In today’s video I give detailed instructions on how to install ridge capping on a roof. If you have any questions or future video suggestions comment them down below! Also be sure to Like and Subscribe! #StayAverage 💯
Dude, I’ve i stalled roofs all my life in my personal homes. Your series of videos taught me things I didn’t even think of all those years!!!! Great job.
Thanks! As an average homeowner with no skills, talent, or experience, seeing how you said to orient the caps so the prevailing winds don’t blow them up is really helpful. Pretty cool that you got TWO tar lines at the end. I’m sure you really are much better than average!
@@gmd1417 Since storms rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, if you’re in the US, the wet part of a storm will usually come from the SW blowing toward the NE. However if you have monsoon weather (thunderstorms and flash floods) during the summer, that will be something to consider. Also if you’re on a hill or mountain that could have some local effects. I suppose what it all comes down to is which rain storms have the most wind in your area; winter or summer.
Dude thank you for explaining how you overlap the ridge with the roof shingles instead of cutting them off! I have been on google and youtube for an hour trying to see if i am supposed to cut off the top of my shingles or just lap it over to the other side and now i finally have my answer! With your help, my shed roof is looking pretty damn good and im confident it will hold.. i used to do siding and windows but never really did any roofing so your videos really helped!
It’s really nice to have a skilled pro explain the process. I am quite skilled in several trades but not roofing. Just lost some roof cap to wind. Confident to fix this week. Thanks. 😊
Just good enough to do a good job that will last. The hardest part of your clear instructions was confirming the prevailing wind and comparing with direction of our high wind storms. The other tips were terrific. Going out to finish the cap. Cheers, Seaminus
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Just found your channel today and watched a few videos. Great job. You're a good teacher and fun to watch. I'm American and this is the most Canadian channel there could be. ;)
I honestly thought I was the only one who cut my backend as a starter for my cap. But, if you wanna get real fancy you can alway caulk your last nails then take a scrap and fold it in half so the color touches and grind some granules off and press them into the calking.
Did you cut regular shingles for your ridge cap? Buy them like that? I'm cutting my shingles and need to cover the upper row and I have the shake like designs, yours do not?
you nailed the tar line... thereby breaking its seal. Will not be covered by manufacturer if it blows off for any reason. albeit highly unlikely it will blow off.. i have seen a claim denied because evidence of nailing through the tarline was presented, and thus it was not installed according to manufacturer specification. This comes from someone with 16yrs in the game and a Certainteed master shingle applicator "wizard" certified opinion. Read the specifications on the caps you install.. GAF, CERTAINTEED, IKO, BP, and Malarkey manufacturer specification are very clear on that point. Otherwise... excellent video, and excellent points. and i dont fault you for not knowing about the tar line thing, caps is where we all start and for some reason no1 ever told me not to nail the tar either.. i never learned until i wanted to be "the best" and went to get my creds.
You Sir give some great advice with shingles. You know what you are talking about for sure. Luv your attitude for your job. I picked up some great tips from your other videos as I'm doing the roof of my shed. I wish you worked in my area of Barrie, I need my house reshingled this year.Thank you for some great tips,stay safe up there.👍
im using 1 1/4" nails for my shed roof im shingling should you use longer nails for the ridge cap? also do you have to cut an angle on the cap shingles ? I noticed you didnt just wondering if it matters or not thanks Rob
Most people use two nails while installing with a nail gun as there is a chance of nails blowing through the capping. This lessons the possibility of a blown of shingle in the future. When hand nailing, you can choose the depth of your nail and not over drive it.
my crappy roofers didn't think about prevailing winds and now the caps are starting to peel up at the corners - 3 year old roof with 30 year architectural malarkey shingles. should i just use some roofing black caulk to glue them back down?
So, in my area nobody sells 3 tab shingles any more. So what does one do to make his ridge cap? I don't like the ridge cap they sell for architectural shingles
You can't really make your own without using a 3 tab bundle, they sell high profile ridge cap, or they sell ridge cap that's called hip and ridge, it's basically 3 tab but there's perforations where you would normal cut the 3 tab to get your 12 inch pieces for cap. But they come in different sizes, 8/10/12 I think.
Where did you get the ridge cap shingles from? Did you make them yourself by cutting full shingles into sections, or do the shingle manufacturers sell the individual roof cap shingles separately? If you cut them from full shingles, how long did you make them?
Could you cut the corners of the underlayer the Black one like from the tarline and 45 degrese in to make the overlapping thinner? Because we do it in denmark when we burn on these rolls of roofing tar, then we cut off the corners of the layers that overlap under the toplayer just to get 2 layers allover, it makes the corners of the overlapping corners poke up less. But we allso burn it on so perhaps its not good with this type of tar roof :)
