A roof must be prepped before applying your roofing materials. Step one: Nail on Drip cap. This cap us used to prevent water from getting in behind the metal fascia and contacting the wood

1. ROOFING MATERIALS

2. Prepping Materials
• A roof must be prepped before applying your roofing
materials.
• Step one: Nail on Drip cap. This cap us used to prevent
water from getting in behind the metal fascia and
contacting the wood

3. • Step two: Install water and ice membrane.
This material is a rubber membrane that
has adhesive on one side that sticks the
roof. This is usually added in areas where
you might get a lot of water running and
ice build up.

5. • Step Three: Lay the felt paper (tar paper).
This is usually laid over entire roof (it
doesn’t have to be but building code is
starting to lean that way)

6. • Step Four: Placing roof vents. There are
several types. The number of vents
depends on the amount attic space that
needs to be vented. There is 1 vent
required for every 150 square feet of attic
space. This also depends on the type of
attic vents you used.

7. Type of attic vents
• Plastic and Aluminum Vents

8. • Turbine vent

9. • Ridge Vents

10. Gable Vents

11. SOFFIT VENTS

12. Asphalt Shingles
• Most widely used.
• Several different types.
• Lifespan of 15-25 years

13. Steel shingles
• Made out of aluminum or other steel
types.
• Typically carry lifetime warranty

14. Cedar shingles
• Cedar wood shims.
• Cedar oils naturally repel water and
insects.
• Last 40-50 years

15. Clay roof
• One of the oldest roof coverings.
• Requires little maintenance, and is fire,
mold and insect resistant.
• Fragile, and expensive.

16. Slate Shingles
• Actual slivers of rock used as shingles.
• Long lifespan.
• Similar to clay.
• Heavy and requires a strong roof.