Complete the row with 3 tab shingles.
How shingle 3 inch gable aluminum roof.
Shingling a wooden storage shed roof is important for a great looking and long lasting shed.
For this project you will need.
Estimate how many aluminum roofing sheets are needed by dividing the width of the roof by 16 inches.
Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel.
To lay out the design for the shingles begin at the bottom of the roof and place a tape measure inch from the edge of the roof to ensure the shingles overhang the drip edge.
Do this on both sides of the roof.
Align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof line.
However make sure that you do not nail into the tar strip.
This roof is created when another gable or a hip roof intersects with the non gable side s of a gable roof.
Using t bevel which was previously locked to the pitch of your roof mark a line on the drip edge side of the gable up to the 3 mark.
Align and install the 2 tab shingle aligned with the next 5 inch higher chalk line.
These roofs are usually present due to an addition being added to a gable type home.
Roofing felt drip edge shingle.
Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it.
Place nails in the three tab shingles about 3 4 inch 1 8 centimeters above the cutouts near where the tab meets the upper part of the shingle.
Insert a flat pry bar under the shingle cap and lift up on both the shingle and the nail head to loosen the nail then pry out the nail.
Mark 12 inches up on the roof for the first course of shingles then mark every 5 inches all the way up the roof to set your reveal.
The second course starts a stair stepping pattern.
In all use four nails per 3 tab shingle.
Using your combo square mark a 45 degree line along the drip edge.
Make a 1 mark from the edge on top of the gable trim.
The first shingle course is a full row of 3 tab shingles installed along the bottom edge of the roof flush with the starter strip.
Also place a nail 2 inches from each end of the shingle in line with the other two.
Roof shingle types and differences.
There are two styles of asphalt shingles you can use.
Both are installed in the same.
This 16 inch value is the standard width of an aluminum roofing sheet.
Begin row 4 with a shingle cut in half 1 and tabs and complete that row.
A 3 tab and an architectural.
Use a utility knife with a hook blade to cut the shingles back 3 inches or as recommended by the vent manufacturer from the ridge.
