How To Take Off Old Roof

Make the pile on a flat area away from flowers and shrubs.

How to take off old roof.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. As the old roofing material piles up at the roof jacks carry it to the edge of the roof and toss it into the trash container below. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. If you couldn t get the trash container close to the house throw the shingles onto a tarp on the ground.

Pry the shingle from the roof. Find a pre screened local roofing contractor. If you ve had old roofing stripped off about 10 000 nails came with it and most landed on your grass mulch and driveway. Remove all of the shingles on the roof.

The nails in the shingle should come up with the shingle when you pry it off. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Place a pitchfork flat garden shovel or shingle scraper under the shingle. How to remove old flat roofing.

Remove the old shingles with tear off shovels. What to do if the old roof is not straight if the existing roof has wavy horizontal lines you can take out the waves by snapping a horizontal line 1 2 inch below the shingle bottoms of one course. Leaks form and the materials erode into something that is better. It doesn t matter where you start or stop.

If you re going to add a roof on top of an old one it s a good idea to remove any loose shingles and apply a new layer of 30 pound roofing felt before laying the new shingles. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Work from the top bottom and sides to save back muscles. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

Install a course along the snapped line then install succeeding courses using a guide or a snapped line. Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners. Contractors have a tool that makes it easy to pick these up a giant magnet on wheels that they pass over the yard to grab the dropped fasteners so they don t cause any flat tires or injuries.