You should not use galvanized nails with cedar (or redwood) as they react with
cedar. Best to use aluminum or stainless nails. I don't know what UBC is, but
if it had cedar shingles, galvanized is not recommended, so they probably did
it correctly.
WayneS
At 1/18/2020 07:41 AM, you wrote:
> I redid my own roof over 20 years ago. After watching roofers around
> here, I didn't want any of them touching mine. It was a "strip cedar" roof
> with cedar shingles and 8" planks spaced 7" apart. I had to take up each
> plank so I could fill in the spaces with new planks. Took over four months.
> While doing it, I found myself in a photo in Google Earth where I was
> standing next to the A/C drinking a cup of coffee.
>
> The original roof did not have a single galvanized nail in it, which was
> a significant UBC violation. And both the electrical drop and the sewer vent
> did not have jacks. The sewer vent had an entire can of roofing cement
> packed around it, and the electrical drop had nothing. Every time it rained
> the water would come down to the breaker box and flow around it.
>
> This was built by one of the better builders in 1965. I would hate to
> see what the bad ones did.
>
>>
>>I have done roofs, once on a hot Texas roof, once in New England. People
>>used to just put down a layer over the old shingles, which appears to be
>>the case here. Could be 3 or 4 layers.
>>
>>Most of the danger is stepping on the nails or being down below. Good
>>shoes are important.
>>
>>Hopefully they get it done before the next rain or snow.
>>
>
>Chris
>
>When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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