How To Cut Roofing Felt

For a more permanent roof coverage use roll roofing.

How to cut roofing felt.

If the roof felt tears cut a piece large enough to cover the tear with lots of overlap slip the top under the next lap. Using a straight blade and a hooked blade. I place a piece of cotton fabric over my felt and freezer paper when i iron to make sure i don t damage the felt with the heat of the iron. Continue rolling out the felt until you reach the roof hip on the other end.

Felt comes in either 15 pound or 30 pound ratings. How to cut asphalt roof shingles this method focuses on cutting asphalt shingles with a utility knife. To lay your felt over obstacles like vent pipes cut a slit in the felt and place the slit over the pipe. Use a heavy duty felt for long term weatherproofing.

Move the roll of felt which you ve now severed from the strip on the roof up and out of your way. Cut the piece out on the tracing line. If you reach the end of your roof and have extra roofing felt use a utility knife to carefully cut the felt to the edge of your roof. Cut out a big square rectangle shape around the pattern piece and iron it onto the felt.

Cut the felt in a straight line so that the bottom edge of the felt extends 8 inches past the roof hip. Peel off the freezer paper piece.