Nail Pattern For Roofing Felt

Nail the felt in using 0 59 inch 15 mm galvanized clout nails.

Nail pattern for roofing felt.

You will need 1 10 gallon of lap not mastic cement for every roll and 2 pounds of roofing nails for every square. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Start at one of the upper corners of the felt and continue along the perimeter. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across.

Use 1 inch nails for new roofing. Grip the hammer tightly by the end of the handle and hold your thumb at the top of the shaft. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt. Be sure that there are no wrinkles.

Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads. Asphalt roofing cement should meet astm d 4586 type ii. In roofing one square equals 100 square feet. They are long enough to penetrate the sheathing.

Starting a roof with tarpaper felt. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. An underlayment of felt roofing is optional. Nail the middle and bottom of the felt similarly.

Some roofers prefer to attach felt underlayment with 1 inch roofing nails or special nails with plastic washers but most codes allow staples which are easier to drive. Pay careful attention to roll the felt out smoothly avoiding wrinkles as you move across the roof. Setting the roll and then nailing off. Put fasteners at least every 8 inches.

From behind the roll reach over and nail down the top of the strip with roofing nails spaced 6 to 8 inches apart. Use a construction stapler or a hammer. The overhang to the next strip should be 3 8 inch. Apply 1 spots of asphalt roofing cement under each corner and at about 12 to 13 in from each edge.

Pick up the roll with both hands. Roll out the felt toward the other end of the roof. Use six nails and four spots of asphalt roofing cement for every full shingle for every full shingle as shown below. Pull straighten and align the felt along the eaves.

The middle and bottom edge should also be nailed no less than every eight inches.