't want to be nailing above this tar
strip up here otherwise they're not
going to hold for the wind load that
they're supposed to we need to basically
nail right along that tar strip and
that'll be in the double layer of the
shingle you can kind of see there's a
line here you don't want to have any or
nails below that because then they're
going to be exposed so there's kind of
you got a you know maybe three-quarters
of an inch
area there to nail into and you want to
be fairly precise with that now we're
starting with a full full length shingle
here on this very first roll we're
flushing it up really just flushing it
up to the starter strip that we put on
all the way along narrow get down there
there and out there and these particular
ones they for my winds and roof slope
and everything they recommend six nails
in this one I'm staying back from the
end so we can put that trim in again
after
I'm nailing rate at the tar strip so I
came in about an inch or I would be
coming in about an inch from each end
and then space the other four nails out
within the shingle okay just like that
so for this role we want to just do that
same thing all the way along right on
top of this one that we did I'll do one
more here
the subsequent rows after this we'll
deal with in the next video so you'll
need to look for that so we're just
budding the shingle together coming in
about an inch into the tar strip nail
length if you're using an air nailer one
inch inch and an eighth nails are more
than enough with the air nailer for the
main body of the roof the ridge cap is a
little different you're going to need
longer nails to get through all the
layers you have we'll talk about that in
the other video too but if you anything
your hand nailing and you should even if
your air nailing you should have some
hand nails around as well because you're
going to need them you could use the
one-inch nails but I wouldn't recommend
it because you're just going to beat
your fingers to death so I like to use
about an inch and a half nail gives you
lots of room to get your fingers on it
get the nail started without smashing
your finger with the hammer so so we
just work work along like that and
really the only concern here to watch
for is that you're not going to end up
with this seam in this layer lining
right up with the seam and the one below
try to stay at least three or four
inches off set these two shingles are
different lengths so I didn't have to
cut one or the other to get started to
make that happen so it should work out
right to the end of the roof but just be
aware of that as you go my forgetting
anything I don't think so I think that
pretty much handles it so like said in
the next video you're going to see us do
more with this roof as we get up higher
we're going to have some vents to go
around ridge cap all that kind of stuff
we're going to deal with that molding
down there as well so so hopefully this
gave you some a good idea on how to get
started on your roofing project and you
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