Work from the top bottom and sides to save back muscles.
How to take off old roof.
Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.
Besides being tripping hazards they can work through and damage the new shingles.
It doesn t matter where you start or stop.
Remove the old shingles with tear off shovels.
Find a pre screened local roofing contractor.
Leaks form and the materials erode into something that is better.
Remove all of the shingles on the roof.
As the old roofing material piles up at the roof jacks carry it to the edge of the roof and toss it into the trash container below.
Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.
How to remove old flat roofing.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps.
If you ve had old roofing stripped off about 10 000 nails came with it and most landed on your grass mulch and driveway.
Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.
Make the pile on a flat area away from flowers and shrubs.
Install a course along the snapped line then install succeeding courses using a guide or a snapped line.
What to do if the old roof is not straight if the existing roof has wavy horizontal lines you can take out the waves by snapping a horizontal line 1 2 inch below the shingle bottoms of one course.
The nails in the shingle should come up with the shingle when you pry it off.
Contractors have a tool that makes it easy to pick these up a giant magnet on wheels that they pass over the yard to grab the dropped fasteners so they don t cause any flat tires or injuries.
Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners.
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Pry the shingle from the roof.
Flat roofing has some advantages but when it ages or falls into disrepair it can be troublesome.
If you re going to add a roof on top of an old one it s a good idea to remove any loose shingles and apply a new layer of 30 pound roofing felt before laying the new shingles.