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Running the plywood horizontally and staggering seams makes for a more stable roof. It has absolutely nothing to do with the grain. The multiple layers of plywood are laid out in a cross grained manner, creating strength in any layout.
Im contractor me and my twin bro r the owners and the installers as well we have 2 somtimes 4 guys and we r up there making sure we r doing it right dnt trust ne body not even ur guys
The staples worked fine so far, so not a reason to replace. The moss could be carefully removed. Those shingles are not curling. So just the missing granules as the reason to replace?
7-8” works too. Don’t use a tape just eyeball it. You’ll get 5 pieces plus a full shingle. Simpler, no measuring, more room for error. No downside, faster, less trying. Gives more play around the pipes and when you get to the end. The 1/4 1/2 3/4 full is easier but is a bit lazy and doesn’t give the greatest spacing
would a double layer roof give a bit more protection when large hail stones hits the new outer layer, as the old layer under it can kind of allow for a more softened blow? Great video!!! Viewing from Arkansas....
I'm doing a layover myself. I've roofed about 25 years ago so learned how to do enough to be dangerous. I couldn't do a complete replacement. I can't afford it, nor afford to hire someone to do it for me. My main worse challenge is two roof jacks in close proximity for an AC unit. I removed the AC unit since it didn't work to get it out of the way but the electrical connection is just a little piece of pipe that is loose. The other is a gas line, it has two flashing covers that overlap, I reused those, since I couldn't find replacements available at Home Depot. I should have calked around the shingles laying them down. They are going to leak, I need to get after those and rework them. I know for 25 year asphalt shingles, being a layover makes them only good for about 10 years. I had to do something because the last major rain storm we had here in Fresno, Ca the shingles were getting blown off the roof. I know how to shingle around the roof jacks when they are stand alone but those two close together has been a real problem for me. I did replace one sheet of plywood. I think all the plywood needs to be replaced but that is a huge job for me at my age to do by myself. Luckily I don't expect anymore rain this year but it's hot. I've been peeling what shingles I expect to lay that day and getting off the roof by 10 or 11 am, because by then those shingles get to be a little to hot to handle and they stick together too much that it's hard to pull them apart without ripping. It's important I get the one side done because I'm getting solar panels installed on that side.
You can hire a great company but you are at the mercy of the subcontractors they use. My boss recommended a company she used which worked great for her: done in 2 days, no leaks. My installation was slowed by a death in their family leaving them short. Closer to 5 days and I'm waiting for a good rain to see if they rushed it being shorthanded.
I use my utility knife or a book cutter that makes it so fast and easy and good investment for a crew to have. They can get the new guy that might not know measurements to cut the books easy with that tool. For the guy that do it often they use their utility knife since they are about 6 inches
Funny how every video that someone puts up to train their new employees without experience gets all the loser saying how it's the beginner method. Then throw out insults. How about this, watched this because I use other people's training videos most of the time. Now I have to say some insult about you losers that have years on a roof and have only risen to one notch above the newbie this video is for.
Want it done right do it yourself. I am old and I did mine in 2 weeks and it is done right! If a nail went too deep I sauced it. If it was too high I set it. Every single one. Do it yourself and save thousands. I saved about 6k. Worth it.
@@krehbein i did get rain. Twice. I bought a few pretty big tarps ahead of time just in case and I only did 1/2 of the roof at a time. I also did the hybrid underlayment and Ice and water as soon as I stripped it. I needed tarps at the peak as the underlayment could get wet and be okay. Also tarped over vent openings.
@@markemery7741 Interesting…. Did you use those round cap nails so rain wouldn’t leak through? Also, when you did 1/2, how did you divide it up, left/right or top bottom? I have an estimate of $8500 to resheath and new shingles for the front of my house, about 300sf. I can do it, just concerned about the weather aspect.
@@krehbein I did use the cap nails. I did one half the long way 54 feet x 15. With all the money I saved I was able to buy better quality materials and I still saved so much. You got this. If you strip it and get ice and water down and underlayment you will avoid the tarps. I did mine in the summer and it still rained on me twice
I don't understand what you just did first shingle is what 5/58 the second one looks wider then 5/58 and the third on too i didn't get what you just did why can't you just do one on video so i can understand what you did to the three stairs
Blame the manufacturers. Take a look at the BP Mystique 42 instructions for offsets and nailing pattern. They are telling you to drive the second nail away from the edge only 2.5 inches from the edge of the overlying shingle edge (using their 10.5 inch offset recommendation). The staples in the above video are conformant to these instructions. For the three tab shingles the four nail case keeps the nails about 6 inches from shingle edges and the six nail case keeps this separation by bunching the nails around the tab cutouts. The same bunching approach must be applied to architectural shingles.
