Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1877 — How to Lay Shingles. [ARTICLE]

How to Lay Shingles.

correct way for laying shingles of third the lehgth of the shortest shingles. »SSg®Kiß WMrtHer vHto 'kurirty ot farming A good roof. ' The shingles’ mhst be three thicknesses over the entire foot If they are not three how and then 4 shingle Mchsk quarter or hqlf an inch of beinglong enough to make three thickhessea—there will in all probabiiity be a leaky place in mb roof at such a point. Moreover, when the lower courses lack half «& iltoh of kntendtng tip fer enough to receive the rain from the. outermost course, in case the middle course were re-

moved, it would be Just as well to lay thep seven or eight iaehes to Ae vftalhef as to , lay onl wffive ft five and m k&lff Many|phteglek%» tatiy sixteen inked long, Intßmanvsfriat tike sold for |ixfr« a lncfrcs loftg wQj haMDy measure Ikfteen Inches. In AIS case—-irAe roof beratber flat, say about one-quarter pitch—four and a half inches is as Caras they ahniM T m to TBe'weaffier. in case a roofwere .quite steep it might answer to lay the cmirsea fipnr and three-quarter inches to Ae weather. When buildings are erected by the tab, pwprvatore- atamlti-gi»«iWbii» personal attention to Ihis subject, npd aee Aat jobbefr ijo'nqt lat Me coUfbeslalM inch tdo fir to Ae weather. Tlrerfe other important cOnaidemftdn wffiih'ii men will often breat Jofvft frHhin fcfilfin inch of eqoh qAer.' When Ah©! JriifiW cf the Afferent courses come, so , close -ton gether, Aeroof will,most certajitiy Why should it ppfc? ■ There is nothing to prevent it during a, heavy rai#. Unless a roof fa steeper Aan a quarter pitch, much care should b# token to break joints net lees Aan one and ft quarter inchw?T*lfet ail workmen and helpers ,be taught Ae vast importance Qf rejecting every poqr shingle, except when Ae .uppeir cOuAe# ore being laid.— OlnaduA, MiWlnto? Magazine.