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Tape - (high adhesion)
Glue - Assembly
File double-cut coarse
Finishing the Front
Shingling a Gable Dormer
This Dormer uses about 190 standard sized shingles, but will save about 50 shingles on the house (if you haven't shingled the house yet) so it may add 140 shingles to your shingles need. I have shingled this Dormer with 170 Shingles by using every single cutoff, half shingle, and scrap. Shingling the front takes just under 50 shingles in standard layout.
Shingles Home
Batch Dye
Flashing
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00. See "Supplies" at left to find the products we use in this slideshow
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00. See "Supplies" at left to find the products we use in this slideshow
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06. Some builders pre-finish the Front... Painting is easiest now
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21. Marking a fat 1/4" inside the Roof's tracing in two places on each line
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21. Marking a fat 1/4" inside the Roof's tracing in two places on each line
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26. Cut to the inside of the line with a utility knife, a jig saw, or an oscillating multitool
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26. Cut to the inside of the line with a utility knife, a jig saw, or an oscillating multitool
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27. Utility knife cutting starts with a 'straight cut' with the knife straight up-and-down
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27. Utility knife cutting starts with a 'straight cut' with the knife straight up-and-down
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28. Make several straight cuts, then make a clearing cut to the inside of the straight cut
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28. Make several straight cuts, then make a clearing cut to the inside of the straight cutA clearing cut has the knife at an angle to lift out a ribbon of material 28D.png
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32. Line up the Dormer with the outer tracing - transfer the house shingle guidelines to the Dormer Roof
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32. Line up the Dormer with the outer tracing - transfer the house shingle guidelines to the Dormer Roof
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33. Lay the Dormer on its front edge ... use a square to extend the marks to the front edge
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33. Lay the Dormer on its front edge ... use a square to extend the marks to the front edge
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