How To Replace Roofing Felt On Shed

Tidy up the overhanging felt.

How to replace roofing felt on shed.

Apply the felt to the roof. Tack the felt in place with just a few widely spaced clouts. Roll out the first layer of felt. Other roofing felt leaks.

Measure the roof of your shed. Cutting your felt pieces. If you re happy with the positioning nail it down tidily remember to fold the corners around neatly. Replacing felt on a flat roof if your shed has a pent roof flat with no ridge you can apply the felt in exactly the same way as you would for one side of a pitched roof.

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. This will give you extra felt to hang over. Buy the roof felt.

Spread the felt flat onto the roof and nail along the top edge of the felt. 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. 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. Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface.

Remove the old 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. If you keep having to patch your roofing felt on the shed then you might need to start thinking about covering up your felt altogether. Start at the lowest edge and nail your felt along the facia.

Previous step next step. 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. Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in. Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area.

Remove any existing timber fascia boards. Clean and prepare the roof.