How to Make Ridge Shingles

Asphalt shingles are a mixture of tar and aggregate. One side of the shingle has a rough feel and the other side has a smooth feel. You can buy pre-made ridge shingles, but it doesn't take much effort to make your own and you'll save yourself some money while you're at it. You can use a three-tab asphalt shingle to to make ridge shingles. Each three-tab shingle will provide you with three ridge shingles.

Flat wooden surface
Utility knife
Replacement utility knife blades
Three-tab shingles

Instructions

- 1
  Lay a three-tab asphalt shingle on a flat wooden surface. Lay it down so that the smooth side faces upward and the tabs face away from you.
- 2
  Place a utility knife blade in between one of the slots in the tabs. Cut down from the slot at a left 70-degree angle until you reach the edge of the shingle. Set the knife back in the slot and cut down from the slot at a right 70-degree angle. Repeat this process in the second slot between the shingle tabs. When finished, you'll have three individual roof ridge shingles. One of them will be tapered on both sides and the other two will only be tapered on one side.
- 3
  Cut the sides of both shingles that need to be tapered. Make a 70-degree angled cut from the center line out to the edge of the shingle. The cuts need to be made in the opposite direction of the tab side of the shingles. You should now have three tapered ridge shingles ready for installation.

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