thumblelina Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I'm getting to the roof and want advice on how to put weight on roof when glueing the shingle on as the roof is not flat. Please can anyone advise on this. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 One way is to clamp a few rows at a time by putting a stick (a ruler?) across and clamping at both edges of the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I put a piece of waxed paper over the glued rows of shingles and clamp my piece of scrap wood over that; any glue that squeezes out between the shingles won't stick to the scrap wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island-Shack Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I line up individual shingles in a row on masking tape and glue down entire rows at a time, leaving the masking tape in place. Then I clamp scrap wood on it to flatten it out. If I'm in a spot where there's no place to clamp, then I use a large ziploc bag full of heavy stones to weigh down the scrap wood. I wait about 5-10 mins between rows for the glue to set in place. Once it's set, I carefully remove the masking tape and start the next row. I have found that once I start - I have to finish. All glue's are wet, so it makes thin shingles warp, so I have to finish the entire roof section so that each ascending row helps to flatten the row below it. Some sections still look warped (the sections that I used too much glue on) but once they completely dry they flatten back out on their own naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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