How To Staple Roofing Felt

Use a construction stapler or a hammer.

How to staple roofing felt.

Put fasteners at least every 8 inches. Overlap and cut drip edges. Starting at the bottom of your roof unroll a few feet of felt lengthwise. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper.

The staples held better than the nails. Its way better to work with and will last longer. Start by stapling a row in the middle of the new roofing felt section. Apply drip edge to the eave.

If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector. Smooth out wrinkles as you progress to eliminate spots that could trap moisture and cause problems in the future. Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads. Unroll your felt and secure it to your roof with a staple every 8 inches.

Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. Apply and attach drip edge. How to do 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.

The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. Sadly time has shown me differently. If you are only tacking down the felt for while you roof the building then 3 8 tack hammer staples are more then enough. Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper.

Place the replacement felt over the exposed area of the roof and secure using the arrow htx50 professional hammer tacker and 1 2 t50 staples. Begin by using your staple gun to staple down the first part of your felt to the corner of your roof. Cut drip edge flashing at an angle at the corner press it lightly against the eave end. The tiny diameter of staple legs mean less hold with time.

Adjust the felt as you roll it making sure that it s straight with no bubbling. Never install the felt vertically across your roof. If you can find a roof with staples here because of code it is easy to identify them because so many have worked up. Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof.

Since you are new to the game i would greatly recommend you use 30 felt over 15.