Fitting Tuin Roof Shingles
We recommend bitumen glue is at least used on the ridge tiles and the first leading edge roof tiles.
Fitting tuin roof shingles. Watch this handy video guide from gardenlife log cabins to see how their pre cut roof shin. Roof shingles hints and tips about insta. Although there is a bitumen strip on the tiles and that they should also be nailed in at least three places on a strip we are recommending due to our dodgy weather recently that you consider also applying felt shingle glue along the leading edge when sited in exposed areas. Installing and fitting your shinlges is pretty straightforward.
This is also necessary with low pitched roofs. I ve insulated the roof with 50mm celotex and now need to fit the barge boards. Each tile has a bitumen strip which melts in the heat of the sun securing your shingles. Want to know how to create a slate tile effect with roof shingles.
Ensuring you have the correct roofing type for your log cabin shed is one of the keys to having a long lasting garden building it 39 s definitely something worth considering. The latter looks for nicer and lasts forever. As an option we offer felt shingle glue and this is also recommended by iko. We do recommend the felt shingles though over standard felt.
On the roof sides the celotex and rough cut edge of the shingles along with the edge roof board are exposed the barge board in an l shape fits over this exposed edge. You could also use the erm on apex roofs as an alternative to felt. You can also find more help here. The purpose of a membrane is in case your roof shingles lift the roof will still have protection.
Please see the instructions on the wrappers if available. For flat roofs you have a choice of either epdm or easy roof membrane.