Heidi:

>>Any other caveats that you can think of? Tell me now so I don't look like
a
goob--

I would't want you to look too gooby, so I suggest you check out my "Making
Wood Shingles Last" article in the May 1990 issue of
Old-House Journal. It describes how to select out the shingles that are
going to fail first, making the roof last longer.

John Leeke
by hammer and hand great works do stand
by pen and thought best words are wrought

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