Shingle Detail Question

[Doubled33]

What is the best way to handle this situation?

I have a roof line that is shown in the attached picture.

When starting shingles at the lower edge of the roof and going up the rake what does the detail look like where it says “what happens here” as the spacing does not allow for all the rows to align with the roof edge and the overlap be the same.

Is the correct thing to start the row of shingles at the upper area, and align the edge with the edge of the eve and let them overlap on the lower row of shingles which will be more than the minimum overlap?

Do you trim the tabs of the shingles at this location and keep all the laps the same?

 

[Zeke]

That's a tough decision. You should scale the roof onto your paper and then draw the courses. Roofers know how to get to the ridge with a reasonable layout by adjusting the exposure several courses down. 8 courses at +- 1/8th is an inch which can make a big difference. You'd never see that eighth.

 

[smschriefer]

What Zeke says. I can't speak for a roof, but on a wall that uses cedar shakes, I would do a story pole of the standard exposure one row longer than what the standard exposure would be and then tilt it to the point the second row begins to establish an even spacing. I hope that makes sense.

 

[Doubled33]

What Zeke says. I can't speak for a roof, but on a wall that uses cedar shakes, I would do a story pole of the standard exposure one row longer than what the standard exposure would be and then tilt it to the point the second row begins to establish an even spacing. I hope that makes sense.

Makes sense.

Thanks

 

[Zeke]

What Zeke says. I can't speak for a roof, but on a wall that uses cedar shakes, I would do a story pole of the standard exposure one row longer than what the standard exposure would be and then tilt it to the point the second row begins to establish an even spacing. I hope that makes sense.

Well, that's just too simple.

 

[PassnThru]

What's the distance? I would chalk a line like I was starting from/placing my first shingle in the indented area across the roof. Once the line is chalked, measure down and divide by your exposure (5 inches?) and fudge from there if it's really close. Chalk a line for each row and you should end up fine.