How To Repair My Shed Roof

Roof shingles for shed roofs.

How to repair my shed roof.

Shed build time lapse. We had a problem with our shed workshop flat felt roof leaking and needed a quick repair. Hopefully this simple fix will help it last a few more years and save some money. Changing a cladding board.

While you can repair a few missing shingles on your own a serious roof leak probably signifies the end of your shed. The cost to replace a shed roof can be anywhere between 140 and 750 including labor for a 120 square foot structure. But if you re dealing with a collapsed roof replacing it entirely means bracing and structural support. Not only will replacing the roof on your shed be challenging and costly but roof leaks lead to countless other problems that will destroy it as well.

Shed roof replacement cost. Felt shingles will fit any shed roof with a pitch of 15º or more and they don t require any maintenance. They can be hard to trace and see where the problem is and where the water is getting in. With repair of the roof rather than replacing the whole shed as duncans preferred option the first step was to determine the extent of the damage.

The main challenge with changing cladding boards is that they are often locked into place via a tongue and groove system theoretically this means that in order to remove the damaged board you will also have to take off any boards above it as well as part of the roof. Instead of replacing the felt roof we decided to use a product call. Repairs might be as easy as swapping damaged shingles for new ones. So we did some homework and found how the professionals did it.

In this video i show you the basics of roofing. Stripping back the roofing felt removing the single layer of mineral roofing felt soon showed how much of the roof really needed replacing. Shingles are also a great option for shed roofs as they offer an inexpensive good looking finish. I do this on my shed but these basic principals can be applied to your house as well.

If you find the walls in your shed leak after. Simple fix for a leaning wobbly slightly rotten shed. Needless to say they make it look easy but the information they gave us was very helpful.