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                         Roofing Tips Continued

If there are any nails left sticking up where you lifted the old shingles off, take your claw hammer and lift them out. Now you are ready to replace the shingles. Take one of your new shingles, and place it to the side of an undamaged shingle at the edge of the area that you cleared out. Nail it in place with four nails that are evenly spaced and nailed just above the thin strip of dark tar on the top of the new shingle. The bottom of the new shingle should overlap the row beneath it by 5 inches. Now, work your way to the left if you started at the right edge of the area to be repaired, and put

another shingle to the left of the one you just nailed in, following the same guidelines. Continue until you come to the undamaged shingles on the left side.

    Now, go to the row above, and repeat this process, filling in the area , either right to left as mentioned above, OR you may work left to right (it doesn't matter, just a matter of preference). Finish one row at a time, then go to the next row above.      When all of  the damaged shingles have been replaced, you are done.

    If the area is very large, and the tar paper, or roofing felt, is

damaged, you can replace it before shingling. You will measure and cut a length of tar paper, nailing it down over the wood decking with button caps. These are special nails that have a wide cap at the top that helps hold felt down. Overlap the row beneath by about 4 inches at the bottom when felting the next row up. After felting, go ahead and fill in the shingles as described above. You may want to use a chalk line and snap a line that follows the top of the row of shingles you will be

replacing for the first row, especially if you are replacing a larger area of roof. This will help keep your line of shingles straight.

    With these tips, you will be able to handle a minor roofing repair job and replace damaged shingles. Be sure to call a roofing company for help if there is major damage, if the decking beneath is rotten or damaged, or if your roof has a steep pitch, or angle. But for minor

repairs on many shingle roofs, the tips I have given should help you to save money and repair your own roof.