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by Kenton Shepard, Author/producer of InterNACHI’s online video Inspecting Wood Shake and Shingle Roofs course (free to members).
This 34 page field guide , containing over 55 photographs, illustrations and diagrams, and is meant to be used as a tool to help identify problems with wood shake & shingle roofs. Content covers:
- Standards and warranties
- Types of shakes and shingles
- Installation- proper and improper
- Aging characteristics
- Wind & hail damage
- Biological growth
- Hail damage
- End of useful life
This is a PDF download, not a book. You will receive a link via email to download it after purchasing.
Table of Contents
Performance standards/warranties, 1
Shake and shingle grading, 2
Manufacturing and application standards, 2
Wood species, 3
Grain exposures, 4
Installation details, 6
Underlayment/interlayment, 10
Flashing, 13
• Headwall, 11
• Sidewall, 11
• Kickout, 13
• Vent, 1
Fastener defects, 16
Moisture, 19
• Discoloration, 19
• Extractive bleeding, 20
• Decay, 20
• Loss of extractives, 23
• Erosion, 24
• Distortion, 24
Splitting 27
Hail, 29
Biological growth, 32
End of useful life, 33