How To Cover A Shed Roof With Felt

Ideal for an apex flat or pent roof shed felt and roofing membrane are durable and perfect for a newly built structure or to re cover existing roofing material.

How to cover a shed roof with felt.

First measure your shed along the bottom of the roof and up to the middle. Roofing felt is essential to ensure your outbuilding is ready for all weathers by providing a waterproof cover to the building s roof. Laying the new felt ridged roof unroll your new sheet of felt and measure out the length of the roof. Building codes and shingle manufacturers also typically require the use of roofing felt.

Cut the strips of felt roof to the right length using a knife including the 5cm overhang. For easier cutting unroll the material on a flat surface and use a hooked blade knife to cut the felt to the size of your shed s roof. You ll need enough felt to cover the entire area of the roof with a little extra on each edge around 5cm to allow for overlaps at the eaves and at the gable ends approximately 7 5cm. Keep in mind that if you are looking for a more permanent type of roof coverage you might consider using roll roofing which is specially designed with a mineral coating to resist bad weather.

Rolls of felt are not often available as wide as a shed roof so you will need to cut more than one pice to cover the whole roof. Roofing felt commonly called tar paper is an important component of any roofing system. To attach roof felt on a shed start by calculating the area of your roof and buying enough felt to cover it. If the roof felt tears cut a piece of felt that is large enough to cover the tear with lots of overlap slip the top under the next layer above it and nail it into place.

Using a roll of felt coverage or several rolls provides the roof with additional waterproofing and protects the wood sheathing of a roof until the installation of shingles is finished. 1 for each side of the roof as well as a third section that will overlap the 2 side panels by about 30cm on each side and run along the top ridge of the shed. Nail the first strip along the top edge placing each nail around 5cm apart.