On Jun 10, 5:42*pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
On 06/08/2010 06:45 PM, wrote:



On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:28:04 -0400, *wrote:

In small buildings (such as a shed) what is the downside to covering
the entire roof with aluminum flashing before shingling? Perhaps
expensive? That's the only thing I can think of.
* * *Any other negatives?

There is no point. *Flashing is to keep water from coming in seams and edges,
and wicking up from the bottom. *It'll do nothing in the middle. *If you are
really anal, use "Ice and Water Shield". *This stuff is a heavy rubbery sort
of rolled roofing that sticks to the deck and seals the nail holes. *It's
commonly used to seal the bottom 4' of a roof deck against ice dams. *The
stuff is expensive, but will be a lot cheaper than flashing, which will do
nothing.

* * *I want to protect the wood indefinitely.

That's a *long* time.

If you are going for the brick ****house effect, you should be looking
at seamed steel or copper, and not shingles at all. *Or perhaps slate,
if you can even find it.

Oohhh, copper, pretty. Thieves like it too.

Shingles are a simple job. Standing seam steel, not so much.