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  • I am making a marking stick for layout of the shingle guidelines - very useful if the shingle spacing is not a whole number! Here I am using a shingle to lay out the first line
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  • 1 1/2" octogonal or 1 1/4" straight shingles use a 1" reveal. Other shingles might need a different reveal for full coverage (1 1/4" fishscale shingles, for instance, often use a 7/8" reveal, then these marks would be at 7/8"). I am using 1 1/2" octagonal shingles with a 1" reveal, so my marking stick will use 1" spacing above the first line.
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  • Transferring the layout to the Gazebo Roof
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  • Use the base of one Roof to "straightedge" the layout marks and draw the shingle guidelines
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  • The shingle guidelines are parallel to the base
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  • Lay out the shingle guidelines on the straight roofs
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  • Connect the lines
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  • Shingle the Gazebo Roofs. Shingle past the edges - use plenty of glue on the edge shingles
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  • Cut the shingles with a sharp, new craft knife. Cut from the bottom to the top with many light strokes. Hold the knife along the angle of the edge of the roof (the "bevel").
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  • the knife is at the bevel angle
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  • If you have to carve the shingles to match the bevel angle, carve from the bottom to the top
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  • Many pieces of tape - the outside of the shingles isn't a very good surface for tape to grab... lots of tape will work anyway
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