Smart Guide: Roofing: Step-by-Step Projects (Paperback)

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An improperly installed roof can lead to extensive damage. But now homeowners can learn how to do the job right with Smart Guide: Roofing. It shows readers how to install all of the most popular roofing materials correctly and efficiently. Through easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions, readers learn how to estimate the amount of materials needed for the job, install roofing and flashing, and find and fix roof leaks. Tips provide important information to those looking to hire a contractor. Additional chapters address ladder and rooftop safety and proper attic and roof ventilation.


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Product Details Paperback: 80 pages Publisher: Creative Homeowner (January 28, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 1580111491 ISBN-13: 978-1580111492 Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,006 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #4 in  Books > Home & Garden > How-to & Home Improvements > Roofing This item is part of The Smart Guides Series.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner (January 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580111491
• ISBN-13: 978-1580111492
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,006 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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  Books > Home & Garden > How-to & Home Improvements > Roofing

• This item is part of The Smart Guides Series.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical primer on roofing, August 27, 2005

By	Mark Mills (Glen Rose, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lots of practical 'job' descriptions: replacing shingles, repairing leaks, finding leaks, etc. Many useful cartoons describing the process. Good advice on assessing the condition of the roof to determine how much needs to be replaced. Nice suggestions for preparing flashing to chimneys.

Not much commentary of types of weather. I'm in the Southwest. We have 100 degree plus for several months each summer and freezes in the winter. I've got heat damaged composition shingles, but there wasn't any commentary on finding materials or roof design to overcome this problem.

Additionally, I'm interested in metal roofs. They are popular in my areas. There was only a short section on alternative roofs: rolled, slate, tile, metal (about 2 pages on each type roof). Basically advises against doing any of these yourself. The pages mainly serve to dissuade one from trying it.

Not much on project planing. For example, a 'do-it-yourself'er will want to break the project into multiple weekend operations. There is no advice on this subject. The biggest problem is the lack of commentary on weather, ie advice on which type of roof is best.

Following is a chapter summary
Chapter 1: Materials

Chapter 2: Basic repairs (tracking roof leaks, making temporary roof repairs, making permanent shingle repairs, repairing wood shingles and shakes, repairing and replacing flashing repairing facia and eaves damage

Chapter 3 Flashing: tear off or reroof, applying underlayment, applying flashing, valley flashing

Chapter 4 asphalt shingles: selecting composition shingles, estimating materials on gable roofs, installing the starter course, applying the starter courses, nailing shingles properly, basic shingling shingling a stair step pattern, roofing the valleys, air vents and plumbing stacks, shingling ridges

chapter 5 wood singles (who uses wood?)

chapter 6 build up roofing : coping with flat roofs , installing rolling roofing, double coverage rolling roofing

chapter 7, other roofing, slate roofing, tile roofing, metal roofing, panel roofing

chapter 8 ventilation

Here are some comments that caught my attention:
Getting shingles up on the roof is easy to ignore until you start lifting stuff by hand. The shingles packages weigh 75 pounds each and represent a read moving problem. Alternatives include:
1. Have the shingle provider put them on the roof
2. get a ladder conveyer.

low slopes:
2-4 per 12 slope: use square tab singles with double underlayment and roofing cement. less than 2 per 12 cannot be use covered with composition 'tab' shingles

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed - Simple - Straight forward, September 16, 2008

By	Russell A. Williams "RussWill" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you just want to save a grand or two by patching your own roof, this is simple. The Guide is small and easy on the eyes. Step by step projects without the hype. I'm very happy I found this at Amazon!