How To Tar A Roof Valley

A roof valley is very prone to leaks especially if you have an older roof.

How to tar a roof valley.

Use a broad strip of felt paper felt paper should extend at least 10 inches up each side of the roof valley so use a strip between 20 and 24 inches wide. While tar and gravel roofing or built up roofing systems have many positive aspects if you live in an area or the roof is in a location where it will receive strong sun exposure hot tar roofs will likely damage the roof s membrane if it is left uncovered or unevenly covered by the gravel. Use a chalkline or align it by eye to make sure it is straight then drive roofing nails every foot or so to fasten it to the sheathing. Roof one side of the valley running the shingles across it.

I swear it is the fastest way out there. Then i run a r. Insert the bar under a shingle and pry upward at a. Clear any debris in the roof valley and surrounding area.

This is how i paper my vallies. Start at the top lay the felt paper from the top of the roof valley to the eaves at the roof edge. Remove 8 inches of shingles at each side of the valley with a 16 inch nail bar. Ensure ice and water protector has been installed along the valley first.

Stop nailing 6 inches from the center. Start at the upper row of shingles at the upper end of the valley. Shingle the other side of the valley the same way. Then starting at the base of the.

Only nail at the edges with only enough nails to. Take measurements of your roof flashing most flashing is 14 inches wide but yours may vary. Move to the highest end of the valley and work your way down cleaning shingles from both sides of the valley whether they re damaged or not. To secure the roof valley flashing nail it down carefully.

Apply drip edge to the eave. Lay one and two tab shingles as you near the valley so full size shingles will run across the valley.