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   Piffin | Jan 11, 2005 05:56am | #1

   I'm considering thowse for this next job. How do they look in place? Any special tyhoughts about application?

    

    

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   gdavis62 | Jan 11, 2005 07:02am | #2

   Strong young men. ;-)

   I've seen them on jobs, and they look quite massive.  Lotsa ply build, nice shading, sort of a look you see in slate, from afar.

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   seeyou | Jan 11, 2005 02:42pm | #3

   I've probably done 15-20 houses with them. They lay like 3 tabs. You don't want to try to cut them on a cold day. We use a shingle shear when we're laying them. I'll post some pictures of this house we're finishing now in a day or so. The copper gutters are almost finished.

   The reason I've got these is overshipping.  A full semi load the way they load the pallets is 120 sq. My roof was almost 100 sq. I didn't count the bundles ( there were a lot ), but we got done and there was 22 sq left on the ground. I tried to give them back, but they insisted they only delivered 98 sq.

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   sarison | Jan 23, 2005 02:40am | #4

   so you say you only paid for 98 sq.?

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   seeyou | Jan 23, 2005 03:32pm | #5

   I paid for 98 sq including ridge caps. I calculated the roof to be 90+ sq. The other roofers that bid against me also calculated 90+ sq. Since they were special order shingles, I over-ordered several squares. I did not count the bundles when they were delivered. When we got to the end of the job, there were 21 sq left over. There should have been 3-4 sq. This was a very cut up roof. I've been estimating roofs for nearly 20 years. The guy that delivered them has been doing so for nearly as long. He says he delivered what I ordered. All sorts of checks and balances were in effect thru the shipping process. I remeasured the roof and still get 90+ sq. I've got 21 sq left over. It's a mystery where 10,000 lbs of shingles came from.

   I also ordered 50 rolls of #30 felt (2 sq per roll). We use ice barrier membrane in the valleys ( there was a lot of valley), and I had three rolls of felt left at the end.

   Now, all that being explained, why do you ask?Scissors cut paper. Rock breaks scissors. Paper wraps rock.

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   MikeSmith | Jan 23, 2005 06:15pm | #6

   sometimes , god is good....

   good luck moving those shingles short of a dumpster..

   i've still got  10 sq. behind my shed from a job i overordered  in '87Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore