Gambrel Roof Hip Shingles

The shingle starter strip amount of shingles needed is provided in lineal feet and includes a row of shingles along the rakes.

Gambrel roof hip shingles.

One pack of standard shingles covers. A traditional hip roof consists of four equal length slopes that meet to form a simple ridge. You will need to begin laying your shingles at an outer most corner of the lowest slope of the roof. The top ridge will be shorter for a hip roof but the 4 hips will add to the amount of ridge capping needed and because of the angles the amount of waste will be higher than for a similar sized gable roof.

Square feet enter a waste factor. Step 5 ridges. There are variations though such as a half hip that features two shorter sides with eaves. Get some friends to help you shingle the hip roof.

Step 1 lay first shingle. A square of shingles is usually three. To calculate a gambrel roof. How to shingle a gambrel roof.

Determine the number of squares of asphalt shingles you will need for covering the gambrel roof. Align the first. Lay the first asphalt shingle at an outer corner of the lowest sloping face of the gambrel roof. Step 2 complete first row.

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. The difference is in the amount of ridge capping you need and the amount you will waste. Rise 12 enter the coverage of one pack. Use two stacked shingles cut to form to start the ridge cap at the bottom of the hip ridge and then use one cap in each position up the ridge.

This gambrel roof fits in a semicircle and starts as the top half of an equal sided octagon. Have one person lay shingles in the proper place and another person nail shingles down. Lay the second row of shingles. Check overhang to calculate rafter overhang equal to the lower level cut at the full rafter depth.

Gambrel roof a gambrel or barn style roof is simply a gable roof with a change in slope partway up the roof. The steep sections of gambrel roofs are very visible so homeowners should carefully consider the appearance of their roofing shingles. This 1 2 tab has to be cut off where it hangs off the left edge of the gable roof. How to install asphalt shingles on a gambrel.

Enter the pitch of the upper roof rise 12 enter the pitch of the lower roof. Besides its unique appearance a gambrel roof also serves to maximize the usable floor space in the attic area.