BiggTime Cheater Roofing PreGame

1. Pregame checklist

Tap each one when it's done. Your checks stay on this phone.

• Read the maker's sheet for this exact product.Following it is what keeps the warranty.Malarkey install guide
• Slope: shingles need 2/12 or more.Normal: 4/12 to 21/12.2/12 to under 4/12: use the maker's low-slope steps.Exposed-fastener metal panels: 1/12 or more.Malarkey install guide · Union Corrugating panel guide
• Deck: solid, clean and dry.At least 3/8 inch plywood or 7/16 inch OSB. No voids or soft spots.Malarkey install guide · Grace data sheet
• Weather: self-stick needs 40°F or warmer.Self-stick ice-and-water is slippery when wet or frosty.Grace data sheet
• Underlayment: ice-and-water at the eaves first.Where ice dams have backed up water, it reaches at least 24 inches past the inside wall line.Then field underlayment, the maker's way for your slope.Owens Corning Duration instructions · Malarkey install guide
• Edges: drip edge goes over the ice-and-water at the eaves.Never fold the membrane over a bare edge.Grace data sheet
• Nails: roofing nails, never staples.Nail in the nailing area.Drive nails flush.Nails go 3/4 inch into the deck.Owens Corning Duration instructions · Malarkey install guide
• Attic air: eave intake equal to or more than the ridge vent.VentSure is made for slopes 3/12 to 16/12.Owens Corning VentSure instructions
• Flashing: done the maker's way.Walls, valleys, skylights and pipes.Malarkey install guide · CertainTeed Landmark video
• Metal: store it dry, never under plastic.Break the shipping bands.Sweep up metal shavings right away.Union Corrugating panel guide
• Safety: fall protection every time.Get the slippery release paper off the work area right away.Malarkey install guide · Grace data sheet
• Code: local code comes first.Local code and its changes first, then R905 for roof coverings.Malarkey install guide · ICC 2021 IRC R905

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2. Cheat sheets (fair game)

Links go to the maker. Their instructions, always the final word.

Install instructions

• GAFTimberline shingles installation instructions (English, Spanish, French)Open
• Owens CorningDuration Series shingles installation instructionsOpen
• Owens CorningVentSure 4-foot strip ridge vent installation instructionsOpen
• Malarkey Roofing ProductsArchitectural laminate shingles installation guide (Highlander, Vista, Legacy)Open
• CertainTeedInstalling Landmark: five-course pattern, closed-cut valley and skylight flashing (video)Open
• Union Corrugating CompanyPBR, R and IR panel installation guide (exposed-fastener metal)Open

Warranty

• GAFResidential roof warranty comparison guideOpen
• Owens CorningRoofing shingle warrantiesOpen
• Malarkey Roofing ProductsWarrantiesOpen
• CertainTeedWarranty informationOpen

Bulletins

• GCP Applied Technologies (Grace)Grace Ice & Water Shield data sheet, with the install stepsOpen
• McElroy MetalStanding seam roof systems: general information guideOpen

Code

• International Code Council (ICC)2021 International Residential Code, Section R905: roof coverings (free to read)Open

3. BiggTime's corner: LOCKED

4. Quiz yourself

Five quick ones. Every answer comes from a maker's own page, linked.

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