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Posted by Jimmie D on July 2, 2006, 1:27 am
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>>New shingles were installed yesterday, but the roofers didn't shingle
>>over roof vent flashings in a couple of spots. They left one side
>>unshingled. On the other vents, there're shingles all around.
>>Actually what it looks like they did was to shingle underneath the
>>flashing, which wasn't done on the flashings that are covered. Does
>>this make any difference?
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>>Something else they did that looks a bit out of the ordinary if I am
>>able to describe it. When they shingled a valley they cut the shingles
>>straight down the center of the valley (the top shingles anyway - I
>>assume there are shingles beneath that they overlap). The shingles
>>don't "span" from one side of the valley to the other, overlapping as
>>they go up. That's how the old roof was done. I'm concerned that
>>water will have a greater chance of settling in what is now a well
>>defined straight edge. If I've described this well enough to be
>>understood, does this way of doing it sound OK?
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>>Thanks for any input.
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> If you can, get a photo and post it up on a free image hosting service
> and post the url here. This way you can get the best reply you can
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> hth,
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The low side of the flashing shouldnt be shingled over. If they used some
kind of "valley tin" this sounds about right.
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