How Do You Lay Roll Roofing

Step 3 apply the edge strips.

How do you lay roll roofing.

How to properly install roll roofing. An underlayment of felt roofing is optional. You need to place starter strips of roll roofing along all edges of the roof so start by cutting pieces of roofing about 18 inches wide. The roofing should overhang the eaves by inch except where you install drip edge flashing on top of the roofing along the rake edge.

Position the first course so it overhangs the drip edges by about 1 4 inch and roll it out a. Plan so that no two butt joints are closer than 2 feet from each other. How to do it attach first course. For this heat up the gas burner and push it to the edge of the site where it will be fixed.

A gas burner is held so that it warms up the ground surface and the lower surface of the material. The canvas is rolled up into a roll back to the point of attachment. If possible install roll roofing over a smooth plywood deck either perpendicular or parallel to the slope. Fix edge fabric roll.

It also helps if you first install a layer of roofing felt. For extra durability you may install roll roofing in two layers. Then apply roofing cement evenly around the roof edges where these strips are going to go. The strips should always be horizontal.

Roll roofing is not very pliant or flexible in cold weather of fewer than 45 degrees fahrenheit and it can crack and break if.