Putting A Second Roof On A House

Why pay for a tearoff if you can get away without it.

Putting a second roof on a house.

In this video i take show how to proper recover an old roof and make it look like it s a single layer check it out you might find useful tips for your new. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across the roof. Often incorporating two or more designs for aesthetics and practical reasons combination roofs can feature a range of styles. Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle.

Of course it ll be the new owners who are stuck with the extra expense of a two layer tearoff down the road along with any problems arising from an improper re roof job. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. For this type of wood it is most often seen when building a hostel in vietnam you can refer to alo nha tro for more details. If you don t tear off the old layer you can t examine the decking.

Apply the final cap so that it completely overlaps the upper corner of the roof planes. Apply roof cap shingles along the peak of the roof overlapping the shingles on each side of the peak. Every 5 inches make a new mark until you get to the rop of the roof. The two most common reasons why you should add a second layer shingles to your roof is for convenience and affordability.

For a second layer to be as good as a roof tear off you would have to have sound decking no leaks and a roof with no sidewalls where flashing is needed in order to tie the tiles in to the exterior walls. Installing a new roof directly over the old one can save you a lot of time. Rip cut the starter strip or starter pieces so that they butt up against the second course of existing shingles and are even with the front edge of the existing roofing. Repeat this on both sides of the roof.

Use a starter strip or cut pieces for a starter course. Adding new roof shingles over old ones is tempting to a lot of people planning to sell their house in the near future. After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters. A clerestory and hip roof for example.

Attach with nails along the top edge of the strip. Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun. A combination roof is quite literally a combination of types of roofs. It s much cheaper to install a second layer.

This can help you to avoid expensive labor and messy tears that can occur from the old shingles. Use 1 5 or 1 75 inch roofing nails.