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"Roofing With The Pros":

Check out the online video highlights on the right - the full video covers all the tricks of the trade from start to finish, assuming that you've never installed a roof before, includes tips and hints that only the professionals know.

By the end of the project, you'll have a professional, quality installed roof that you can be proud of!
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This video covers - 60 min step by step instructions, starting from the ground up, showing how to remove an old cedar roof, install new sheeting, install tar paper, install the new flashing, how to install a new 30 year architectural composition roof, and how to install a ridge cap.

In addition - With your purchase, you will also receive links to download all resource materials for this project, including:

Materials list
Necessary Tools
Written Instructions

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Removing Old Roof
Roof Sheeting
Tar-Paper
Framing The Roof
Installing The Door
Roofing

Removing Old Roof:

This is video sample number 1 of 6 from the DoItYourselBuilder.com project titled "Roofing With the Pros". We'll show you step by step how to complete each stage of this project. Remember, these are just short video samples from the full project titled "Roofing With the Pros", to check out the entire video project, go to DoItYourselBuilder.com.

Today we're going to be removing this old cedar roof. It's been up here for about 15-20 years. All the flashing and and all the metals going to be removed; all of the vents. When you start projects like this, try to plan ahead. Get yourself a hydraulic dump trailer or dump truck. Something you can unload with out having to touch it twice is best.

Try not to remove the tar paper, try and leave it intact and on the roof. The reason for this is that it will protect the inside of the attic area. It can be a very time consuming job and get pretty nasty.

You want to be very careful, because if you get up there and there is alot of moss or the roof is wet, these roof shingles get really slick. You need to be very careful not to fall. It's fairly dry out today, so I don't see it being a problem.

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Roof Sheeting:

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You can see here, all the shingles have been removed. All the nails have been pounded down or pulled out. Once you've done this, make sure there's no debris under the tar paper. Here we've left the valley flashing in, we're going to pull the sheeting right up to this, and leave the metal in.

We've cut these holes wherever the vents were on the existing roof. And you're just going to put factory to factory and sheet all the way up the roof, all the way up to the eve. Here you can see where we've cut out this bathroom fan. We're pretty much done with the job, as far as sheeting goes. You can see that it's cut in pretty good, there's no gaps between the sheets. Everythings tight, and it's nailed off.

Tar-Paper:

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You want to start off with using 15 lb. felt. These are 432 sq. ft. per roll. You want to start at the eve and then work your way up, overlapping about 2-3 inches. You want to start at one end, staple it, and then roll it out, and keep about a 1/2 inch overhang, not to much because we're going to use metal to wrap all the way around the eve. You can see here we're just going right on top of the plywood or OSB, you're going to overlap it as you go, stapling about 3-4 inches apart on the seams, 6-8 inches in the field. Meaning: you're stapling out in the open about 6-8 inches apart. You want to remember when you're doing this not to walk on tar paper that is not stapled down, because it can easily come out from underneath you.

Use a hammer tacker to pin it down. If you've got rain or you're in a windy area, you want to make sure you're stapling the edges off really good, 2-3 inches apart.

Whenever you go over a vent hole, don't cut it out, just "X" it so you know where it's at, so you don't fall through and break your leg.

When you get done tar papering it, throw your roof jacks over your pipes so that water won't go into it while you're waiting to roof it.

New Flashing:

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We're going to install this flashing. You can buy this (1 1/2") x (1 1/2") flashing in many colors. You want to install it right at the edge of the roof. You're going to want to staple it down and overlap it about 4-8 inches. Then you just use your standard roofing gun, if you don't have one you can nail it down, just make sure you're using short enough nails that don't go through the eve of the roof.

You're going to pull it tight against the sheeting you just put on, and make sure it's in the gutter.

Here we're showing you how to cut off this flashing that's on the chimney. Now, you want to cut it off so that you can get your step flashing up underneath it. Now, this is the original flashing, so you're going to want to leave all of this on, and you're step flashing is going to go up underneath it.

In order to put this step flashing on, you need to buy yourself these. They're either pre-bent, or they come flat and you can bend them, like we did here. You're going to bend them 90°, in half. Then you're going to slide them up underneath the existing chimney flashing, and then here we're putting it righ on top of the starter shingle. Then you're going to put an exposed, nice piece of shingle right on top of that, and then you're next one will go right on top of it, and you just continue up the roof, just like that. Even if you're working on a gable end, you do the same thing.

Make sure when you install these that you're not able to see them, that they're covered completely by your roofing shingles. I like to just hold them up a 1/4".

Make sure you're stapling high on the shingle. In some cases here, instead of cutting and fitting your piece in, if you flip it over and you reverse it so that they're factory-to-factory, meaning that the joints are the nicest where the factory's made, and you push these together, it'll make it easier for you if you're not use to cutting straight lines.