How To Apply Roofing Felt To A Garden Shed

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How to apply roofing felt to a garden shed.

Never install the felt vertically across your roof. First cut your rafter boards to size using a circular saw to make sure they fit your roof. Some roofing felts are actually glued down. You can then re attach fascia boards to keep your shed looking smart by hiding the folded over roofing felt at each gable end.

Installing the roofing felt does take care but can go very quickly. These thick layers of roofing felt are installed by heating the back of the felt with a butane torch and then carefully applying it to the roof. When you install roof felt as part of a diy weekend project you must ensure that each row of felt is flat on the surface and that there is plenty of overlap between each successive row of felt. A great way to weatherproof your garden shed or tool shed is by applying felt to the roof.

Includes useful advice on the best materials to use together with information. Shingling a shed and want some tips. Make a birdsmouth notch at the end of each rafter to help it fit into place. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed.

These applications are ideal for flat roofs or protective surfaces under roof level decks. Use your craft knife to cut a slit in the felt overhang at the apex of the roof then fold the felt down there and nail securely at 10cm intervals along the gable. How to felt a shed roof with wickes enjoy your garden with the wickes garden sheds and buildings range which includes sheds summerhouses greenhouses log c.