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  • Nailing Tricks

    My client comes out from time to time to look at the progress or ask so questions. I have to admit I like the man. His little boy pops out from time to time when he sees the progress, and he get excited when he understands a technique I use. To day when he came…

  • Hand Nailing Shingles

                Yesterday I was hand nailing the shingle of the triangle, but to be clear, even if I were shingling vertically, I would have been hand nailing. The reason is simple. I do not want to allow my nails to penetrate the wood used on the overhangs. I feel the job and the workmanship is…

  • Cheap Fixes are Costly

    When I first came to southern California there was a thing called short nailing. It was a method used to under-nail a project. Straps would be cut and restarted on the other side of the wall to make it appear that they went through an area. These methods fooled inspectors but when the problems came…