Installing Asphalt Shingles On Hip Roof

This video provides step by step instructions and tips on how to install hip and ridge shingles.

Installing asphalt shingles on hip roof.

Installing shingles over hips on hip roof lapping the shingle tops over the hips was one of the lessons i conveniently forgot. Generally asphalt shingles are 3 feet long. With new laminated hip and ridge cap shingles finishing a roof installation with a ridge cap is a much simpler process than with the old three tab shingles. Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap.

As you place each new row make sure the center of the next shingle up overlaps the previous row by 2 3 of the total length. You will also want to place them on top and do your best to center them on a seam between two on the previous row. So if the width of your roof isn t an even multiple of the shingle length then you need to install a partial piece at the end of each row. Estimate shingles hip roof you need to figure the length of a shingle while it lies on the roof so as to determine how they would be lying on the roof width.

See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr. Nail metal flashing called drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof deck near the gutters. Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only. Get some friends to help you shingle the hip roof.

Install the ridge caps starting with the bottom of the hip ridges. 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. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof. In summary to install the ridge cap shingles you simply separate them where they are perforated bend them over the peak and nail them down.