Mooning over the cedar shake packing labels last night I discovered something I didn't want to see.The label says I need 5 - not 4 - bundles to cover 100 square feet. In the roofing world, 100 square feet is referred to as a 'square'. Both owners of Pacific Cedar in Hamilton told me it was only 4 bundles per square.
So, I went all the way to Hamilton and back - because I thought I was getting a deal - and now I'm five bundles short. Maybe I can get some more bundles in Parry Sound....
Rookie mistake. Read the label. Buyer beware. Trust no one.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Blah...blah...blah....
It's always like that when you're new to something. Some detail you never imagined bites you in the ass. For all we know the Pyramids were meant to be square, but having made the first one no one wanted to deviate on what was already shaping up as a winning formula.
ReplyDeleteThen on the other hand there's the old Yid proverb:
"Buy cheap and buy twice".
http://www.cedarbureau.org/installation/roof_manual/pdfs/Roof-manual-p20.pdf
ReplyDelete4 bundles is a square. The shingle type determines how much a square covers.
ReplyDeleteObviously, the exposure makes a difference, but the chart refered to by anon above indicates that you get 100sqft coverage out of your shingles with 10" exposure, despite what the label says. Question is - how much exposure do you want? Less is more sometimes.
ReplyDeleteFour comments deserves some kind of reply.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the thought energy.
I laid out the shingles in a pack.
20 square feet.
5 bundles per 100 foot square just like the label says.
That's just the way it is.