How To Trim Roof Shingles

How to trim them up to the drip strip and maintain a nice even and smooth cut.

How to trim roof shingles.

You may need to cut panels to fit angles using a circular saw with a metal saw blade. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. Alternatively you can use a starting row of full sized shingles by turning them with the tabs pointing upward. Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing.

Handyman ian eltringham recommends leaving a 1 2 inch overlap between the edge of the roof and the shingle. Rather than cutting the shingle at the roof s edge. How to cut shingles off the edge of a roof in a straight line. Follow the guideline you created to keep the shingles straight.

When you cut along the chalk line you should be making the shingles even and leaving a 1 2 inch overhang where the shingles extend beyond the edge. Draw a blue chalk line at this line. Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally. For the kind of shingles you purchase there may be a special starter row of shingles or a roll of strip material that you cut to the length of your roof.

I installed a roof on a small shed total roof size 7 x 11 using asphalt shingles. As you continue follow the pattern of lining a full shingle up against the next and nailing it into place. Much faster safer and easier way to trim cut asphalt shingles than the traditional method of using a blade and straight edge. So your next course of shingles should cover the nails by 1 inch vertically.

Looking for tips on best technique and tools to use to trim the shingles on the edge where they re overhanging the eave. Metal roofing is also available in the form of shingles. Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place. Cut your last shingle on each row to size repeating all the way to the ridge.