Richmond project gallery
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What we did
- Shingle roof replaced on the house
- Ridge vent installed under the cap shingles
- Box vents flashed into the new roof
At a glance
- Roof
- Low gable roof
- Colors
- Owens Corning Duration, Onyx Black
- Walls
- Gray vertical siding
- Setting
- Lakeshore lot
What you are looking at
From the yard, the house is a low, wide shape with a front-facing gable, gray vertical siding and white soffit. A covered entry with wood posts sits at one corner, and the back deck holds a full outdoor living setup.
The ridge photo shows a ridge vent: a low vent strip runs along the peak under the cap shingles, with a slot cut in the roof deck below it. Warm attic air escapes along the whole ridge instead of through a few separate openings.
A second close-up from straight above shows the cap shingles nailed over the vent, with the vent edges showing on both sides. On the main slope, a cluster of box vents is set into the field of shingles a few courses below the peak.
The eave photo looks along the lake side of the roof, where the new shingles run straight to the edge above the existing gutter.
Tall trees and white birches line the shore, and the photos catch the spring leaves just coming out over gray water.
Lakeside homes see more wind than homes in a sheltered subdivision, because the open water gives it a long run at the house. Straight shingle courses and a well fastened ridge are what hold up to that over time.
What sits under the Onyx Black granules is SureNail, a woven reinforcing strip in the nailing zone that helps Duration hold in winds up to 130 mph, and the shingle carries a UL 2218 Class 3 impact rating. On a Richmond roof, a shingle that stays nailed flat in summer wind is also one that keeps drifting snow and meltwater from getting under the edges.
