So i get to this house built in 1960.
2 layer roof in oregon.
Well those days are gone.
When i started my real estate career i sold homes with three layers of roofing.
Steep sloped roof products such as tile slate metal and shakes only allow one layer.
The first course starts with an extra 1 2 wide run.
Despite these drawbacks layering shingles can still be the best plan for your roof.
This actually involves a good friend of mine.
Did the whole house its all good major remodel in 2005.
He does not have alot of money and i shot down their first deal last week after 10 minutes.
Use your best judgement of.
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Asphalt shingles typically can have one more layer added over the top two roofs total.
I have not run into this before so i need some advise.
It used to be common practice to install one layer of roofing over another.
Walking on the roof it felt and looked good.
You can t know for sure that there aren t any soft spots or.
Sometimes even with composition shingles also known as asphalt shingles over wood shake shingles.
What happens when you put a presidential roof over a shake roof.
For many years it was acceptable to put even the third layer.
If you do remove the old shingles you will end up with a nice fresh layer of felt on the roof deck.
For a second layer to be as good as a roof tear off you would have to have sound decking no leaks and a roof with no sidewalls where flashing is needed in order to tie the tiles in to the exterior walls.
If you don t tear off the old layer you can t examine the decking.
So anywhere along the gable end that you can see the felt you ll see two layers.
I pulled in and thought cool new roof.
Assuming your roofing contractor is using standard 36 wide 15 roofing felt double coverage means that each layer of felt put down across the roof laps 19 over the upper half of the previous course.
And roofing guidelines are no exception to the rule.
Re shingle roof as part of a larger plan.