Replacing A Felt Roof On A Shed

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Replacing a felt roof on a shed.

Since you will have overlap. The first thing you need to do is remove the old worn felt from the roof. Now back onto the rood of the shed and nail down the overlapping edges of the felt. The process of felting a shed roof step 1.

For pieces that aren t coming loose press a putty knife underneath it. Grab loose pieces of felt and pull them off the roof with your hands. Apply pressure and chisel away at it until it comes loose. A conventional roll of felt is enough for 432 square feet.

Buy the roof felt. Replacing shed roof felt removing the old felt and nails. Laying the new felt ridged. You can t have too many nails holding your felt down a loose edge will eventually rip if it s caught by a strong wind.

Remove old felt from the roof with your hands and a putty knife. Have a good look at the exposed timber especially where there were holes in the felt and make sure. As before tack it in place then add more clouts between the tacking. Pull out nails that are holding felt to the roof using the sharp end of a claw hammer.