How do I start my first row of shingles?

Lay a starting row at the bottom of the roof along the edge. Place nails in the three tab shingles about 3/4 inch (1.8 centimeters) above the cutouts, near where the tab meets the upper part of the shingle. However, make sure that you do not nail into the tar strip.Click to see full answer. In this regard, where do you put the starter shingles?Starter shingle should be installed around ALL edges of your roof. To meet code, technically it only needs to be installed on the bottom eaves, but there are some big benefits to installing it up the rake edges as well (also known as gable edges).Beside above, what do you put under shingles? Felt paper, also called tar paper or builder’s paper, helps shed water that gets under the shingles, protects the asphalt shingles from the resins in the wood decking, increases a roof’s fire rating and helps keep your house dry if it rains during the job. One may also ask, do you overlap starter shingles? With the starter shingles laid along the very edge of the roof, run a set of starter shingles along the sides of the roof as well, making sure that those rows come down and overlap the starter shingles you laid at the bottom.Do architectural shingles need a starter strip?Yes, they do. As discussed above, a critical requirement for starter shingles is that they DO have sealant, down at the shingle’s lower edge (or outer edge at the rake). Leading Edge Plus starter shingles have a strip of IKO’s aggressive Fastlock sealant on each shingle piece to help overall roof system performance.