Shingle Pattern Hip Roof

If you want to keep your roof from getting potential water damage then you need to start your roofing project by adding flashing to the ridges and by adding strips of tin to the edges of your hip roof.

Shingle pattern hip roof.

While iko makes hip and ridge cap shingles to match their other shingle colors there are more options. Three tab shingles are still widely available and used. Usually the hip and ridge shingles match the color blend used in the field of the roof although in some markets the hip and ridge shingles might be a contrasting color which really frames the roof and accentuates the roof outline. What you ll need to shingle a hip roof.

All the shingles are cut along the hip rafter with a utility knife or in this case the ridgid roofing cutter. Because a hip roof is shaped differently than a traditional gable roof it means shingling it can be more difficult. The second step involves. Each shingle overlapped the previous one and they were secured with two nails on either.

Ideally the amount of the shingle showing on the main part of the roof matches the hip roof. Other shingle design patterns have come and gone including shingles that once installed simulated the look of fish scales or had. The roofers used hip and ridge shingles which came bundled like typical shingles but they break into three pieces. You will need to cut more shingles to size and pay special attention to how the shingles lay on the roof as you round corners.

Fitzpatrick we recommend letting our roofing installation experts handle the job but if you re set on doing it yourself here s how to shingle a hip roof. Replacing the shingles on a hip roof requires more time and effort than working on types of roofs.