Roof Shingles At Peak

Waterproof your valleys flash the valleys.

Roof shingles at peak.

You ll need longer nails for this part as you re driving through more layers of shingles. Then fold the flashing over the peak. Preparing the peak capping a roof is the last thing done during a roofing project. Cut the flashing back to the peak along each crease.

A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more. Hammer a roofing nail on each side of the shingle five inches from the bottom edges and one inch from the side edge. If your shingles are standard three tab shingles the caps are made by cutting one shingle into three separate parts.

If you need more than one flashing in your. Fiberglass shingles are able to be fully customized and come in a wide variety of shapes and colors. The shingles at the peak of your roof are commonly called cap shingles. There are a number of key steps you need to take to avoid mucking this part up.

Continue on down the line nailing on both sides and covering the nails with the next shingle tabs. It must be completed at the very end of the shingle run to overlap the uppermost shingles and form a weatherproof. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. This is an area of the roof which requires extra care and skill.

Fold flashing over the peak. You can either use special shingles called ridge shingles or cut a number of regular shingles into 3 tabbed equal pieces and bend each so they fit snugly on the roof peak and nail them into place. Use roof tar to hold down the end of the shingle and nail on both sides of the peak making sure that the tabs from the next tile will cover them. Install self stick underlayment under the metal flashing.

The contractors at peak roofing construction use only the highest quality shingles taking into account the physical aspects of the shingle the matting asphalt and granules as well as the fire rating when making their selections. Overlap the shingles to cover the nails on the side edges and use roofing cement to cover the nail heads on the shingle at the end of the roof.