Lets talk roofing shingles ... please

[MOWboss]

Just went to my roofing shingle stash. Need about 21 square inches for a commercial 3 tab roof.
I have partial packets from 6 suppliers. Of those I have 8 styles of 3 tab. And you guessed it - not enough for my 21 sq inch roof!
So this weekend I purchased (more than enough) more shingles to complete this project from yet another new supplier.
"Time is money on this job."
I know your thinking - why not buy more of the same style...... But the reality is I weather my shingles while on the sheet.
So when I talk about leftovers I may have similar size & style, but different colors.. And I've never been able to match earlier color/weathering looks.

So lets talk shingles;

Anyone have a formula for roof coverage? I generally go by a ratio if two sheets + will cover the area I'm good

Any ideas on what do you do with leftover shingles - you can only build so many tool sheds....

I have rolls of Vintage Campbell Profile Shingles. I love the look of those shingles but weathering
those shingles after they're installed is a non started for me - chalks and powders seem to leave a
blotchy rather than a random effect.

 

[Smudge617]

Just went to my roofing shingle stash. Need about 21 square inches for a commercial 3 tab roof.
I have partial packets from 6 suppliers. Of those I have 8 styles of 3 tab. And you guessed it - not enough for my 21 sq inch roof!
So this weekend I purchased (more than enough) more shingles to complete this project from yet another new supplier.
"Time is money on this job."
I know your thinking - why not buy more of the same style...... But the reality is I weather my shingles while on the sheet.
So when I talk about leftovers I may have similar size & style, but different colors.. And I've never been able to match earlier color/weathering looks.

So lets talk shingles;

Anyone have a formula for roof coverage? I generally go by a ratio if two sheets + will cover the area I'm good

Any ideas on what do you do with leftover shingles - you can only build so many tool sheds....

I have rolls of Vintage Campbell Profile Shingles. I love the look of those shingles but weathering
those shingles after they're installed is a non started for me - chalks and powders seem to leave a
blotchy rather than a random effect.

Sounds like a question for Willie or Jazz

 

[boatwrench]

The house across the street from my Dad's in San Francisco has a shingle exterior walls. Shingles don't need to be for roofs only.

 

[MOWboss]

The house across the street from my Dad's in San Francisco has a shingle exterior walls. Shingles don't need to be for roofs only.

Some years ago I built a warehouse on the wharf. I sided it with 'Paper Creek" cedar shakes.
It looks magnificent - and sadly - another manufacturer of roofing(siding) shingles that are no longer with us...

 

[logandsawman]

Just went to my roofing shingle stash. Need about 21 square inches for a commercial 3 tab roof.
I have partial packets from 6 suppliers. Of those I have 8 styles of 3 tab. And you guessed it - not enough for my 21 sq inch roof!
So this weekend I purchased (more than enough) more shingles to complete this project from yet another new supplier.
"Time is money on this job."
I know your thinking - why not buy more of the same style...... But the reality is I weather my shingles while on the sheet.
So when I talk about leftovers I may have similar size & style, but different colors.. And I've never been able to match earlier color/weathering looks.

So lets talk shingles;

Anyone have a formula for roof coverage? I generally go by a ratio if two sheets + will cover the area I'm good

Any ideas on what do you do with leftover shingles - you can only build so many tool sheds....

I have rolls of Vintage Campbell Profile Shingles. I love the look of those shingles but weathering
those shingles after they're installed is a non started for me - chalks and powders seem to leave a
blotchy rather than a random effect.

It is always a question whether to save all the leftover stuff or throw it. I have a hard time throwing anything, even small scraps of scale lumber. So, my extra's end up in the box I have for scratch building materials, then when I get sick and tired of seeing a little dab of something it may get thrown. Rarely do I throw the leftover stuff right away.

I have several outhouses on my layout, although there could conceivably be one for each residence.

No formula for shingles, except to get enough to finish the project, rather have extras than be short!

I weather my Campbell shingles, the ones that comes in the roll with glue already applied (which I do not trust)- with Alcohol/india ink mixture.

Dave LASM