Garden Shed Roofing Shingles

Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles.

Garden shed roofing shingles.

Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Shingles keep water out in layers. Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper. Shingles for shed roofs.

Watch and see how easy it is. Not only does the shed roof have a more attractive interesting appearance but roof shingles are a more durable roofing option and not much more difficult to install than standard mineral roofing felt which is the most common roofing material for sheds in this country. It s important that your roof has a pitch of at least 12 5 degrees. Shingles are one of the lightest materials but are also very durable.

Installing roof shingles is popular roof covering for sheds in north america and with the advent of more substantial sheds and home offices in the uk is an increasingly popular option. Shingles are a lightweight tile strip which is easy to install and cheap. Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it.