He's talking about roll roofing.
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From: <datesmanaric@netscape.net>
To: ""Keith Kaplan"" <keithka@microsoft.com>; <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: RE: How to shingle almost flat roof?
>
> Keith,
>
> I haven't measured it yet, but I would think its 1" in every 12". It
currently has shingles on it and was ok per the inspector we had in when we
bought the house a few years back, so I suspect there's enough of a pitch
for the shingles. As for the "roll shingle" thing I have no idea what
they're actually called. Its a single asphalt shingle, 36" wide and 30'
long that comes rolled up. Seemed as good a term as any. Its what was used
when we had a minor repair done when we moved it.
>
> No certs to worry about, for the roof or otherwise. Never ceases to amaze
me. Our main concern is that there is a leak and since the roof that's on
it looks bad anyway (and will detract from the selling price) the $200 in
materials to rip it off and redo it makes sence.
>
> Just overhang on the top edge? Sounds good to me. Looking to do this
cheap and easy.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> -Aric.
>
> "Keith Kaplan" <keithka@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Shingles on an almost flat roof? How almost flat? You do know you need
> >a certain amount of pitch for normal shingles, otherwise the water will
> >go "up". The way the shingles lay on each other reduces the effective
> >pitch of the roof. We had a leaky Florida room roof in my house in
> >Orlando -- it was an almost flat roof with asphalt shingles. BTW --
> >What's a roll shingle?
> >
> >A drip edge sounds like a good idea to protect the plywood sheathing,
> >but I think the real weatherproofing comes from having the top row of
> >shingles go past the edge of the roof about an inch. If you're listing
> >the house for sale, why not ask whoever is going to certify the roof
> >what they'd like to see on there? Or do they not do roof certs there
> >yet?
> >
>
>
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