Broken or rotten shingles should be repaired to keep a home protected against the elements.

Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the progress on the modular home project�s exterior construction. Bob points out some of the features that give this home its custom built exterior feel, including Cedar clapboard shingles on the lower half and Cedar shake shingles on the upper portion of the exterior walls areas as well as steel roofing. Cedar shakes are applied as a panel to the exterior of the house. Ken Clark from Cedar Valley Shingle is on location to demonstrate the installation of these panels and explain how they are produced at the factory for quick installation at the home site. At the factory, two-foot-by eight-foot plywood sheets are laid out and band saw cut, kiln dried, Western Red Cedar shingles are stapled and glued to the sheet. The band saw cutting process increases the open grain on the wood and allows for a better penetration of stains and sealers to extend the life of the shingle. The plywood backing increases the �dead� air space and increases the insulating value of plain cedar. The corners are made at the factory to conserve time and materials at the job site. The interlocking panels and pre-constructed corners can shave 75 percent off the install time of standard shakes. The shingles are also available pre-finished.

House nine of the Elmwood project. The front porch project continues with new red cedar shingles and a paint job.

Bob talks with Al Roberta who is painting the Medford house. The house needed a lot of prep work before painting. The home's original wood shingles had been covered for 30 to 40 years by manmade shingles during which time they had gotten pretty baked and oxygen-starved and subsequently brittle. Some of the shingles were replaced but for budget reasons those that could be were saved leaving behind a patchwork of new and old shingles to be painted. Al is using an oil-based primer from Sherwin Williams that will both seal the house giving it a nice hard shell and also act as a stain-blocking agent as the new cedar shingles have a tendency to bleed. Al is applying the primer with either a small 3-inch roller or with a cutting brush. It's not an easy job to paint a house with so many angles. The finish coat is a latex topcoat. It's a Sherwin Williams Duration product that goes on twice as thick as conventional paint. The topcoat is rolled and back-brushed. Weather-permitting the job should take about three week.

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