Step-by-Step Instructions and Pictures for How to Install Shingles

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Here are two simple ways to nail shingles faster. Read an overview for how to install shingles.
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Known in the trade as "vertical racking" or "staggering," this method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak, without the wasted back-and-forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.
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This doesn't show how to start the first shingle. A carpenter friend always started the first row with the shingle upside down. Why was that?

By Phil, on 10/15/2009
how do i start off in the center of my roof?

By Freddie , on 09/03/2009
Where's the step by step?

By John 25, on 08/30/2009
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