How To Felt A Pitched Roof

Clean and prepare the roof.

How to felt a pitched roof.

Includes useful advice on the best materials to use together with information. Felt comes in either 15 pound or 30 pound ratings. Use a heavy duty felt for long term weatherproofing. Buy the roof felt.

I had to re felt my shed roof so i though i d share with you the process i went through and the materials i used. Lay the first piece of felt. Generally if felting a pitched shed roof you ll require 3 pieces of felt 1 for each side and then one to overlap the two edges but this may vary depending on the size of the shed roof and the width of the felt rolls. The process of felting a shed roof.

Step by step guide on how to apply bituminous roofing felt to your shed roof. Tack it in place at the corner with the end flush with the end of the roof and the bottom edge of the roll right along the bottom of the roof. Hi guys and welcome to my video. Roll out the first layer of felt.

As you work the paper can be tacked down in the center so it won t blow away. Roofing felt is comprised of a base made from natural materials such as wood cellulose or synthetic ones such as fiberglass or polyester and then coated or saturated with a protective coating such as bitumen asphalt which repels water but still allows the product to breathe. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact dimensions of your roof. If the roof felt tears cut a piece large enough to cover the tear with lots of overlap slip the top under the next lap.

Start the roof felt at one bottom corner of the roof.