Fitting Felt Roof Tiles

The tools you will need are a hammer and a sharp knife for trimming.

Fitting felt roof tiles.

Suitable for pitches ranging from 15º to vertical felt shingles are the perfect covering to provide long lasting weather protection for your garden shed summer house or canopy for a new hot tub. You will find some small diagrams on the packs themselves but using our knowledge of working with roof shingles we have gone into a bit more depth to try and help you. Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof.

Shingle installation on a small roof is a straightforward process that even inexperienced diyers can tackle. Here are the instructions for fitting the 2 most popular designs of felt roof shingles. Our felt shingles are available in hexagonal or square butt shape and in a range of colours. This movie shows you how to install iko superglass armourglass monarch on a roof.

Product information on ar. 3 shingles make up each 1 metre shingle strip. The shingles are fixed to the roof boards or insulation boards if you have chosen the roof insulation option with clout nails. Armourshield mosaic roof shingle instructions.

As you roll out the underlay keep the bottom edge of the material aligned with the edge of the eave but above any metal or synthetic edging that may cover the borders of the eave. Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof. Superglass roof shingle instructions. Step 9 mark out and unroll the detail strip along the ridge line secure by nailing edge at 10cm centres using 20mm galvanised clout nails.

Our felt roofing shingles are easy to fit and can be used on log cabins roofs with a slope of 12 degrees or more. Position the first roll of underlayment at one side of the roof perpendicular to the lower edge the eave of the roof. Nail the shingles centre line at verge to fully secure shingles in place. Apply felt lap adhesive onto the detail strip then overlay the roofing tile shingles cut to the verge edge.