How To Staple Paper To A Roof

Roll out the first section of tar paper over the ice and water shield.

How to staple paper to a roof.

The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. When you arrive at the rake the paper should be cut flush with a knife and then adjusted to line up with the chalk line. Unroll paper if you will be attaching the building paper with cap nails use a chalkline to mark the sheathing with the locations of studs. Check that it is level and aligned and drive staples or cap nails.

How to install roofing tar paper. Multiply the width by the height for the. Roll out and smooth the wsu and drive a few nails on one side to hold it temporarily. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper.

Snap chalklines on both sides for guides. Use a ladder to reach the bottom level of the roof. The overhang to the next strip should be 3 8 inch. Tack it to roof using a hammer stapler or an electric staple gun.

Press into place remove the nails and peel off the paper on the other side. Fold over the other side and peel off the paper backing. Working with a helper unroll the paper so it is about 2 inches below the sill plate and pull it taut. The idea is to make sure water that falls on the roof drips down from paper to paper and off the roof rather than up under the tar paper potentially damaging the roof s wooden structure.

Begin your first row of tar paper with the bottom of the tar paper. No matter which valley method you use for extra protection apply wsu at a valley. Measure the size of your roof in square feet.