Getting Shingles Onto Roof

Do not take them out of their packaging before setting them down.

Getting shingles onto roof.

This article expands on these tips below. Anyone who s had chickenpox may develop shingles. Continue tearing off the shingles and underlayment until you reach the roof jacks then start over at the top of the roof. Remove shingles in a 2 to 3 ft wide section as you work down the roof.

So get ready for your workout. Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus the same virus that causes chickenpox. Both step shingling and racking will yield a watertight roof. It is common to use 3 bundles to a square of shingles.

Not only that the shingles can be piled just to the side of the column being laid. Obviously the cheapest but also the most physically taxing method is simply carrying the roofing materials by hand onto the roof. Put them on the roof they have a truck. You may carefully lay 3 tab.

After completing a column the roofer can go back down to the eave edge of the roof and start laying the next column of shingles. Park a truck with a 10 foot high sturdy standing surface very near to the edge of a single story roof with the. Put on your work gloves. Push the shingles down to the roof jacks.

While they may not look it a bundle of shingles is extremely heavy. After you recover from chickenpox the virus can enter your nervous system and lie dormant for years. Carefully lay the bundles flat out on the roof. Have the lumber company deliver.

This will prevent the. On high pitched roofs nail down a board just below where you will lay the shingle bundles. You ll have to spread the packs around but it sure beats packing them up a ladder. Best of luck with your re roofing.

Btw most shingles weigh about 60lbs a bundle. When you are using 3 bundles for a square you will be getting 29 standard shingles in each bundle. This is not a problem for basic materials such as nails and so forth but for shingles it quickly becomes a major chore. This saves a lot of time moving shingle bundles and a lot of back strain.

However if you are using heavier shingles you will require 4 to 5 bundles for a square.