11 Best Of How To Shingle The Top Of A Hip Roof Best Images PNG. If you want to keep your roof from getting potential water damage then you need to start your roofing project by adding flashing to the ridges and by adding strips of tin to the edges of your hip roof. The first step in the process of erecting the hip roof is to get the ridge beam into place at the top of the roof.
Three bundles of three-tabbed shingles equal one square or 100 square. At the very peak youll make four cuts through a shingle forming a right-angle X but leave solid shingle to cover where the four hips join. Make sure you keep this first row straight using the ice and water shield as a guide.
Install the ridges on the edge of the roof to make sure water wont stick on the top of the roof.
Trim the very last shingle on each ridge as needed. You can position them starting at the bottom or at the edges. The hip shingles bridge the gap that is created when shingles are laid down on either side of the slope. Using a utility knife trim the right or left sides of your shingle depending on the end you started at so that it fits the angle of the roof.