Some really good roofing tips here, thanks for sending them to the list. Regards Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy Podsim To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:29 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Roofing
Ok,guys, I do want to make one comment here. My father used to be in construction and I worked with him for many years. When shingling over old shingles here's a few tings you might want to consider. 1. While it's not necessary to use felt paper or the newer fiber paper when shingling over old singles, You might want to consider the fact that some manufacturers will not warnty the shingles unless there is paper under them. 2. How bad is the shingles your covering, and why are you covering them. Usually you are covering them because they are leaking or have detereated to the point that they aren't, or will not soon be doing their job. In this case, If you just put the new shingles over the old with no barrier between them you are leaving out a moister barrier. We always used felt paper even on reshingleing jobs because it is an extra protector for leaks. Also in some areas the local building code requires it. 3. You always want to start your bottom and side runs with shingles that the tabs have been cut off of. The reason for this is that there is tar at the edges of the roof allowing the new shingles to stick on the edges. While this seems to not be very important to some, once you get a high wind you will find that the roofs that have been done this way hold up much better than the others. Also, some shingles warnety won't be any good unless you do this. 4. Your roof is just as important as a good foundation. The roof blocks sun, rain, snow and many other things from the inside of your house, don't take shortcuts that you might regret later. Jimmy...KD5QHH... New home page, http://www.podsim.us MSN, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Roofing 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:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Ralph Supernaw Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:36 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> 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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
