Chimney; Shingle The Roof - Real Good Toys Beachside Bungalow Instructions Manual

Instructions for kit #B 1895
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32. Chimney: Assemble the Chimneys up side down.
Let the glue dry, and paint the Chimneys.
Attach the Chimneys 1 1
2" down from the peak.
see www.realgoodtoys.help for flashing or shingling demos
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33. Shingle the Roof: Glue: Use a thick solvent-based
(not "water clean-up"!) panel adhesive 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. Cut a "starter course" of Shingles the length from the
bottom edge of the Roof to the first Guideline. Glue on the
Starter Course lined up with the bottom edge of the Roof.
B. Valleys: Hold a shingle close to a valley and
straight up-and-down the roof. Lay a piece of strip-
wood 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 first Shingle and press another Shingle into the
adhesive, tight to the first. Hold the next Shingle and press
in another... etc. all the way across the roof, cutting the last
Shingle to fit
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 guide-
lines.
Cut the top row of Shingles (1") so that each row will
have the same reveal.
D. Finish the top edge with a "Boston Lap": pairs of Shin-
gles laid horizontally. Start at the ends of the peak, and, with
each pair overlapping the previous pair, work to the middle.
/ " from the edge of the Roof and
2
"Boston Lap" Ridgecap
Chimney Caps
Chimney Block
Valley Shingle
Cut with a saw to get two
Valley Shingles from one flat
Shingle (cutting with scissors
splits one shingle of the pair)
The angle of the valley shingle
for each roof is different
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