How To Apply Roofing Felt To A Garden Shed

Step by step guide on how to apply bituminous roofing felt to your shed roof.

How to apply roofing felt to a garden shed.

Shingling a shed and want some tips. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Watch and see how easy it is. These thick layers of roofing felt are installed by heating the back of the felt with a butane torch and then carefully applying it to the roof.

Use your craft knife to cut a slit in the felt overhang at the apex of the roof then fold the felt down there and nail securely at 10cm intervals along the gable. You can then re attach fascia boards to keep your shed looking smart by hiding the folded over roofing felt at each gable end. Some roofing felts are actually glued down. Make a birdsmouth notch at the end of each rafter to help it fit into place.

Installing the roofing felt does take care but can go very quickly. How to felt a shed roof with wickes enjoy your garden with the wickes garden sheds and buildings range which includes sheds summerhouses greenhouses log c. First cut your rafter boards to size using a circular saw to make sure they fit your roof. When you install roof felt as part of a diy weekend project you must ensure that each row of felt is flat on the surface and that there is plenty of overlap between each successive row of felt.

Never install the felt vertically across your roof. Hang the lower edge of the felt over the eave the part of the roof that meets or overhangs the shed s walls by about 0 5 to 0 75 inches 1 3 to 1 9 cm. Includes useful advice on the best materials to use together with information.