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Posted by Red Green on February 12, 2008, 9:42 am
> Don Young wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jack W wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>have a strip of cellophane-like tape over the black adhesive.
>>>>
>>>>That tape is simply there to keep the shingles separated while they
>>>>are in the bundle. You do not need to remove that strip and it has
>>>>nothing to do with the shingles blowing off.
>>>>
>>>>I will bet that the shingles were installed with staples, right?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I want to see that answer too.
>>>
>>>When I redid this house this summer some parts were nails and some
>>>staples. The ones with staples you could get the corner of a section
>>>up with the shingle rake, grab the corner with both hands and pull up
>>>a whole section. That says something...
>>
>> I have read this several times but there must be some different
>> staple systems. When I had my house and garage re-shingled the crew
>> complained a lot about how hard it was to get the stapled shingles
>> off the garage.
>>
>> Don Young
>
> We have the same complaint from our roofers, but not for the reason
> you are thinking. Shingles with nails are easier to remove because
> the demo tools will hook the nails and they will come out cleanly,
> while the staples have a tendency to pull out one leg of the staple,
> leaving nothing for the shingle tool to grab. They then have to be
> pounded down or removed with a pair of kleins or end cutters.
>
> The shingles come off easily, the staples don't. While on a roof with
> nails, the shingles often pull out the nails and the remaining nails
> can be removed with the same tool.
>
> Having done thousands of roof repairs,
Does anything below your waist not hurt any more? :-)
> I will tell you what I have on
> my roof; nails.
>
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