what is wrong with this valley?

I went out on a repair the other day. The contractor had a framer that said he could install the shake roofing on this addition. From the looks of it he tried to do the valley without a saw.

Lanny

I posted the pics but I see html is not allowed.

Lanny you have to put them inside the image tag

How? What is an image tag? I usually add the pic number to:. Lanny

And by the way it was 12/12 pitch and it leaked. If it hadn't leaked I would never had been called. Lanny

highlite the image url then click the Image button on the left and it will wrap the image tag around the url.

A framer without a saw??????

My first thoughts were he intended on coming back to do the cuts, unaware that he would'nt be able to slide them under and fasten them cos I see that the left side is installed with 30lb in between each course indicating the guy knew what he was doing. On closer look I see the left side has'nt been touched by the "framer"......so I think he's full of it. Plenty of roofers turn to framing, I don't know many framers who turn to roofing though.

Wow,look at all those crack over cracks... :S

I believe the felt on the left was already there. It just shows where shakes were removed for his repair work. Is that 2" pipe in the valley?

Looks like many around here.

Jed The roof itself is installed wrong. The felt shows between the coarse as seen in the second picture. The felt is 10 inches to low.

good eye...missed that.

I don't see it Copperman, Am I not looking at a strip of 30lb between each course of shakes? If so then that is an approved method no?

Give the guy credit, he figured out how to make a couple of debris dams in the middle AND expose almost all your valley metal.

I missed the other detail about the felt. :woohoo:

Maybe he was just conserving material.

Jed, on the 24" shakes, you "interlace" the felt between the rows of shakes, but the bottom of the felt is 20" above the bottom of the shake just installed so that the felt isn't exposed in the joints between the shakes. When I do it, I just felt the whole roof with 18" wide #30 felt laped at a 10" exposure, making sure to leave the bottom loose. That way, you can slip the shake underneath the felt so that the top 4" is covered. The felt will keep the shakes straight and the next row of felt up will give you the naiing line to go by. It works slick and is quite fast.