Roofing In Valleys

Ensure ice and water protector has been installed along the valley first.

Roofing in valleys.

There are two main styles. Closed cut and long island roof valleys. Only nail at the edges with only enough nails to. Then starting at the base of the.

Many roofers cut the shingles across because they say it s safer. Shingling both a closed cut valley and a long island valley is the same for the first half of the process. No one of this affirmat. Open valleys are so defined because the valley line remains uncovered by the primary roofing material.

The valley area of a roof the straight lines formed when two different planes of the roof meet is a critical area that handles a tremendous amount of water run off. For the next two shingling methods closed cut and long island valleys i work out of the valley using laminated shingles instead of working toward the valley with three tab shingles. Open valleys are protected by a combination of ice and water shield and metal. 1 row 3 of ice and water shield is applied in the center of the valley.

In a proper open valley application. In this video i show you how i do the valleys on a shingle roof.