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• But this is not so true of the thicker grades of these shingles. (17)
• That same material used for asphalt shingles is made into roll roofings. (17)
• The life of these shingles depends a great deal upon the thickness of the body. (17)
• In the cheapest kind of work sheathing-boards are not used, but only shingles lath. (17)
• For shingles the most durable woods must be used, such as cypress, cedar, and redwood. (17)
• Cypress, cedar, and redwood are considered to be the best woods from which to saw shingles. (17)
• The simplest method of treatment is to place a small moulding under the ends of the shingles. (17)
• The exterior walls may be covered with clapboard, shingles, stucco, brick veneer, or stone veneer. (17)
• These copper shingles have been treated so that other colors than the copper shades can be secured. (17)
• Tin or galvanized-iron shingles or imitation tiles are often seen applied to the roofs of small houses. (17)
• Cedar has been found to be the best wood for these shingles, since it has a natural resistance to decay. (17)
• It has always been a debated question as to whether pressed-metal shingles were architecturally permissible. (17)
• This gives a motley appearance to the roof, for some shingles will develop this white stain more than others. (17)
• Hips and ridges are finished with what appears to be a Boston hip, but the shingles are bent over the hip line. (17)
• To make one of this kind, take soft, spongy, thick paper, and tack it upon the boards in courses like shingles. (17)
• That this is true the owner admits, for he had noticed it while repairing a few shingles on the roof of the porch. (17)
• The valleys and gutters are best when they are lined with strips of ready roofing similar to the shingles themselves. (17)
• Hips may be finished either with the saddle-board or with a row of shingles running parallel to the line of the ridge. (17)
• The tops of rafters are covered with shingle lath, with a spacing suitable to the weathering arrangement of the shingles. (17)
• Hips are best finished with a row of shingles running parallel with their edges, which treatment is called the Boston hip. (17)
• At the eaves should be nailed a galvanized-metal drip edge, and over this a double course of shingles for the first course. (17)
• It causes the wood shingles to crack and shrivel, so that when the next heavy rain comes the ceilings are stained by leaks. (17)
• The zinc manufacturers have also placed on the market zinc shingles of special interlocking flat design for use on small houses. (17)
• A variation of this can be made by adding a wide board below the moulding or a course of shingles running parallel with the edge. (17)
• Shingles are laid, like the scales of an armadillo, and ridges, hips, and eaves are rounded to present the appearance of old thatched roofs. (17)
• Another type of roll roofing is made to imitate wood shingles, by having a shingle pattern stamped with black asphalt upon the surface of crushed slate. (17)

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Definition of shingles:

• shingles, shing’glz, n. popular name for the disease herpes zoster_. (0)

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