How To Take Off Old Roof

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How to take off old roof.

Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners. Remove the old shingles with tear off shovels.

If you couldn t get the trash container close to the house throw the shingles onto a tarp on the ground. Besides being tripping hazards they can work through and damage the new shingles. Make the pile on a flat area away from flowers and shrubs. It doesn t matter where you start or stop.

Flat roofing has some advantages but when it ages or falls into disrepair it can be troublesome. Leaks form and the materials erode into something that is better. Pry the shingle from the roof. The nails in the shingle should come up with the shingle when you pry it off.

Place a pitchfork flat garden shovel or shingle scraper under the shingle. If you ve had old roofing stripped off about 10 000 nails came with it and most landed on your grass mulch and driveway. 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. Find a pre screened local roofing contractor.

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. 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. Install a course along the snapped line then install succeeding courses using a guide or a snapped line. 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.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Work from the top bottom and sides to save back muscles. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.