How Shingle A Roof Peak

Capping a roof is the last thing done during a roofing project.

How shingle a roof peak. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. Your last shingle is an exposed shingle. Keep this up until you reach the other end of the peak. How to cap an asphalt shingled roof preparing the peak.

Remove existing roof and underlayment. You ll need longer nails for this part as you re driving through more layers of shingles. Install the next shingle approximately 2 3 past the seal strip of the first shingle. Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.

Begin capping the roof peak on the side that receives the least amount of wind. As a general rule if you have a north south roof orientation the south end of the roof peak is the correct. This picture gives you an idea of the condition of the existing roof plywood and you. Positioning of the cap.

Nail each side of the shingle to each side of the ridge just below the shingles self sealing strip. It must be completed at the very end. The original plan was to preserve a portion of the existing roof since. Nailing the cap.

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.