The first couple of hip shingles were cut to match the corner.
Shingling a pyramid hip roof.
Each shingle overlapped the previous one and they were secured with two nails on either side.
How to lay roofing felt on a hip roof.
Overlap them as before and continue until you reach the top.
Use the shears or utility knife to cut three tab shingles into three separate shingles to use as cap shingles for the hip roof.
Trim the very last shingle on each ridge as needed.
Installing shingles on a hip roof takes more time than having them installed on any other kind of roof.
Lay the second row of shingles.
This 1 2 tab has to be cut off where it hangs off the left edge of the gable roof.
Position the first row of roofing felt flush on the bottom with the edge of the gutter apron.
The roofers used hip and ridge shingles which came bundled like typical shingles but they break into three pieces.
Score and fold the four leaves down the sides and score and bend to wrap and overlay the leaves around the pyramid.
Roofing felt comes in rolls that feature pre marked lines 2 to 3.
All the shingles are cut along the hip rafter with a utility knife or in this case the ridgid roofing cutter.
At the very peak you ll make four cuts through a shingle forming a right angle x but leave solid shingle to cover where the four hips join.
Get some friends to help you shingle the hip roof.
Then finish by placing the last caps at the very top of the roof.
Start from the bottom edge of the ridge and secure each shingle with 1 1 2 inch nails.
Fitting iko shnigles on a tuin pryramid log cabin or gazebo roof.
Getting your shingles redone on your hip roof would not only keep your house in great shape for years to come but also keeps your roof protected from all of the weather elements.
Set the first shingle of the second row back a half tab 6 inches 17 centimeters from the edge of first shingle on the first row and so that the bottom of its tabs just touches the tops of the cutout slots on the shingle below.
Three bundles of three tabbed shingles equal one square or 100.
Start at the bottom of one side of the roof at the right or left edge.