{"id":735,"date":"2017-05-15T10:20:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2017-05-15T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T18:20:15","slug":"shingles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/15\/shingles\/","title":{"rendered":"Shingles!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The painters have been staining the shingles for a week or so.<\/p>\n

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The singles we are using come in a 8 foot boards, and are a system that provides more stability and waterproofing.\u00a0 The shingles are nailed to a plywood backing, with a waterproofing material in between.\u00a0 In the long run, these will be much less likely to curl much or allow any water behind them.<\/p>\n

Staining them before they are put on allows the painters to stain the edges, which would otherwise remain bare wood.<\/p>\n

We chose a semi-solid stain to allow a little of the color difference of the individual shingles show through, to provide more texture to the look of the outside.<\/p>\n

The carpenters started mounting them today.<\/p>\n

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This system allows the carpenters to put the singles on much faster than the one-by-one method, so we should see some fast progress.<\/p>\n

The shingle are the main wood element we have on the outside of the house.\u00a0 We will have to re-stain them every 5 years or so.\u00a0 The trade off is that shingles are one element where non-wood shingles don’t look nearly as authentic as real wood shingles, so we decided it was worth the maintenance for the better look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The painters have been staining the shingles for a week or so. The singles we are using come in a 8 foot boards, and are a system that provides more stability and waterproofing.\u00a0 The shingles are nailed to a plywood backing, with a waterproofing material in between.\u00a0 In the long run, these will be muchRead more about Shingles!<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exterior"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t