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Instructions for kit #B 1925
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32. Chimney: Assemble the Chimneys up-side-down.
Let the glue dry, and paint the Chimneys.
Attach the Chimneys 2" from the edge of the Roof and
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 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 in-
volves burns, and I don't suggest it for that reason. Fabric Glue
(solvent-based!) is also a good choice for shingles.
A. Glue a "starter row" of
edge of the Roof or 'flash' the edge with a
('SC' from Real Good Toys) to prepare the bottom edge of the
Roof for the first 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 long enough for several shingles
just below the lowest guideline. Press the top edge of a Shingle
into the line of glue, smearing upward,squeezing out the excess,
and coming to rest with the top edge of the shingle lined up with
the guideline. 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 guidelines.
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 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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"
1
long Shingles along the bottom
4
1
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" strip of copper
2
"Boston Lap" Ridgecap
®Macco
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
Shingling page 28
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" Chimney Cap
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" Chimney Cap
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Chimney Block
Shingle Guideline
Line of Adhesive
"Starter Course"
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