Installing Roofing Felt Vertically

Apply extra heavy typically 43 pound roofing felt over the sheathing old roof or the insulation.

Installing roofing felt vertically.

Laying the felt the roofing felt should be applied in layers that overlap. Install a single vertical length of underlayment roll centrally over hips and down valleys before weaving horizontal underlayment across the valleys and hips. Never install the felt vertically across your roof. Start at the bottom of the roofline and work up so any water that gets through the roofing material will shed down the tar paper and will not go under it.

Hang the lower edge of the felt over the eave the part of the roof that meets or overhangs the shed s walls by about 0 5 to 0 75 inches 1 3 to 1 9 cm. Start by laying asphalt felt or other underlayment over the roof. Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof. Favorite answer yes you certainly can install roofing felt paper vertically instead of horizontally but why would you want to.

If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector. Drive cap nails 6 to 8 inches apart in rows along the top and bottom of the sheets as well as in a row in the middle. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches.

Install underlayment a minimum of 6 inches up roof protrusions or vertical abutments. Setting the roll and then nailing off. Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. 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.

As you work the paper can be tacked down in the center so it won t blow away. Believe me no one i know would be dumb enough to want to be on the. This also applies to metal hip or valley flashings that may be specified.