Just continue up the roof as if it didn't stop and cut off what ever hangs
over the top. I guess your last exposed course will only be tabs, just nail
them so the nails are under your flashing.

Also its easier and neater to nail the last shingles first and then trim.
It will be impossible to measure and cut the tabs first and then try to nail
them straight. Strike a line where the bottom of the last course will go.
Nail them as high as you can and then trim the excess. For extra protection
you can put a dab of roof cement on the nail heads.

Attaching the flashing so it doesn't leak is going to take some thought.
You need to use aluminum nails and attach it without crushing it.



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Hi all, OP again.

Just to clear things up. This is a small free-standing shed. And from
my last post here a few weeks ago, I learned that this type of roof is
called a "shed roof." Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the
poster that told me that....

So, a very simple freestanding structure with a slanted roof. If you
stand at the front of the shed, the roof is probably 14 or so feet
high. If you go to the back, the roof is down to, oh, say, 7 feet high
-- this all being guess.

Anyway. Had three roofers out earlier who all wanted around $700 to
roof this with three-tab....decided could not afford it, but
considering the labor and the aches and pains that son and I had, maybe
that would have been the smarter move....LOL

Anyway, sounds as if I need to do the last "course" as I thought and
then do another course of only three-tab cut-offs and then put the
"drip edge" over the top of that...it's not really a drip edge, I don't
think. It's a three inch, bent in the middle, thing I got at the home
center....Anyway, I think I have some half-baked ideas. We'll try them
out on Saturday.

Of course, if any of you any anything to add, feel free.