How To Staple Roofing Felt

Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters.

How to staple roofing felt.

Put fasteners at least every 8 inches. If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector. Apply and attach drip edge. Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof.

Adjust the felt as you roll it making sure that it s straight with no bubbling. Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads. If you can find a roof with staples here because of code it is easy to identify them because so many have worked up. The tiny diameter of staple legs mean less hold with time.

Starting at the bottom of your roof unroll a few feet of felt lengthwise. How to do it. Begin by using your staple gun to staple down the first part of your felt to the corner of your roof. Never install the felt vertically across your roof.

The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. Since you are new to the game i would greatly recommend you use 30 felt over 15. Unroll your felt and secure it to your roof with a staple every 8 inches. If you are only tacking down the felt for while you roof the building then 3 8 tack hammer staples are more then enough.

Apply drip edge to the eave. Use a construction stapler or a hammer. The staples held better than the nails. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches.

Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper. Overlap and cut drip edges. Sadly time has shown me differently. Start by stapling a row in the middle of the new roofing felt section.

Smooth out wrinkles as you progress to eliminate spots that could trap moisture and cause problems in the future. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. 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. I was on a shake roof and could see staples worked up over an inch.

Place the replacement felt over the exposed area of the roof and secure using the arrow htx50 professional hammer tacker and 1 2 t50 staples.