Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros.
Garage roof shingle change 55410.
It is often compared to slope but is not exactly the same.
Garage roof replacement costs 1 000 to 2 500 on average depending on the size pitch and materials.
Although ceramic tile roofs are expensive they can have a life span of over 100 years.
I have a small 16 x 20 ft stand alone garage on my back alley that needs a new asphalt shingle roof.
Layout fabricate overlap and secure asphalt shingles per manufacturer instructions.
In addition to composition shingles materials may also include any necessary roofing felt underlayment ice and water shield nails ridge vent and roof flashing details such as valley drip edge gable and chimney flashing and caulk.
However some roofing companies may charge upwards of 1 000 a square for an asphalt shingle roof.
Shingle roofs typically have a life span of 15 30 years while membrane roofs usually last 5 15 years.
This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more.
On jun 10 2018.
Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.
Garage roof replacement cost.
A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles.
Installing a new roof on a 280 square foot 1 car garage costs 1 000 to 2 000 and a 400 square foot 2 car garage runs 1 500 to 3 200 depending if it s asphalt or metal.
Roof pitch is the measurement of a roof s vertical rise divided by its horizontal run.
If you shingle over the existing roof be sure it is not more than one layer deep already.
Beveled wood pieces called horsefeathers must be laid along the thick edges of the shakes to make a fairly flat surface.
The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge.
Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm.
Install drip edge eave trim and valley flashing.
Before you reshingle a roof read our step by step guide for adding new shingles over old ones.
Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.
Install roofing paper membrane.
Ashpalt shingle roofing installation labor basic basic labor to install asphalt shingle roof with favorable site conditions.
Some things you can not budget too closely because you will not know until you take off the old roof.
Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.
Not that the roof was leaking or that it would have done much damage if it did but the shingles were getting to be very unsightly.
