Align shingles properly to avoid nail exposure.
Nail trough shinglea on gambrel roof slope change.
I have to reroof a friend s shed gambrel style.
It is possible to shingle over a gambrel roof to add security from the elements or additional décor and aesthetic features to your structure.
Lay the first asphalt shingle at an outer corner of the lowest sloping face of the gambrel roof.
The application of shingles over a gambrel roof has very little variation from the application of shingles to a traditional roof.
Let the bottom tabs cover the lower sloped section and nail along the tar line on the back of the shingle into the higher sloped section.
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Lay another shingle next to the first one.
When the roof slope changes just let the tabs point straight up.
He wants to use architectural shingles but i m not sure about bending them at the pitch change.
Use a nail gun to secure the shingle to the decking with three nails through the upper nondecorative portion of the shingle.
We re going to do a pitch transition or change.
To determine the nail length you should consider the number of layers of shingles shingle thicknesses underlayment and flashings installed on eaves.
Secure it with the nail gun like you did the previous shingle.
We need to do something where that change happens so the panels can go down and water can come off hit the lower slope and come off the roof.
Start by laying the first asphalt shingle to the outer corner of the lowest slopping face of the gambrel roof.
For duration series shingles owens corning recommends using either a 4 or 6 nail fastening pattern depending on the roof s slope and building code requirements.
Position the nails appropriately according to the shingle installation instructions.
I ve only done one before 20 some years ago.
A gambrel roof is often thought of as a bard style roof where the roof of a structure has multiple slope changes on either side of the roof.
Step 3 lay the next asphalt shingle next to the first one.
Then use a nail gun to secure the shingle to the decking.
The shingles have notches or tabs on the top half that you will line up to measure overlap.
Roofing nails should be long enough to penetrate the roofing material and go 19 mm into osb solid wood plywood or non veneer wood decking or through thickness of decking whichever is less.
