Valley Shingle Cutting Pattern - Real Good Toys Special Edition Vermont Farmhouse, Jr. Instructions Manual

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Instructions for the Special Edition Vermont Farmhouse Jr

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Pro tip: I finish the attic before

attaching the Rear Roof, so I actually

do the shingling last in the assembly process.

Shingle the Roof: Glue: Use a thick, solvent-based panel adhesive

available in caulking gun tubes at building supply stores. Look for the

"Flammable" warning to know it is a Solvent Based adhesive, and fol-

low the manufacturer's warnings. If there are no warnings or if it says

"water clean up", then it is an acrylic based adhesive and will curl the

shingles

Cut 40 Shingles that, when they are in pairs with the angles in the val-

ley (illustration #38), the straight edge is straight up-and-down the roof

(use Illustration #36 to get the angle).

A. Glue a "starter row" of

the bottom edge of the Roof, or "Flash" the edge with a

copper (#SC from Real Good Toys) to prepare the bottom edge of the

Roof for the first row of shingles

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, smearing the excess upward. Hold the first Shingle steady 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 guidelines.

Cut the top row of Shingles so that the next lower row has a 1"

reveal. Glue the last row of Shingles to the Roof

and to the Cresting (Illustration #35).

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40. Shingle the Back Roof and the Porch Roof.

Illustration #35

Illustration #36