Go to your local building supplier and ask to take a look at their roofing shingles. I have found that with the shingle laying in front of you, running the long way from left to right,if you feel up both sides of the shingle, you can feel a small cut in the shingle that is perpendicular to the short end. Both short sides of the shingle will have one. After I have my first course of shingles installed, I then line up both cuts on the shingle to the top edge of the shingle below it. When I have to line up a cut shingle, I cut a nick in the cut end of the shingle (the same distance as the factory cut) then install it the same way, lining up the small cuts with the shingle below it.
A sighted friend of mine asked me how I got my rows of shingles so straight. After I showed him, he said he never even saw that small cut. He now uses the same method that I do. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph Supernaw To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 13:19 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Metal roofing verses shingles Hi, It's come to that time when we need to cover our roof with another layer of something. I'm leaning toward metal roofing rather than another layer of asphalt shingles (we only have one layer so do not need to remove it before adding another). Even though metal roofing is far more expensive I'm thinking we can make up most, if not all, of the difference by doing it ourselves instead of hiring it done. I would like to ask some questions before going much further. First, I don't see how a person with basically no vision can be accurate enough to get the shingles on evenly. When I am dealing with woodworking I can live with imperfections. After all, I can try again or live with it. However, the roof is very public and will be looked at by any future buyers when it comes time to sell. One thing I don't want is a roofing job that is "really good for a blind person." Have any of you done a professional grade job with shingles? If so, how did you do it? One of the attractions of metal roofing is the variety of colors. Are there colors that tend to fade over time and so should be avoided? It seems I remember red used to be a problem color for cars. Any thoughts and suggestions are appreciated. Ralph [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
