How To Tear Off A Cedar Shake Roof

You also need to make sure that no debris falls into the exposed attic.

How to tear off a cedar shake roof.

Removing the old shakes. Whether mimicking thick wood shakes or courses of colored slate designer laminated shingles aren t limited to rectangles. Get one on amazon. Subscribe and share ple.

With skip sheathing tearing off the cedar shingles must be done manually because there is no decking to help with prying shakes up. Hope it helps you on your next project. This video is about all surface roofing construction. Cedar shake tear off depending on how the cedar shake roof was installed the time frame could be altered.

Step 2 tear off felt and shingles use your roofing shovel to lift each of the cedar shingles until you have enough room to cut through each of the roofing nails with your hack saw. Meant to suggest the look of a cedar shake roof these shingles have a built in stagger revealing two thicker butt ends. Standing at the peak use a garden fork or a specially notched roofing tear off shovel to tear away the ridge caps and the top courses of shingles. Thank you for watching.

How to remove wood shakes diy video roof demolition duration. Cutting the nails instead of prying them up with the claw end of a hammer is less labor intensive takes less time overall and creates less of a chance of. Wood shake roof tear off. Roof removal here s a video on how to remove a wood shakes roof.

Start the tear off at the section farthest from the trash container. Stripping away the old roof.