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Posted by on September 25, 2006, 8:00 pm
all of what has been said is good, unless you used some odd shingles.
if you used random gap shingles, then there is a special not so random
top shingle to lay on the top row. sold seperately of course. glad it
was included with my house kit.
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aemeijers@att.net wrote:
> >A couple of weeks ago, I asked a question about how to operate a
> > chalkline in relation to putting new three-tab asphalt shingles on a
> > shed roof.
> >
> > Got some great answers and my son and I went to work. Unfortunately, it
> > was much more work than I anticipated, and being a "40-something" mom
> > with an 18-year-old not too enthusiastic son as a co-worker, just
> > getting the bundles of shingles on the roof just about killed both of
> > us.
> >
> > So, work has progressed quite slowly. However, the end is in sight. We
> > are at the top! We measured so as to adjust the last few rows of
> > shingles so that they end right at the top.
> >
> > Perfect! Well, maybe not. This is a shed roof, basically a slanted
> > piece of plywood built on an angle with none of those fancy valleys,
> > ridges and other parts of a roof that we know nothing about. So, other
> > than cutting off parts of the three tabs at the end of each row, it has
> > been pretty simple.
> >
> > Except, what do we do now. My son pointed out, just as we prepared to
> > start the last row, that half the shingle will be grey, the bottom half
> > with the tabs will be white and the "black tarry strip across the
> > shingle will also be exposed. And where do we nail it?
> >
> > I did buy a piece of drip edge that will come up over the top of
> > shingle and I suppose we could nail right at the top, slop roof cement
> > where the shingle and drip edge will meet and go from there....will
> > that work.
> >
> > But, hey, I'm a woman, it is still going to look ugly with the
> > half-half color and tar at the top, and with using the chalkline and
> > all throughout, we have otherwise a very "perfect" looking job. Of
> > course it took us some 12 hours so far for 8 bundles...
> >
> You cut the tabs off a row of shingles, and nail them up individually.
> (Actually, you usually cut the shingles right above the tar line, but
> whatever works.) Yes, some spots of roofing cement here and there may be
> needed, if a tab lands where there is no sticky spot. You cap the thing off
> with premade ridge vent, or cap shingles, or (most people) with a bunch of
> shingles cut in thirds, with the tops tapered so the next shingle hides them
> At the end, you nail down a cut tab to cover the last light spot, and seal
> the nails with some tar, and sprinkle some of the same granules you scraped
> off an extra shingle into the tar spots to hide them. (Thy actually sell the
> granules at the roofing store for big spots, but most people only need a
> tiny bit.)
>
> If none of this makes sense, google for 'basic roofiug', or go find a DIY
> book, to see pictures. It ain't hard, just filthy and nasty.
>
> aem sends...
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