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Replacing the Roof: Sheathing to Asphalt Shingles and Skylight Installation

Bob flashed back to the installation of the new roof. First the crew removed the old layers of roofing material from the barn. Next they added a layer of Louisiana Pacific oriented strand board (OSB) over the original sheathing. It's manufactured with thin wafers of wood, resins and wax compressed under intense heat. When used as roof sheathing it's extremely resistant to moisture damage. Then they stapled down a layer of felt paper and marked with chalk lines to lay out the courses of asphalt shingles. Since these are double layer shingles, they're fastened along the pre-marked white line to assure that both layers are attached to the roof. Frames for the Velux VSE skylights were installed. These vented skylights will be operated with a hand-held remote. Copper step flashing is added to the side of the skylights and the asphalt roof shingles are fastened up to it.

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Replacing the Roof: Sheathing to Asphalt Shingles and Skylight Installation

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" The crew from MC construction removed the old layers of roofing material from the -- Next stay out of a layer of Louisiana-Pacific. Oriented strand board over the original roof sheathing. This OS the cuts easily plays down flat and has dimensional the stable. -- it's manufactured with thin wafers of wood resins and wax compressed under intense heat. When used as roof -- it's extremely resistant to moisture damage. Then they stapled down a layer of felt paper and marked with chalk lines to lay out the courses of asphalt shingles. Since these architectural shingles are a double layer shingle they're fastened through the pre marked white line. To assure that both layers are attached to the roof. Also the range from the B likes BSE skylights were installed. These venting skylights will be operated with a hand held remote control. -- copper step flashing is then added to the side of the skylights and the asphalt roof shingles are fastened up to."

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