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House Shingle ?

dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
edited September 2017 in General Discussion
I have had the sad pleasure of putting on about 100 roofs. Every time i did a roof i swore i would not do it again. LOL

Yesterday i went to the doctor and they are building a subdivision about 4 miles from my house close to town.

They started the shingles at the top of the house.

Why would they do that?
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh is about a 380,000 dollar house.
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    it is the new way /system of roofing[;)]
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's extra work, a lot of extra work, but it can be the only way to lay them without tearing them up if it's to hot to walk on them. Some guys do not know how to measure down and start a new section when installing over gable ridges etc. and they will run a course top down then run off of that.

    I started roofing when I was 12 years old and really have no idea how many roofs I've put on. But I can tell you this, no way in hell I'm roofing one from the top down unless there is some unavoidable reason I can't currently imagine. I'll roof at daylight and late evening, but I ain't running them from the top down. Lately I don't even run shingles at all if I can help it, roofing sucks.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    thats how they do it in Australia



    i have only done a couple, its not rocket science doing it from the top sounds like they are taking something simple and way over complicating it , tabs are marked for a reason
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    Maybe it's an underlayment?? Still doesn't make sense.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,161 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Must some of those $50+ per hours nail pounders.
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  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How are the nails/staples hidden from view without tearing up the shingles when roofing downward ? It sounds like too many beers and no supervisor around watching the work to me [V]

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Junkballer
    How are the nails/staples hidden from view without tearing up the shingles when roofing downward ? It sounds like too many beers and no supervisor around watching the work to me [V]


    You lift the tabs 2 rows up and place nails in the row just above the one you are laying, the nails hold the top of the one you just placed, you'll drive nails in it when you lay the row below it.
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  • 320090T320090T Member Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bending shingles can't be good.
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I understand how they could do it but i was wondering if it was a special shingle or something.
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Must have been the "low bidder"[;)]
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  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All I can say is NOT on my house would they do that, one of the businesses I owned before retiring was a construction company (not roofing), roofers are here today - gone tomorrow type guys [:0]....they don't care what problems you have later, they "lets just make it pretty" so we can get the check [V]

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

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  • sharpshooter039sharpshooter039 Member Posts: 5,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Almost all metal shingle roof's go on from the top down
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This was regular shingles or architectural shingles.
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