How To Get Hook Nails Into Roof

That will keep it from sliding sideways as you step onto the roof.

How to get hook nails into roof.

Remove siding from the house where the new roof will attach to expose rafters or other framing of the old roof. Install the drip edge on the gable ends of the roof after you finish installing your underlayment. Fasten the purlin with 16d common nails into each vertical rafter. Drive one 3 inch nail into.

On uneven ground place squares of plywood under one foot to level the ladder base and then secure it with wire or rope tied to stakes. Lay the first purlin at the ridge of the roof down to the chalk line beginning at either corner. Snap a chalk line horizontally across the roof two feet down from the top. Fasten the top of the ladder with rope or wire tied to a secure anchoring point such as a 20d nail driven into a rafter.

The ladder should be long enough to extend 3 feet but not more than 5 feet above the roof s edge. Use the smallest screws or nails you can get away with. Insert a flat pry bar under the shingle cap and lift up on both the shingle and the nail head to loosen the nail then pry out the nail. Nail it every couple of feet.

Use a utility knife with a hook blade to cut the shingles back 3 inches or as recommended by the vent manufacturer from the ridge. 2 cut about 2 feet off the end of a two by four using a circular saw. Insert two equally spaced nails into the rafter. By pre drilling a hole in the wall you will prevent the screw from cracking the wall as it goes in.

This video is about all surface roofing construction. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size. Long enough to hold the item in place but hopefully not so long that they will damage anything behind the wall. Remove the shingle cap.