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   FatRoman | May 29, 2009 05:53pm | #1

   Just had them put on at my place.

   They look terrific. I've got the Shadow Gray and while they seemed darker in the bundles, they are a nice gray up on the roof. Very attractive and they definitely give some zip to the roof.

   Here's a thread of the install. http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=119990.1

   Seeyou can probably tell you more about the install procedures.

   'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb

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   seeyou | May 29, 2009 11:13pm | #4

   Yours are Presidential TLs. A little fancier that the Landmarks.http://www.quittintime.com/      View Image        

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   Hazlett | May 29, 2009 07:54pm | #2

   We did a 54 square roof last year in Certainteed Trilaminate" Sunrise Cedar"

   1)-- you definitely want to cut these with a shear or with snips--- not hook blades----- they are a bit of a struggle to cut if they are the least bit cool

   2) experiment with the pattern you lay them in--if at all possible. We laid one small,inconspicuous roof plane with one pattern---- didn't quite like the look----and changed the pattern for a much better effect. At this point I can't quite recall what pattern we settled on

   3) customer chose the color "Sunrise Cedar"--- the color--up close as you are laying them is rather un-attractive------ but from the ground-- in the customers yard------- the color/effect was the BEST( most
   realistic) Laminate look I have seen.

   A week or so ago--- I roofed the neighbors house across the street from last years trilaminate job---- this years customer used 30 year GAF/ELK laminates----- really no comparison at all-- the trilaminates look WAAAAAAAAAAAY better---- but if it was me--- for the price--- I would want to see the color on a comparable house first----- even if I had to drive an hour or two to do so.

   stephen

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   dogville | May 29, 2009 09:11pm | #3

   Thanks Hazlett, are you telling me the layout recommend on the wrapper was not sufficient??? Did you have valleys, if so, you cut these on the ground individually(what fashion of valley did you use if applicable). The sunrise had that nice natural graying lookk witgh a hint of warmth???

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   Hazlett | May 29, 2009 11:52pm | #5

   I would say the sunrise cedar color
   FROM THE GROUND was reminiscent of wood that had weathered maybe 6 months-----still kind of newish----but not glaring bright.
   However-- it is not the silvery grey of wood shingles by the ocean for a number of years------ it's definitely toned more to the new wood end of the spectrum we used copper W valleys( also copper vents, copper waste stack boots , copper chimney flashing, copper step flashing and counter flashing along the brick side walls)etc.-----IMHO a shingled valley destroys the illusion of a wood roof instantly. I snapped a line and cut the shingles along the valley with a large pair of tin snips--- even with the big snips it was a lot of effort to crunch down through them as far as the Layout goes-- i can't remember exactly WHAT I did.-- USUALLY on 50 yr. LIFETIME shingles I am very Carefull to use the specific Layout reccomended on the wrapper----- so a picky customer has no grounds for compaint---- On 30 year dimensionals--- we will often simply stairstep up with a 6" Offset. On this particular roof I can't recall precisely what we did----- just that the first layout we tried-----didn't look as good as the one we arrived at.stephen---- I will try to look tommorrow and see If I have pic's from last year---- but don't count on it( I might have pic's--- because we installed a very big cupola on that house---and I remember being nervous about makinbg the right Base angle cut, LOLstephen

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   Catspaw | May 30, 2009 03:41am | #6

   I installed them on my own house this past winter.

   Biggest problem I had was the triple layer created a bulge down the middle of each bundle. When stacked on the pallet in crisscrossed layers, that bulge distorted the layer above fairly severely. Hard to get them to lay flat on the roof. Might not be a problem this time of year.

   You definitely want a shear to cut them. I can highly recommend this model:

   http://www.amazon.com/Howard-2003-Shingle-Shear-Cutting/dp/B0000UJMT0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1243643445&sr=1-1

   I used the Resawn shake color.

   - Rich

    

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   frammer52 | May 30, 2009 04:46pm | #7

   Behind you in the pict, is that your slide to get off the roof?>G<