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Shingle Siding

Bob meets Ryley outside where he is putting sidewall shingles on the new addition. Bob points out the newly trimmed window and the ten inch wide piece of felt around it called a spline. The spline is common in the Northeast to prevent moisture from coming in between the trim and the shingle once shrinkage has occurred. Ryley explains that he is using a red cedar eighteen-inch perfection shingle that is rejoined and rebutted to form a perfectly square shingle. This type of shingle is higher in quality and price than a standard white cedar shingle, but it is better for taking paint and stain. Because Ryley is using an eight-inch exposure on the shingle, he can use a third fewer shingles on the project. He uses a story pole up the corner of the house as a guide for each row of shingles. Bob and Ryley take the strapping off and raise it to the next chalk line to start a new row. The chalk string is moved so that it can hold the shingles in place. Ryley and Bob put the shingles on the strapping and cut the middle ones to size. Then they are nailed in place and the process repeats. Ryley uses five penny galvanized box nails nailed twice into each shingle. More information