I have watched dozens of videos on how to shingle a roof as I get ready to do a new porch roof that I built and your series is the only one that is very well explained. I am surprised it does not have more views. Excellent work and thank you for sharing
Thank you for the great explanation! I have a question. How do you continue with the staggered shingles. You installed 3 precut shingles. How do you continue to the top of the roof? Do you go back to a full size shingle after the 4th shingle is installed?
I watch many videos so I could learn how to put shingles on my shed roof and I still couldn't figure it out until I watched your video. The mock up really help me understand. In your video the camera was pointing down to exactly what you were doing while you were explaining. The other videos were filmed on top of the roof while producing work where safety is a factor and filming was secondary.
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Thank you for addressing proper nail placement! All the videos I watched so far seemed like there is nothing to address there! They were just nailing nilly-willy.
My project is 20' x 4'. I was thinking to just buy a roofing hammer, but even for that small size, should I rent a nail gun that loads roofing nails for better control? No surprise, I have never swung a roofing hammer.
How close is too close for the nail to be from the area where the shingles meet. I believe my roofer made a huge mistake and set the courses at about 3.5 to 5 inch staggered pattern. I lifted the edge on some of the shingles and there are nails as close as 1 inch. They are not directly on the joint. I feel like 1inch has a chance to leak over time.
Unfortunately I would have to agree with you. You could test this by holding a house at the joint then lifting up the shingle and seeing how far the water has gone.
@@RoofRepairSpecialist thanks for replying to my comment. I will try your suggestion. Do you think if I lift up and use some roofing adhesive on the nail heads in the bad sections the roof can be salvaged?
The proper installation is with a hammer. All the manufacturers have silly nailing zone that are bogus. If you’re watching this because you’re looking to have your roof done look for someone who will hand nail it. The guns destroy the shingle. Most contractors will say all you have to do is set the pressure. That’s BS. Ask them if they can set the temperature.
You might not like the thought of hand nailing ,but it is by far the best quality job you will ever get! No over penetration or under ! When an experienced roofer was hand nailing he was like a machine .Nails rolled between his fingers like clockwork . The newer nailing guns are much better for controlling the nail set ,if the roofer cares enough to keep monitoring it! Sadly too many just wanna bang them out! All the stapled roofs of the 70's and 80 's were nightmares!
10:27 Always cut off 12” if you come up short on a wall so you keep a 6” step, if you cut off 3” the next step above would only have a 3” step. I’m sure you know this and would catch it but people watching might not. Not trying to be critical but this is a instructional video for people who don’t know these things…but I agree with everything else, good tips 👍🏼
@@RoofRepairSpecialist no I mean how many rows do you step pattern before you do the whole sheet again I've seen other people do five rows Courses & on the sixth row (course) they start over again but in your video you only have 4 rows (courses), So do you start over on the 5 row? The Owens Corning instructions for this type of roof said go 6 courses then on 7th is when you repeat.
Theoretically it will work if your nail placement also lines up. However I always recommend sticking to manufacturer instructions when possible and not reinventing the wheel unless needed.
Your skylight flashing is totally wrong; Should be an Upper and Lower flashing with Soldered corners. Use step shingles ( one for each row of Compositiosn shingles) up the sides of the skylight lol
Not sure what you mean by upper and lower flashing. We use step flashing on every shingle. Just dont solder the corners, though I think soldered corners are probably best, don't think there is a need for them in my market, never had a leak from not doing so.,
Maybe not the prettiest but looks like it will shed water…I like a kicker sticking out on top and a bleeder on the bottom. But I wouldn’t install anything but a Velux skylight…their flashing kits are awesome
Boy a video on cut valley would be great. Other videos show shingles across the valley on the smaller side and come back from the other but NOT where to cut. Some say center line others say 2 inch offset but not specifically to which side. does the larger roof area (and as such more water volume get cut to center line or back from the valley? Your videos are appreciated.
Hmm I looked through your videos and missed that one. So, the side with the greater volume of water (AKA high side) flow gets backed up away from the valley center line. Thanks very much. Will subscribe.
