Shingling Is a Good Thing!

I keep telling myself that. Both of my hands are stained Provincial. My needle nose pliers are stained Provincial. I almost had a cat with Provincial whiskers......But shingling is a good thing. Yes it is!

Here's a photo of the cutting process. I started with the size shingle that you see at the left. That gets cut into quarters. Some of those will get cut in diagonals that will go in the corner between the dormer and the main roof. The half shingles will go to start alternate rows and in a few cases to fill in gaps so that I don't have a tiny shingle on the edge of the roof.

I have probably cut about 1/8th of the amount that I need to finish the roof. You may have noticed that I don't have the roof on the back side yet. I will avoid putting that on until I finish the interior of the attic. Have you ever tried to get into the corners under the roof with that thing on? It is hard to cut and fit beams and other trim with that piece in place. Thus, it stays off for a while longer.

This is what I have done so far today. As soon as I finish here I will go back and do some more. I promise. Honest I will.......

Here's a close up of the inside corner that I have done. I am not going to put any trim on the inside corner, so I have to get everything in as close together as possible.




I started by staining shingles until I was about to pass out from the odor of the stain. Then I cut big shingles into little shingles until I ran out of stained shingles. After that, I shingled the other bay and started a couple of rows on the main body of the house. I may not finish today. I don't think I could take another hour of the stain stink.

I may have to do some work on the inside of the attic instead. Anyway, I have to get back to work. See you tomorrow.