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   Guest_ | Aug 22, 2000 04:34am | #1

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   the last course of shingles meeting a vertical wall is traditinally covered with a ((break flash))

   in the past this would be a piece of lead covering a 1x6.. the lead was folded up under the sidewall shingles..this could be bent with a plank and a hammer....

   so the last course of shingles would actually be two courses wide or ABOUT 11 inches..

   nowadays we bend an attractive compression -fit break flash with a hem out of colored aluminum coil stock... and this covers the last course....

   the break flash will also take the splash from the vertical wall, and your top course will last LONGER than the other courses, because it is protected...

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   Charles_Sprecher | Aug 24, 2000 02:07am | #2

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   The Last row I am speaking of was put over the flashing . I guess as a decorative piece.

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   Guest_ | Aug 24, 2000 02:04pm | #3

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   ... i know.. it's often done.. but it's not right..

   and you can see the results...

   if you pick up the flashing they were nailed on top of .. you can see some more resluts...it'll be wet under the flashing where the nails penetrated...

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   Guest_ | Aug 24, 2000 08:27pm | #4

   *Dr. Smith is right on the money....par for the course, near the stream,ajthe bogey man

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   Michael_Graden | Aug 25, 2000 10:09pm | #5

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   Was that 3" long or 3" WIDE? The wall is at the top of the Roof?

   The new ice-sheilds are fantastic for this sort of thing...but you have to pull up some roof. If it's at the top couldn't you double-flash, one under the last row and another OVER the whole thing, nailed to the wall under the siding but not to the roof?

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   Charles_Sprecher | Aug 26, 2000 03:46am | #6

   *The last row of cedar is 3" long. Yes the roof comes off of a wall. like an overhang

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   Charles_Sprecher | Aug 26, 2000 08:02pm | #7

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   I am replacing a row of cedar roof shingles over the flashing where it meets a wall. the previous shingles/shakes lasted for about six years.
   I just installed the new ones and they are splitting and cracking already.
   They are cut down to only 3 in. long, but so were the old ones. Instead of nailing right through the shingles should I have pre-drilled holes first?? Or, are there some other tips I need to know? Thank you . will appreciate any advice....CS

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   Guest_ | Aug 26, 2000 08:02pm | #8

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   mike .. the new ice shields are fantastic... but they have no ultraviolet protection so they CANNOT be left exposed to daylight..

   bend a break flash.. or lead in a break-board..