How To Replace Roofing Felt On A Shed

Laying the new felt ridged.

How to replace roofing felt on a shed.

Unroll the felt a bit at a time working from left to right making sure the felt is flush with the edge of the roof. Remove any existing timber fascia boards. This will give you extra felt to hang over. How to felt a shed roof.

The first thing you need to do is remove the old worn felt from the roof. Previous step next step. The process of felting a shed roof. Remember you chose roofing felt because it is cost effective so any replacement isn t going to break your wallet.

Position the roofing felt at the bottom left hand corner of the roof. The real beauty of installing a professional quality roofing felt to a shed roof is the utter lack of specialist tools required unlike other high performance roof coverings. Roll out the first layer of felt. Tack the felt in place with just a few widely spaced clouts.

Remove the old felt. A hammer a craft knife preferably with a hooked blade but not essential an old 2 brush and a flat pry bar as seen in my roofing tools section will help. Cutting your felt pieces. Tidy up the overhanging felt.

Replacing shed roof felt removing the old felt and nails. Other roofing felt leaks. Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area. Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface.

If you re happy with the positioning nail it down tidily remember to fold the corners around neatly. Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact dimensions of your roof. Clean and prepare the roof.

Buy the roof felt. Once measured and cut line the first piece of felt up so that it over hangs the edge of the roof on three sides by enough to cover the side pieces of the roof. Have a good look at the exposed timber especially where there were holes in the felt and make sure.