Shingling A Pyramid Hip Roof

Then finish by placing the last caps at the very top of the roof.

Shingling a pyramid hip roof.

Getting your shingles redone on your hip roof would not only keep your house in great shape for years to come but also keeps your roof protected from all of the weather elements. Three bundles of three tabbed shingles equal one square or 100. Installing shingles on a hip roof takes more time than having them installed on any other kind of roof. Fitting iko shnigles on a tuin pryramid log cabin or gazebo roof.

Get some friends to help you shingle the hip roof. The first couple of hip shingles were cut to match the corner. Have one person lay shingles in the proper place and another person nail shingles down. We are a brunswick county nc.

Position the first row of roofing felt flush on the bottom with the edge of the gutter apron. How to lay roofing felt on a hip roof. Each shingle overlapped the previous one and they were secured with two nails on either side. Lay the second row of shingles.

The roofers used hip and ridge shingles which came bundled like typical shingles but they break into three pieces. Score and fold the four leaves down the sides and score and bend to wrap and overlay the leaves around the pyramid. All the shingles are cut along the hip rafter with a utility knife or in this case the ridgid roofing cutter. Trim the very last shingle on each ridge as needed.

Use two stacked shingles cut to form to start the ridge cap at the bottom of the hip ridge and then use one cap in each position up the ridge. Roofing felt comes in rolls that feature pre marked lines 2 to 3. Start from the bottom edge of the ridge and secure each shingle with 1 1 2 inch nails. At the very peak you ll make four cuts through a shingle forming a right angle x but leave solid shingle to cover where the four hips join.

Use the shears or utility knife to cut three tab shingles into three separate shingles to use as cap shingles for the hip roof. Set the first shingle of the second row back a half tab 6 inches 17 centimeters from the edge of first shingle on the first row and so that the bottom of its tabs just touches the tops of the cutout slots on the shingle below.