Re Roofing A House Diy

Some people use a chemical to dissolve roof sealant.

Re roofing a house diy.

Since you cannot afford mistakes during installation we highly recommend you hire a professional roofing contractor. Protect the roof against ice dams and windblown rain with self stick ice and water. The midtone color here also lets the house s white and red trim shine through. Project step by step 15 roll out the self stick underlayment.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Call up several local roofers and tell them you want an accurate estimate of how much it would cost to re roof your home. Get your stripping supplies to the roof safely. If a tiling pro is coming to redo your floors perhaps you d want to rip up the old floor before he arrived.

Medium gray would flatter a yellow ochre or red house too. Diy roofing your roof is a major structural component of your home. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Make sure the underlayment lies smooth before you nail the top edge.

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Timberline hd in pewter gray about 97 per square. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roofsteps.

Then pull off the. A successful re roofing project requires a large investment in both time and money. Things you ll need roofing shingles asphalt roofing paper nails and staples aluminum sheet flashing comes on a roll and 10 ft 3 5 m drip molding strips asphalt roofing lap cement chalk box and line tape measure utility knife roofing spade or square edge shovel tin snips hammer and hammer stapler. You may be a firm believer in doing some of the work yourself.

Mount drip molding around the perimeter of the roof by use of roofing nails. Peel off the bottom backing. Use chalk lines to mark the points for placement of shingles. In the roof valleys place the flashing where two sections create a valley.

Be sure to wear your gloves and use the stripper to remove the shingles and tar paper. The first thing they will do is calculate the square footage of your roof to know how many shingles you need how much labor it s going to take and the number of sheets of plywood if you need sheathing. Stick on the underlayment. Place the first and second row of shingles and also around vents and chimneys.