I am planning a new addition on my colonial style house built in 1947. The plans call for raising the ridge and a newly framed roof which will eventualy be a bed room. I would like to incorporate an eyebrow window in the roof facing the front of the house. I found great articles in Fine Home Building on framming these windows but I am at a loss on how to appply the laminated shingles over the barrel of the eybrow. An suggestions
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I would order a roll of the same colour and cut it up to lay up my own for that spot.
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how about a copper standing seam roof or there is a modified bitumen product (read roll roofing )manufactored by a company named polyglass that has a copper faced product that can be applied in their adhesives and is a little easier to install than a true copper roof but will age to the same patina as copper