HOW TO | Create A Stair Step (Very Easily)

[@bobbyleeper]

Im a remodel contractor, ive always steered away from roofing. After hurricane zeta last year I had no choice but to learn, because that's all people needed lol. Thanks to your videos, not only did I learn quickly but I also find myself enjoying it. Nowhere near as fast as you, but thanks to you I feel pretty confident in the quality.

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Good to hear! Happy to help

[@pizzaduder]

I just shingled a 10x16 gambrel roof using your measuring method. Perfect stair step for my taste. My pattern drifted a bit but that's on me. Thank you for such a helpful straight forward video. I watched all kinds of videos,too many.

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Awesome! Glad to hear it helped you

[@taylorgordon2696]

Overhang and cut, use pieces on next gable, factor edge against factor edge as recommended. No need to reinvent the wheel

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

As an extremely experienced roofer.. the method you said is reinventing the wheel. You're 100% allowed to have non factory seems. I'd recommend a factory edge as well but why go out of your way to get it if it's not extremely important? And If a shingle falls short of the ending edge by an inch you have to cut it back or use a smaller piece as i demonstrate in several videos. So if that's aloud, why hang them off the edge and make it more difficult to cut? Useless. Cut straight and use the more efficient method lol I don't get it with some of these comments

[@joeb787]

@@NWIVeteranConstruction I don't get why you argue also buddy

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

@Joe B to teach people the rules! Lol I'm not gonna go tell steph curry about his shot choice. So why ya'll talking to me about creating a stair step lmfaooo

[@597158madroofer]

factory to factory ..we always cut the shingles at 5 inch seams ... nail the cut edge of the shingle to the rake and keep going having someone precut your 5 inch stagger

[@MiguelLopez-sj2ib]

Hes a fuckin hack, every video people calling him out

[@meanstreak1986]

I just started to learn how to roof. I’ve done maybe 10 in the last couple months on volunteer sites after hurricanes etc. your videos have been so helpful! My biggest issue with the stair step is how much waste I end up with. I’ll def be trying this next time.

[@XroorX]

I used your tabulated numbers for the chalk line(45,56.25,etc), and the shingles came out perfect! I also used your technique to cut the overhanging shingles on the rake and not stopping to cut each end of the course(until the end), kept my rhythm. Putting your video work to help MY work! Cheers !

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

That's what they're here for! Happy to help

[@XroorX]

@@NWIVeteranConstruction how do you line up the courses on two slightly different planes? Only the rear half of the roof has this plane angle change, but if you’re standing at one end you can see both planes in the distance. Thanks

[@Titaniumelbow]

We had a saw at the shop just for cutting shingle sets. We figured out how many sets we needed and could cut 10 sets within 2 min and we had beginning and ending sets. Made it nice.

[@FrontlineElite_HeadHoncho]

Great advice

[@JimmySpencer-z1x]

Thank you❤

[@baymonearl]

Thanks for that tip. ❤ From Mississippi.

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alansmith2693]

Always something of value to learn.

[@codywit8491]

I've become way more efficient Shingling using you're tricks man thank you brother🙌

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Glad to hear! The channel is here to help guys like you thanks for sharing

[@octaviorios7125]

I cut them at the eve or gable it's better so u wouldn't not compromise the bottom shingle! Just saying ! But it's good!

[@MiguelLopez-sj2ib]

He is teaching you how to be a hack

[@kegankilpatrick7623]

If you over hang your shingles off the gable with your correct stagger on your roof and cut them flush with your starter you don’t have to cut over top of your other shingle and your cuts are always straight then you use those cuts as your as your “staircase”.. hope you understand and wish I could show you 😂🤟.. it’s exactly how you do it but your cutting flush with your starter instead of on top of your other shingle. Keep up the good work brotha !

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

i know what you're saying but i cut very carefully and extremely straight. i pay a lot of attention and fix anything that looks a little crooked but its extremely rare that i even have to. cutting off that side of the rake is awkward af lol doesn't make sense to me personally.

