How To Staple Roofing Felt

Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof.

How to staple roofing felt.

If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector. Adjust the felt as you roll it making sure that it s straight with no bubbling. Hang the lower edge of the felt over the eave the part of the roof that meets or overhangs the shed s walls by about 0 5. Place the replacement felt over the exposed area of the roof and secure using the arrow htx50 professional hammer tacker and 1 2 t50 staples.

Since you are new to the game i would greatly recommend you use 30 felt over 15. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. The tiny diameter of staple legs mean less hold with time. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across.

Its way better to work with and will last longer. Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. Begin by using your staple gun to staple down the first part of your felt to the corner of your roof. Overlap and cut drip edges.

The staples held better than the nails. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. Apply and attach drip edge. If you are only tacking down the felt for while you roof the building then 3 8 tack hammer staples are more then enough.

Apply drip edge to the eave. Sadly time has shown me differently. Starting at the bottom of your roof unroll a few feet of felt lengthwise. I was on a shake roof and could see staples worked up over an inch.

All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Unroll your felt and secure it to your roof with a staple every 8 inches. Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads. How to do it.

Cut drip edge flashing at an angle at the corner press it lightly against the eave end. If you can find a roof with staples here because of code it is easy to identify them because so many have worked up. Put fasteners at least every 8 inches. Never install the felt vertically across your roof.

Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper.