Blog entry by Chastity Fournier
Anyone in the world
Whenever possible, I park a dumpster close to the house to toss
in the old shingles right from the roof, simplifying the
clean-up.
The first row of shingles — sometimes called the starter strip —
should overhang the drip edge by about a half-inch. Make sure to
measure the height of your shingles and mark a line on the
underlayment where the top edge of the shingles needs to be to
get the half-inch overlap. You’ll probably have to trim your
starter course to get the tar strip as close to the edge of the
roof as possible.