[@kegankilpatrick7623]

There’s a time and place for your your way of cutting the stagger … if your scared or feel awkward 😂😂 I still prefer my way . Wish I could show and explain more in person . I can can give you three points that should make it make sense 1. Starter is straight you can stager two shingles over your rake and lay a shingle over top of your starter and trace the edge of that shingle leaving you with two cuts and those cut are just as straight as your starter. You don’t have to try to make it straight because you have Just traced a straight line 😂. 2. You have no risk of cutting paper or shingle beneath you because your not cutting over top of paper or shingle lol. 3. You have more factory edge’s butt up to each other as a opposed to a cut edge butt up to a factory edge . Cuts edges will age faster than a factory edge and you want any seam/ keyway on a roof to age a slow as possible. 4. .BONUS. If someone is shingling behind you that person can put three shingles on quicker due to the shingle already being staggered and run 3 shingles out till you cut the two off the rake and complete your first staircase 😂 I hope this comment wasn’t in vein and the points I made should make sense to you . If not it’s probably due to my poor explanation over a YT comment 😂😂 keep up the good work brother 🤟. I just like to roof efficiently “personally” lol

[@vwnotch]

Nice tip thanks

[@mikethompson7436]

And when you but the factory end to a free hand cut end it fits perfectly every time ya no thanks

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

it actually fits quite nicely. it fits exactly the same as the piece on the end rake that you have to cut back because your shingle landed an inch short of the end. if its aloud there, its aloud everywhere. and it does look so tasty

[@Ermagawd]

Love this way of cutting books now. bro your videos honestly have helped turn me into a faster but much better quality shingler . Thnx

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Happy to help!

[@robertkanfield9494]

Start with Harness or get shut down ?

[@xrsroofingsolutionscanada2151]

Great video and technique.

[@mattkenners8944]

Great instructions

[@awsomejeffy9412]

Those boatich guns man I love them I get about 2-4 years beofre they shoot crooked

[@jameshamblin1102]

just one question why don't you overhang on the edge leave your factory edge on the inside for your butts and just cut it on the drip edge with the hook blade is it cuz you're leaving a 3/4 half overhang and you don't want it flush

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Well I have starter up the sides that already over hang about ⅝ - ¾ so I just go flush to that ... but I don't hang over the edge because it's somewhat backwards, unnecessary, the cut is awkward, less accurate and it's all more time consuming. Roofing isn't like siding or flooring, there's no locking edge. And There are specific spots on the roof that allow non- factory seams, no, it actually requires them to ensure the best quality in specific situations. So if it's aloud there, and you make sure you're cutting straight. There's no reason not to do it the way I do it.

[@JasonJohnson-lv1du]

Nice video brotha quality staircase right there!

[@michaelechivester6478]

I have a question about stair steping using 3 tab shingles. I have seen a lot of videos on stair steping using 3 tab shingles but what ive seen is they start with a full shingle then next shingle above full shingle is 6 inches shorter and so forth until you end with a 6 inch shingle. I havent tried to figure it out but thought i would ask a pro and get my answer faster since im not a pro just doing roof on my house. So here is the question. What is difference between the stair stepping i mentioned above and stair stepping mentioned right now. Start with full 3 tab shingle at rake then next one above will be cut 6 inches shorter woth the 6 inches at the rake the next shingle above is a full 3 tab shingle then next is repeatedup the roof. So 3 tab 2 1/2 then back to 3 tab then 2 1/2 and so forth?

[@jasonkey1071]

Ajc shingle cutter is the way to go

[@ericnagy8056]

Nooooo

[@shahranali7952]

Which product this?

[@supersparksbros]

No guide line. I'll be surprised if those are straight when u look across finished product. We leaving the plastic still attached to shingle as well. Just sayn.

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

i always shingle the best quality man. these shingles you just snap a line for a starter, and as long as you're not a complete fool, keeping them straight is easy. peeling the plastic film from the back is either a myth, or something some random shingle 20 years ago required you to do. on the back of the shingle, it clearly says, do not peel the film

[@JbBackFeeble]

I put 2 shingles together since we use gum here and it sticks , I make my first cut on the first shingle about 2/3. Then I flip it over and cut a knife length off or just what I want my smallest stair step as. Then when I take them apart I got perfect steps and I NEVER have to cut something on an end unless I get to where I gotta re start my steps. I think it ends up being the same because I make 2 cuts for 4 steps but my 5th step is already there as a full when I do it.

[@HiredGunamplifers]

No tar on rake?

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

no sir its not florida. thats a hurricane belt rule

[@destinyphillips3526]

This is how you do it. Period.

