Be careful not to get any on your skin in this process.
How to apply asphalt roll roofing.
Visit your local hardware store and ask for enough rolled roofing to fit the area of your roof.
Nail the roofing strips parallel to the roof edge set in 1 and 8 from the roof edge with nails spaced 4 o.
It has a life expectancy of anywhere from six to 10 years but it s fairly inexpensive.
Then apply roofing cement evenly around the roof edges where these strips are going to go.
Prepare roof edges cant strips.
Roll roofing is different.
Roll roofing is a good choice for covering an existing roof.
To apply rolled roofing you ll need your roof measurements a broom chalk to mark lines a razor blade to cut the material roofing cement nails and a hammer to hold down the material.
Roll roofing is a lightweight roofing material that s sold in a large roll.
Step 3 apply the edge strips.
A typical roof has three layers a felt layer and two layers of overlapping shingles.
You need to place starter strips of roll roofing along all edges of the roof so start by cutting pieces of roofing about 18 inches wide.
Install drip edge and install 9 cant strips of roll roofing material along the rake and eaves edges gable ends and lower roof edge such that the roofing strip overhangs the roof deck by 1 4 to 3 8.