Fitting Iko Roof Shingles

Iko strongly recommends roofers install open metal valleys.

Fitting iko roof shingles.

I am an architect and chose iko shingles because of their look and solid warranty package. The roofer who has been fantastic installed the iko cambridge shingles and the roofer installer for the last three years has come out to do repair after repair after repair. Product information on ar. I have sections of my roof that looses a shingle in every rain storm and other parts of the house where the shingles are in perfect condition.

I paid for a new roof to be installed january of 2016. For iko s cambridge shingle with its larger 5 7 8 exposure a 10 x 8 flashing piece is still suitable since the 8 dimension is still at least 2 larger than the shingle s exposure dimension. However when flashing crowne slate with its much larger 10 exposure the flashing piece would need to be 10 x 12. Defective inferior shingle defective shingles and terrible customer service.

Fitting shingle ridge tile to roof step 1 the ridge tiles are positioned on the roof and nailed through the lapped section using 20mm large headed galvanised clout nails. At the joints between individual shingle strips use the tabs that were previously cut to make the verge edging as soaker pieces. How do you shingle a dormer ridge. The above requirement is standard for most brands.

I installed a 30 year shingle on a 12 12 pitch roof and sections started to deteriorate in 10 years. Iko shingles are bad at holding moisture and easily curl making your roof look bad and damaged even though you may have installed them recently. Hip ridge plus hip ridge 12 or ultra hp. My roofer recommend iko shingles.

As part of installing the valleys the roofers will fill in both sides of the dormer s roof with shingles. However on gable dormers there is a short ridge. Place the reversed shingle on to the roof extending 50mm beyond both edges for ease of detailing at the corner cut away the edge at an angle as seen in fig. Gaf and certainteed shingles are more durable and last longer in the sunlight.

How to apply the iko rectangular shaped shingles. This movie shows you how to install iko superglass armourglass monarch on a roof.