Get a utility knife with hooked blades, cuts shingles very well. if it is to hot though, it is more likely to rip then cut. On a layover, just put the shingles over the old, don't need the paper. Put 4 nails per shingle, one on each end, and one over each crotch. There are 3 notches along the top of the shingle, when starting a row, find the first notch from the side your starting on, and cut straight down, put the cut end at the edge of the roof, hang it over a little if you want to cut it off square with the roof. You would do that every other row to keep the crotches from lining up. some will take a shingle and flip it so the tabs are pointing up for starter shingles. I prefer to cut the tabs of shingles to make my starter shingles, that way the tar line is at the bottom edge of the roof, and not 6 inches up, gives you a better seal. If you don't want people to know you have two layers of shingles, cut about 6 inches of the shingle off at the ends of the roof. Lining shingles up isn't that hard, you can do it by hand, line the bottom of the shingle up with the top of the crotch of the shingle below it, or they make roofing hatchets that have a shingle spacer, or my roofing nailer has a shingle spacer on it. spacers are best if more then one person is shingling. of course, some of this assumes your installing 3 tab shingles. good luck, Michael
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralph Supernaw Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Roofing I am making plans to shingle my house. It currently has one layer so I'm planning to shingle over the current layer rather than remove it. I have a couple questions: 1. What do you use to cut the shingles. I can't imagine what would stay sharp after two or three shingles. 2. Do I need to lay down a layer of felt or can I put the shingles directly on the current layer? Any other tips and tricks you might suggest would be appreciated. Ralph [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
