We’re getting ready to dry in our first roof over an 8/12; it’s
12/12.
I&
#39;ve been tossing around the idea of starting from the top and working my way down. But I’ve also considered putting the first row on from our scaffolding and then just working off of toe boards. All we’d have to do is move our existing toe boards around a bit since we already have to pull them up.
Is there a method that the roofers would prefer? Do they want our toe boards on the roof?
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Work off a chicken ladder and run it vertically, lapping 4" instead of 2". Gett good and you can precut enough for each run, carry it up to the ridge, tack it, let it roll down, and nail it off.
Then move your chicken ladder and do it again.
but if you want to work off toe boards and run it horizontallly, roofers know how to remove them
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I'm not sure what a chicken ladder is...hangs over one end of the roof? Or a ladder on a toe board? Sounds like I better lock the front gate. :)When I was digging through the archives I ran across the vertical method, I was just a bit unsure over whether it would be kosher or not.I don't know if I feel like defending the practice to the HO tomorrow...but it sure does sound easier.
You can buy ladder hooks that clamp to a ladder section and they hang over the ridge of the roof while the ladder hangs from it, lying on the surface. I do most steel roofing from chicken ladders.justification, for those who areleery of the idea, is this.required lapps for horizontal runs is 2" horizontally and end lapps - or vertical ones is 8" below 4/12 pitch, 6" for 4/12 to 8/12, and four inches for steeper roofs.. These rolls run vertically are simply longer vertical lapps. At a guess, I've done over a hundred that way and never seen any problems from it.
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If you want to run it horizontally and start from the top ,it's easy.We prepare an old roof that way all the time.Set toe boards to get up to a workable height from the ridge.Roll out your paper and nail the top and middle only,leaving the bottom free for now.Set the next course of paper on the upper sheet at the prefered exposure you want,roll it out and just nail the middle this time until you cut to length.Now roll up the bottom of the upper course,let the top of the lower course come in under and now nail that overlap.Move down, remove toeboards and continue until you finish at the eaves.
In this way you have no penetrations thru the newly installed felt or water blocks if the roofers are a while getting there.
For old work you can keep a roof dried in above you if you're working in questionable weather,removing old layers and prepping for a new roof.Works really well when you have a multiple layer tear off you're doing and it takes a while to strip and renail the deck.
Thanks guys.I'm off to do some damage...just a couple more sheets of ply and we're ready for paper, we already passed our sheathing nailing inspection.