How To Shingle Roof Hip

A hip roof is a common roof style characterized by 2 pairs of opposing faces sloping downward from a high peak.

How to shingle roof hip.

Place the first shingle on the roof so that the bottom of it is even with the edge at the bottom. Have one person lay shingles in the proper place and another person nail shingles down. That s how the guys. Continue rolling out the felt until you reach the roof hip on the other end.

After both hips were finished the guys would place a shingle along the ridge. The top ridge cap shingles will overlap the hip ridge cap so start with the hips. To make the shingle flush they would cut a short slice parallel with the ridge. Get some friends to help you shingle the hip roof.

If you re putting down new roofing materials on your home or another building with a hip roof your first step will be to find the exact dimensions of each of the roof s individual faces then use those measurements to calculate its total area in square feet. The guys would cut a second shingle to overlap the back half of the first one. Make sure you re wearing a pair of heavy work gloves and then trim the sides of the shingle with a utility knife so it matches the angle of the ridge it is against. How to shingle a hip roof ridge will be done as follows.

Lay down several lines at once to save time. Once all your shingles are installed you ll need to cover cap the ridge and hip ridges if you have a hip roof. Use a chalk line to help you lay shingles in a straight row on the roof. If you want to keep your roof from getting potential water damage then you need to start your roofing project by adding flashing to the ridges and by adding strips of tin to the edges of your hip roof.

Bending and overlapping these flaps the guys would put two more nails to anchor it in place. The hip shingles continued all the way to the ridge and that last shingle was cut to length so as to avoid covering the open ridge rafter. Move the roll of felt which you ve now severed from the strip on the roof up and out of your way. Cut the felt in a straight line so that the bottom edge of the felt extends 8 inches past the roof hip.

The second step involves placing the first shingle on your roof.