Papering A Roof

Begin at the bottom edges of the roof and go up.

Papering a roof.

Place just enough tacks to hold down the tar paper. This is how i paper my vallies. If your rolls of tar paper aren t long enough to cover the length of the roof use more than one strip to make a. Tar paper or roof felt is required by most building codes.

Setting the roll and then nailing off. It seems that if water does get past the shingles that the tar paper having all of those staple and nail holes would do little to keep the water out. Tar paper is considered an underlayment it goes under a more durable roofing material. What is the purpose of tar papering a roof other than to keep water out until the shingles are laid down.

Starting a roof with tarpaper felt. Take a close look at how i paper the 30 in the center of the valley. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt. Lay the first strip of tar paper side to side with its bottom edge along the edge of the roof.

Then i run a r. How to install roofing tar paper things you will need. I swear it is the fastest way out there. Use more if the day is windy.

If you have a steep roof use a roof harness to help keep you from getting hurt if you lose your footing on the.