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  • Getting ready for the other Roof Set
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  • Never too much tape
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  • Weight needed
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  • Find the angle for the corner shingles
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  • Two different angles - 16 of each
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  • Solvent based Panel Cement (look at the "analysis". Some panel cements have water and will curl the shingles). In this picture, I am using a probe on the calking gun to poke the seal inside the tube.
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  • I put a shingle board at the back edge to protect the shingles
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  • Cut the last shingle to fit. Sometimes, shaping is required
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  • A line of glue
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  • Keep the bottom edge of the row of shingles straight. Cut the overhang tomorrow
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  • The joint between shingles weaves back and forth
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  • Do as much shingling before attaching the Dormer as possible. The row of shingles below the Dormer should be done, but not the sides
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  • Painting the Dormer parts. Waxed paper keeps the counter clean
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  • Lay the dormer window in a cutout or door cutout to glue on the rest of the parts
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  • Stool Cap and Pediment
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  • Triangle. Move it around before the glue dries to keep it from gluing to the support (or put waxed paper on the support first)
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  • The Dormer Side lines up on the bottom
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  • The glue is drying
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  • The Dormer Roofs are not glued on yet. I shingled to the Dormer Sides and am cutting the top edges of the shingles using the Dormer Roofs as a guide
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  • See the notch
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