Professional repairs ???

[el gato]

I crawled up on a roof the other day and spotted this !!!

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[hausdok]

Yeah, so?

Are telling us or asking us? It's hard to respond when we don't know what you were thinking when you posted the photo.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[el gato]

It appears to me that this shingle was applied upside down. That sealing strip should adhere the the top of the shingle beneath it. correct??

[randynavarro]

Oops.

[Brandon Whitmore]

Got any more pics further back? I am getting a headache staring at this one. It looks like the key holes are running both directions... is this at a valley?

I can't think of any application where that installation would be allowed.

[hausdok]

It looks almost like there are shingle slots aimed toward the center from the upper right, lower left, and lower right, as if it's where peaked roofs meet the slope of a third with a dead-ended valley in the center. Is it? If so, which way does that valley drain - to the upper left of the picture or lower right?

OT - OF!!!

M.

[Tom Raymond]

With all those grooves going in all those directions, it's no wonder there's a shingle upside-down.

Tom

I'm dizzy just looking at it[]

[Richard Moore]

I might be mistaken, but I seem to be seeing two ridges, with the missing tab in the corner(???). Very odd looking as far the way the shingles have been laid, and I can't quite get my head around that (do we have a wide shot?).

However, I'm not sure what is meant by "upside down". It just looks like a tab blew off before the normal adhesive strip on the layer beneath had a chance to stick.

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[gtblum]

Is the roof leaking? LOL

[thomop]

Hey guys, does anyone know if shingles are hard to walk on (slippery) when they are wet?

I realize ice would be slippery.

We don't use shingles in Australia.

Phil

[hausdok]

Hi Phil,

If the shingles are somewhere within their normal service life of 20 t0 25 years and have been properly maintained, they are only slippery if there's a pretty substantial layer of moss or algae on them, or in the winter when a layer of ice glazes them over. Otherwise, it's kind of like walking on really course sandpaper. Of course, when they near end of service life the protective stone granules tend to slough off underfoot and then it can get dicey.

Oh, and shingles with red granules - they seem to slough off more, and sooner, than others.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[thomop]

Thanks Mike.

I dont know why we dont use them here. They sound practical.

There is one or two company's but they are not very popular at all.

Phil