[@MiguelLopez-sj2ib]

It's really not, he has non factory seams on roof . No chalk lines , h3 also partakes in other trades . He's definitely the prime example of a hack. Dude a buster and thinks he's a roof guru. Dude is a clown ass kraxxer

[@bradleyaquino4443]

If i do 7 inches my cutoffs dont line up for the 5th and 6th step going to try again on the other half of my roof😅

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

You only make 2 cuts! Full shingle, 7-8 off the next one, then another about 15 inches off your next one. Scrap would work out! Check out part 3 of my most recent roofing series

[@JimmyNunn-gq5xc]

the bostich after there best one , the N - 12

[@4o4err0r.]

Finally not shooting hella nails and doing it correct

[@foxwood67]

We always pre cut our books. Make sure to install felt atraight and youll never have to pop a line

[@ericnagy8056]

Agree.Never have to snap more than one line when installing architectural shingles .If you have to you should find a new career. In the "olden" days when 3tabs were exclusively used it would be more common to snap lines. Learning to roof with 3tabs is how roofers honed their craft..A lot of u-tube roofers wouldn't have a clue how to install especially on a more complex installation

[@tristonevanko5726]

Do your stair steps have to be perfectly even offsets

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Nope. consistency is key though. if you make one significantly bigger than the previous it can make your nail pattern unacceptable. if they're the same-ish you're gonna be much better off.

[@tristonevanko5726]

@@NWIVeteranConstruction thanks

[@joey.g]

What seemed are you talkin about I thought the nails are supposed to be on the seam on either end of each shingle

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Check out part 3 of my most recent roofing series. I explain very early in the beginning about nail placement and seams/ creating a stagger

[@alexson1111]

nice 45

[@joey.g]

What do you mean you skip over I mean I know what it means but what are you skipping over to avoid to see my understand but what

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

You can't have a nail in the seams. Stone people call them keyway. No nails in the keyways because water runs in the seams and if a nail is there you are asking for trouble

[@puprilla]

Bro buy a old paper cutter from a closing school and pre cut ur books. No faster way and that's a fact

[@MiguelLopez-sj2ib]

You can't give away tricks to a clown like this guy

[@ericnagy8056]

Lol

[@theone3440]

Absolutely 100% wrong

[@theroofingprofessor9170]

⚡️

[@jonasramirez2473]

Again but with a better camera men. He is fired lol

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

Right

[@ukov6312]

Them low nails😅

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

no low nails guy

[@royalwapiti]

Who allows 4 nails anymore? Mine get 6

[@nsp8124]

Where the fuck is your fall protection

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

In the video where I dual wield pitchforks. It's also on the 12/12s

[@cbr1thou]

At the mall

[@stephenp1717]

Let’s go Brandon

[@theCaliber10]

Stairs are way to big

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

No sir. They're 7-8 inches. And once people try it... they never go back to 6. It makes the entire job smoother. Runs are easier, rake cuts are easier, continuing your stair step around penetrations are easier. Every single aspect of the process is more difficult when you follow the minimum standard 5⅝ recommended on the package. Trust me bro. I tried everything you can think of in order to master this game at the highest level.

[@joeb787]

DONT CUT YOUR STEP ONCE INSTALLED. my goodness what a joke

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

There's actually several advantages to it.

[@joeb787]

@NWIVeteranConstruction like risking to cut thru the layer under for guys that don't roof for decade like us. Yes lot of advantages......

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

@@joeb787 did you watch this video on silent? Lol

[@joeb787]

​@@NWIVeteranConstructionand I'd like to see you do that in front of an inspector also

[@joeb787]

and you deleted one lf my answers also Very funny.

[@msandoz9898]

Terrible nail placement

[@NWIVeteranConstruction]

The nails are literally perfect by every detail of the definition. Lol please tell me what you would do different so I can correct you

[@Calico-fw6li]

​@@NWIVeteranConstructionidiots like him nail higher. Resl roofers know to nail on the like because it's where the shingle is thickest.

[@dippersnation502]

Ass backwards that’s a a very inefficient way to roof and get your stagger going

[@ibejrr3546]

Try 18 3/4 first line than second line 33 1/2 everybody does it different I see you got more trust in gauging your shingles bro props to you

[@MiguelLopez-sj2ib]

Hack