How To Re Felt An Octagonal Shed Roof

If necessary trim of any excess felt along the bottom edge.

How to re felt an octagonal shed roof.

You can then hide the folded over roofing felt with the use of fascia boards. The finishing brass finial was cobbled together from a doorknob and the base of a discarded brass vase. Now back onto the rood of the shed and nail down the overlapping edges of the felt. As before tack it in place then add more clouts between the tacking.

You can t have too many nails holding your felt down a loose edge will eventually rip if it s caught by a strong wind. This will give you extra felt to hang over. New fascia barge boards can also be supplied if required. Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area.

Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in. The original fascia barge boards will then be refitted. I used a plant pot to cover the finial and then felted it over. You can use your utility knife to cut a slit in the felt overhang at the very top of the roof and then fold the felt down there and nail securely at regular intervals along the gable.

Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface. Cutting your felt pieces. The existing fascia barge boards will be taken off and the old felt removed. I positioned the cross members to coincide with the plywood roofing pieces.

Roll back first felt piece. You can then re attach fascia boards to keep your shed looking smart by hiding the folded over roofing felt at each gable end. We will then re felt with either our standard duty or premium duty felt as shown below. Fold down the bottom edge of the felt and secure to the felt batten using 5 x 10mm felt nails per felt piece evenly spaced.

For each piece of felt tension across the roof and secure down the edge using 10 x 10mm felt nails evenly space. The rest of the roof was fairly standard dpc plywood roofing felt then asphalt shingles. Once you ve done this you re done.