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   _mj_ | May 16, 2021 07:32am | #1

   You might be better off at the Fine Homebuilding forum.

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   TJ_Bliss | May 16, 2021 09:27am | #2

   It’s been a while... we used a potato fork to remove 2 courses at a time rolling them with the felt paper so we could stack and pack them in the trailer. This works best with two people. Cedar shake take up a lot of volume and can fill a truck or trailer very quickly.
   Once the roof is cleaned off we us a #30 36” split roll felt, break it in half to 18”. We put the felt down using cap nails, overlapping 8-10” and nailing between the double white lines (in the center of the paper.) Once the paper is on, we put a starter course of 16” taper-sawn wood shingles along the bottom edge overhanging 3/4”. Then we start our bottom course covering our starter course and being careful not to line our joints up. From there we would just work our way up the roof sliding our shakes under the upper paper and using paper under the shake to set our reveal (it’s important to run your paper straight). Once we got to the top we ran a narrow strip of paper under the ridge cap, then nailed our ridge down. All roofing concepts are the same. As long as everything overlaps and the water has a place to go, you will be fine. Hope this helps.

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   john_c2 | May 16, 2021 01:07pm | #3

   You need air circulating under the shingles or they will stay wet and rot.

   They sell a special spun plastic matrix that goes over the roof, and the shakes are nailed to that. In the old days they always used skip sheathing. Picture roof sheathing made of 1x4s, with every other board missing. The shakes get nailed to each board, and the spaces in between keep the shakes dry from below.