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Posted by on October 13, 2007, 10:47 am
On Oct 13, 7:33 am, asf...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Oct 9, 6:38 pm, da...@cs.ubc.ca (Dave Martindale) wrote:
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> > >The special, pre-made ones, cost more and may look better but save you
> > >the labor of cutting regular shingles in thirds, not that it is much
> > >of a job.
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> > If you have plain single-thickness three-tab shingles, you can easily
> > cut them into pieces suitable for the ridge line.
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> > On the other hand, if you have the fancier "architectural" shingles,
> > they are two layers thick in some places to give a look that is more
> > like a real woodshingleroof. They'll be harder to cut in thirds, and
> > may look weird when rotated 90 degrees (so the water flow is "sideways"
> > relative to the originalshingle).
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> > The special ridge shingles are precut, and designed to look thicker than
> > they really are.
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> > Dave
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> Okay. Thanks for all the answers.
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> I'll be cutting regular shingles into thirds.
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> So, may I take it that the special-made hip and ridge shingles are
> folded back on themselves in the middle simply because it makes them
> LOOK better when they lay on the ridgeline??
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> There's no practical water-proofing benefit?- Hide quoted text -
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Sorry for the misunderstanding, Big_Jake.
Yes, I was talking about he "laminated multiple layers" when I used
the word "folded"
> Why are they folded like that?
Unless I'm not understanding your question, the simply answer is that
you can't cover the "apex" of your roof without "folding them". It
is
a ridge, and you have to cover it to prevent leaking.
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