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Instructions for kit #HB 1900
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30. Chimney: Assemble the Chimneys up side down.
Let the glue dry, and paint the Chimneys.
Attach the Chimneys 1" from the edge of the Roof and
1" down from the peak.
see dhbuilder.com for fl ashing or shingling demos
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31. Shingle the Roof: Glue: Use a thick solvent-based
(not "water clean-up"!) panel adhesive such as Liquid Nails
available in caulking gun tubes at building supply stores. Trim
just a little of the end of the tube for a tiny hole, giving a thin
bead of glue. Always use good ventilation with solvent based
adhesives.
Note: many builders use hot-melt glue for shingling... it does
a great job. But the learning process for hot-melt glue always
involves burns and lost skin, and I don't suggest it for that reason
A. Glue a "starter row" of
edge of the Roof to prepare the bottom edge of the Roof for the
fi rst row of shingles.
B. Valleys: Hold a shingle close to a valley and straight up-and-
down the roof. Lay a piece of stripwood in the valley across the
shingle to get the angle of the valley. Mark and cut the shingle.
Use that shingle to cut shingles for that edge of the valley.
C. Apply a thin line of adhesive just below the lowest guideline
all the way across one roof. Press the top edge of a Shingle into
the line of glue, squeezing out the excess Hold the fi rst Shingle
and press another Shingle into the adhesive, tight to the fi rst.
Hold the next Shingle and press in another... etc. all the way
across the roof, cutting the last Shingle to fi t.
Continue up the roof one row at a time. Start the next row
with a half Shingle so that the seam between Shingles weaves
back and forth as you go up the roof. Line up the top edge of
each row (except the starters) with the guidelines.
D. Finish the top edge with a "Boston Lap": pairs of Shingles
laid horizontally. Start at the ends of the peak, and, with each
pair overlapping the previous pair, work to the middle.
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"
long Shingles along the bottom
4
"Boston Lap" Ridgecap
Chimney Block
®Macco
Valley Shingle
Cut with a saw to get two
Valley Shingles from one fl at
Shingle (cutting with scissors
splits one shingle of the pair)
If you cut Valley Shingles with scissors, cut
from the wide end of the angled shingle
The angle of the valley shingle
for each roof is different
3
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" Chimney Cap
4
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7
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" Chimney Cap
" Chimney Cap
8 8
Shingle Guideline
Line of Adhesive
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