Shingles

[DouginUtah]

I thought about posting this in Woodworking--but let's just pretend I have a timber-frame with a shed roof that I am shingling.

When putting the last row of shingles down how would you finish it off?

The only way I can figure out how to do it is to cut off the top half (or so) of the shingles then put the metal flashing over the last row and nail it down. The shingle salesman suggested that I bend the last row over the header, but that would be putting a 90° bend in the shingle and would look crappy only covering 1/2 of the 2x6, to say nothing of how long it would be before the bend would split.

[beenthere]

Will depend on what type of shingle you are laying.

Here is one example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYOfC5o4zeM

[DouginUtah]

No, no, no.

There is no ridge. Maybe I'm not using the right word. The roof consists of one row of 2x6s. One end sits on an 8' wall the other end sits on a 10' wall.


     

[beenthere]

Ok
That helps. Its a flat roof on a slope.

Now, what are you putting down for shingles? 

[tyb525]

I would put drip edge on with aluminum flashing underneath it, the drip edge bent slightly over the header

[DouginUtah]

That helps. Its a flat roof on a slope.
Now, what are you putting down for shingles?

Regular asphalt architectural shingles, just like the ones in the video you posted.

I would put drip edge on with aluminum flashing underneath it, the drip edge bent slightly over the header

I hadn't thought about that. I should go to the store and see what different flashing is available. I am using tin flashing which I think is referred to as Type D. ? Maybe not.

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[LOGDOG]

Doug,

If you're roofing that from the bottom up, when you get to your last course, your top layer of shingles would have the starter portion (above the tabs) exposed and probably showing an exposed (undecorated ) portion of the shingle of about roughly 7" or so. I'd lay out my roof, and snap lines so that the amount of exposure I show on the shingle tabs brings me up to a point on the roof where maybe I only have like 2" or 3" above the tabs exposed at the roof line. Then like Tyb525 said, I'd probably cap over the top of that with a robust drip edge that has a nice wide flange. For a few bucks, you can even have someone with a break form some up for you out of colored aluminum. There's actually several ways a person could trim that top edge out.