If you own a victorian home and you have a steep roof you should watch this video.
How to fix shingles on a steep roof.
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If you happen to have an extremely steep roof you will have an even greater challenge.
After removing the center row of nails on the damaged shingle lift the undamaged shingles above it and remove the next row of nails.
Just remove them and replace them with new shingles of a similar style to the rest of the shingles on the roof.
Step 1 roofing can be dangerous.
By chris deziel when installing or repairing shingles on a steep roof you need the support of roofing jacks which are brackets that hold a length of two inch scaffolding.
The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge.
Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.
If the shingles are severely damaged don t try to salvage them.
Loosen the adhesive underneath the tabs of the damaged shingle then pull them free and discard.
Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.
Over from the old holes photo 3.
One nail should be placed in each tab of the shingle.
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The slope of the roof is known at the pitch.
Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.
Slide the new shingle up into place.
Then pull out the damaged shingle.
A roofing harness provides the extra security you need when working on such a roof.
When the jacks are.
The following shingles should be installed with the tabs pointing toward the bottom of the roof.
Some roofs are so high and so steep that even working from scaffolding can be dangerous.
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But it can be done.
Each shingle should overlap the one before it.
Install the first shingle with the tabs pointing toward the roof top.
Nail the center row first then the center row of the course above it nailing 1 2 in.