Making Wood Roof Shingles

Lay down a layer of shingles with a second layer over the top until the shingles meet at a single straight peak.

Making wood roof shingles.

Make sure to use clean and straight grained oak to do this. Cover the length of the cedar shingle roof peak that the new layers of shingles have made. Boards that allow air to circulate under the. If an old roof was once covered with wood shingles or shakes they were likely nailed to skip sheathing which consists of widely spaced 1 in.

Prep a wood shingle roof for reroofing a synthetic mesh underlayment allows continuous airflow between the roof deck and the shingles. Cover all of the nail heads with roofing cement. Turning out handmade wooden shingles isn t difficult in itself the hard part is finding the right material. One side will be straight and one side will be wavy.

Then use a mallet to split them out further. Make a template piece that will be used to mark all the others out with. Pa mac demonstrates how to make wood shingles otherwise known as wood shakes for roofing material to go on his new log chicken house. Shingles are cut from blocks of wood shake bolts split out of a whole trunk of cedar.

Now remove the bark from the wood and split into thin sheets. How to make your own shingles. Take the limbs off and move it to a cleared area where you can make your wood shingles. Cut a piece of rolled roofing eight feet long.

Cut until the tree starts to lean and fall. Keep your eyes on the tree as it falls and move quickly out of the way. Once you get halfway through the tree then start at a downward angle above your original cut. As the shingle or the sawn shake use less wood they are financially preferred for large areas such as roofs today.

We found this to be the largest manageable size to work with. In this video we learn how to make wood roof shingles by hand. Make sure all shingles on each side are covered.