7 little tricks of the big masters of roofing

Installation of the roof is a rather laborious and dangerous task. After all, you have to work at an altitude, sometimes very significant. When a team of professional roofers is working on the roof, it may seem to an outside observer that they are doing everything easily and naturally. Often, the way it is. But professionals also do not immediately become. Experience, and with it their little secrets, have been developed over the years. There are several tricks that roofing masters use. On them you can immediately distinguish a beginner from a professional.

1. Hammering nails

In this, at first glance, a simple matter, there is nothing complicated: take a hammer and beat harder. But when installing flexible tiles, this trifle becomes significant. Roofing nails are small, so the chances of hitting with a hammer on your fingers increase many times. The usual invisibility, which fixes the nail, helps out here. You can stick a nail into a piece of cardboard. So it will be perfectly held and guided, and after clogging the cardboard is easy to remove.

1. Carrying a large sheet

Sometimes the master needs to move a large sheet of the crate (a plate from OSB or just a board) without an assistant. A thick and long rope with loops at the end helps out. Hinges are placed around the bottom of the sheet - it’s more convenient to carry around so as to maintain balance.

1. Steep roof movement

How to walk on the roof under a large slope so as not to fall down and damage the already laid tiles? It is enough to make temporary stairs from the blocks. On such ladders you can already walk without risk.

1. Screwing a screw with a comb

Sometimes the master needs to screw a self-tapping screw into the crate, but access there is limited. Fingers also prevent him from twisting. For such purposes, a pocket comb is used, between the teeth of which a screw is inserted. The comb works like a "third hand."

1. Tricks with a jigsaw

To make a straight circle with a jigsaw, a guide is used, which is fastened with a nail in the center of the circle. The nail serves as the center point of the circle.

1. Leaving a roof without tiles

If it was decided to lay the flexible tiles in the spring, and in the autumn a crate covered with lining material was already made, then you can leave it in the winter, and so on. The overlays are smeared with glue and nail the lining with slats. In the spring, you can begin the installation of tiles by first removing the slats.

1. Water drainage obstruction

Sometimes the chimney on the roof is wide, which can interfere with the free flow of water. A lot of water and snow will accumulate on top of the chimney. A professional to solve this problem will make the water awake. The best materials for it are copper or aluminum.