I never thought of that. That's a good reason not to have three layers of shingles.
On Fri, Aug 6, 2021, 1:17 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > First house I owned was built in the early 20th century. It must have had > at least 4 layers of shingles; I don't think it had ever had a tear-off. > The roof deck was boards, not plywood, installed with about 1-inch gaps > between them. > > The house had been re-sided at one point with Aluminum siding. It was a > bungalow style house with a covered front porch. After we had the roof torn > off and replaced, there was about a 1-inch gap between the bottom of the > siding and the top of the porch roof, that was the thickness of shingles > removed. > > The dumpster they ordered for the job turned out to be too small by about > half, because there were so many layers of old roofing. > > Current code I think limits residential roof to 2 layers, one of the > reasons is so that firefighters can cut through the roof to vent smoke if > needed. > > Allan > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2021, at 11:37 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > > > Do they not just put another layer of shingles on anymore? > > > > I was told, from family lore, that you could put on a second layer, but > not a third. > > When we finally did a full tear-off of the beach cabin roof, there were > five layers > > in some spots. > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
