Papering A Roof

If your rolls of tar paper aren t long enough to cover the length of the roof use more than one strip to make a.

Papering a roof.

It acts as an added moisture barrier. What is the purpose of tar papering a roof other than to keep water out until the shingles are laid down. Tack it down with galvanized nails a hammer tacker or an electric staple gun. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt.

Begin at the bottom edges of the roof and go up. Starting a roof with tarpaper felt. It seems that if water does get past the shingles that the tar paper having all of those staple and nail holes would do little to keep the water out. Tar paper or roof felt is required by most building codes.

Then i run a r. Lay the first strip of tar paper side to side with its bottom edge along the edge of the roof. Setting the roll and then nailing off. Use more if the day is windy.

Place just enough tacks to hold down the tar paper. Tar paper also know as roof felt is a heavy paper impregnated with tar which makes it waterproof. If you have a steep roof use a roof harness to help keep you from getting hurt if you lose your footing on the. Tar paper is considered an underlayment it goes under a more durable roofing material.

Take a close look at how i paper the 30 in the center of the valley.