Laying Out Three-Tab Shingles

Spend a little time measuring and striking lines, and the rest is fairly easy
by John Carroll

North Carolina builder John Carroll shows you how to lay out and apply three-tab asphalt roofing shingles. Clear diagrams make the procedure quickly comprehensible.

From Fine Homebuilding 90, pp. 50-54
September 1, 1994

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