Replacing A Roof On A Shed

Here s how to fix a shingle on the wood roof of your shed.

Replacing a roof on a shed.

If you are talking roll granulated tarpaper rather than normal roofing materials like asphalt shingles then you can take off about 0 60 sf from the prices shown for shingles about 0 75 sf savings if not putting any underlayment under it though that gives you no protection against tears or punctures. Remove the screws from the topmost. Lay the first panel of the new metal roof in the lower downwind corner and secure it to the purlins driving one. Unscrew the trim on the existing roof and remove each piece of metal trim.

Replacing the shed roof has given this shed many more years of service. Place one nail at each corner a little way in from the edges and then one if not two in the middle. How to replace the roof of a metal storage shed step 1. Determine your desired roof pitch.

Things needed extension ladder pry bar roofing felt roofing nails utility knife three tab shingles hammer. Cost to replace a shed roof the average garden shed is 10 by 12 which is 120 square feet and the cost for installation alone would be 430 or 3 60 per square foot. Chance of lasting as long as the original and duncans inspection of the rest of the timber forming the shed showed that all of the remaining timbers including the foundations are in a good condition. Begin shingling at the bottom edge of the roof starting at one end.

Add another 200 to remove the old roof and you have a total cost of 630 to replace a shed roof. General view of repaired shed with new roofing felt and gutter. The term pitch refers to the slope of the roof. You ve got to get the old nails out that held the damaged shingle in place.

Use a hammer and chisel or flat head screwdriver to break up the shingle. A shingle ripper is a marvelous tool.