Finishing The Peak Of A Roof With Shingles

Adding more nail holes to a finished roof is not recommended.

Finishing the peak of a roof with shingles.

Continue on down the line nailing on both sides and covering the nails with the next shingle tabs. 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. However there is a better solution for finishing the top layer of shingles on your shed roof and it involves putting on your top edge drip edge over the next to last layer of shingles. Score and fold the four leaves down the sides and score and bend to wrap and overlay the leaves around the pyramid.

Secure the last ridge cap shingle with four nails at the corners of the shingle and cover the nail heads with roofing cement. Center the ventilating or waterproof strip over the roof peak ensuring it covers the tops of the shingles on either side of the peak. 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. Bring the ridge edges together with a ridge capping layer.

If you ve already put your drip edge on the top edge of your shed then don t move it. It must be completed at the very end of the shingle run to overlap the uppermost shingles and form a weatherproof seal. Finishing the roof shingles step 1 continue shingling up both sides of the roof until a row of shingles from each side of the roof extends over the peak of the building. Press down firmly to ensure the strip adheres securely to the.

Lay the last ridge cap shingle in the center of the shed roof on top of the exposed adhesive portions of the two center ridge cap shingles. Nail these rows of shingles near the peak of the roof on both sides overlapping 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. Cut the tab off the start shingle so that the edge is smooth and in line with the edge of the roof.

A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles.