Press the piece of felt paper into the fresh cement making sure the crease in the paper faces up towards the roof.
New roof shngle seem easy to pull up.
Do this by sliding hard under the layers of shingle and paper then pry upward.
The shingle can now be laid back flat on the roof.
However some areas allow multilayer roofs which can save homeowners the cost of a tear off and debris removal.
While it is wise to have your roof completely removed and replaced it is possible to replace the top layer of shingles alone.
It s a 4 12 ranch 1 2 osb deck no felt currently tamco 30 architectural on now so easy enough but the shingles were stapled and in 14 years have only had one other house that was stapled and it was probably 12 years ago around here only modulars have stapled roofs.
Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally.
This can reduce costs by at least 1 000.
Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place.
Multilayer roofs it is always better to tear off your old roof and install a new one.
Start at the end and move in and down.
There will be nails across the top of the vent too.
If more than about 35 of your roof is going to need repair due to wind or hail especially if it s already 12 years old the cost effective decision might be to replace it all.
If you have a tight budget and the asphalt roofing shingles are not in extremely poor condition then this may be your best option for a new roofing.
Morning all i m currently looking at a roof replacement hail claim and am looking for opinions.
Repair is costlier on a per square foot basis because it is more time consuming to integrate new shingles into a roof here and there than to install them over the entire roof.
If it is not flat apply additional asphalt cement under the lower edge of the shingle and press down until the shingle behaves and lays flat.
Starting at the ridge use your shovel to pry off old shingles.
If no ridge vent is present use your shovel to remove the shingle cap on the ridge.
Use a starter strip or cut pieces for a starter course.
In most cases you can remove nails under the shingles on both sides of the vent to pull it free.
Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing.
Rip cut the starter strip or starter pieces so that they butt up against the second course of existing shingles and are even with the front edge of the existing roofing.
So if the old roof had a bumpy or lumpy appearance the new layer will as.
There will be nails across the top of the vent too.