How Do You Roof A Barn With Decra Shingles?
The process of: evaluation, deck repair and deck overlay, installation of synthetic underlayment, installation of Decra metal shingles Evaluate the barn structure. Make sure that the supporting members (the large upright beams pegged together) holding up the roof, are in good shape. * Tools needed: Good and experienced eye Tear off current roof materials. Set the basket, on the forklift, at the eave level at the barn, and start tearing off the cedar shakes and the asphalt shingles. Put tarps on the ground below, to catch the nails and all the debris. * Tools needed: Large wrecking bar, flat bar, hammer Evaluate the roof deck. Determine which if any roof deck boards need replacing. Then replace them. Use 5/4 ths treated deck boards because they match the thickness of the original roof boards. * Tools needed: Good and experienced eye Install new plywood roof deck. Install string lines from one end of the barn to the other, right at the eave. Start at one end and lay the first piece of pl