Shingling A Pyramid Hip Roof

Use the shears or utility knife to cut three tab shingles into three separate shingles to use as cap shingles for the hip roof.

Shingling a pyramid hip roof.

Lay the second row of shingles. The roofers used hip and ridge shingles which came bundled like typical shingles but they break into three pieces. Overlap them as before and continue until you reach the top. The first couple of hip shingles were cut to match the corner.

At the very peak you ll make four cuts through a shingle forming a right angle x but leave solid shingle to cover where the four hips join. Installing shingles on a hip roof takes more time than having them installed on any other kind of roof. Set the first shingle of the second row back a half tab 6 inches 17 centimeters from the edge of first shingle on the first row and so that the bottom of its tabs just touches the tops of the cutout slots on the shingle below. Use two stacked shingles cut to form to start the ridge cap at the bottom of the hip ridge and then use one cap in each position up the ridge.

Roofing felt comes in rolls that feature pre marked lines 2 to 3. Get some friends to help you shingle the hip roof. All the shingles are cut along the hip rafter with a utility knife or in this case the ridgid roofing cutter. Fitting iko shnigles on a tuin pryramid log cabin or gazebo roof.

Three bundles of three tabbed shingles equal one square or 100. Start at the bottom of one side of the roof at the right or left edge. We are a brunswick county nc. Have one person lay shingles in the proper place and another person nail shingles down.

Getting your shingles redone on your hip roof would not only keep your house in great shape for years to come but also keeps your roof protected from all of the weather elements. This 1 2 tab has to be cut off where it hangs off the left edge of the gable roof. Each shingle overlapped the previous one and they were secured with two nails on either side. How to lay roofing felt on a hip roof.

Trim the very last shingle on each ridge as needed. Position the first row of roofing felt flush on the bottom with the edge of the gutter apron.