Laying Traditional Wooden Shingles

Laying some traditional hand cut wooden chestnut shingles on our cooking room all by hand and using side axe and hammer.
In this film John shows you how to lay shingles or shakes, and goes into some detail. He is an expert on this having laid more than 2,000 for his woodland building alone!

[fancygiraffe]

So British the kettle goes off halfway through. Great video and I really enjoyed the crash course on the woodworking.

[lukearts]

Just adding some info about the "soaker" material, as at 9:40 he seems to be unsure how to explain the properties...: that DPC is designed to be a water barrier between the foundations and walls of a brick house. It's very durable indeed and will outlast the wood even with exposed parts to UV light. It has been given black pigment specifically to prevent UV penetration, so only the outer few molecular layers will deteriorate from sunlight. It's also designed to withstand sharp edges of concrete or brick, so it won't rip from any splinters or sharp edges it may touch, even when the structure moves slightly in the wind. Good choice :))

[LFHiden]

i have no idea how i got here... i just left my youtube running for 1 hour. from electronic music to this.

it is very interesting though, really like it.

[jamessotherden]

Loved watching the video on how to make shingles, So I just had to watch how to lay them. Loved the sound of that Merlin engine on that spitfire.

[I-am-not-a-number]

Rafters bow down, this guy knows his stuff.

[QtmMtrlzr]

He's my favorite guest you've had. So informative

[Frankowillo]

Spitfire!! You lucky beggar. My favourite airplane.
Cheers, Frank.

[jamesgrellier]

Excellent video. Very informative. Nice to see someone who really knows what they are doing at work.

[js]

Hello from the states. I really do appreciate all your videos.

[johnhartley]

I've done my share of modern wood shingling. Interesting that the general methods haven't changed that much over time.

[levythompson]

Hello again! I very much enjoyed the video showing how the shingles are made, and enjoyed this one equally thank you again so much!
sincerely,
Reno NV. USA

[Brandon-sofp]

Thanks for taking th he time to pass this knowledge on, really great stuff.

[Brummiejohn]

Very interesting video nice to see the old skills being used, thanks for sharing Harry, atb john.

[stephenrice]

Marvellous structure, the information is priceless, nicely done 👍. Loved the soundtrack of the kettle and the spitfire, I could smell the wood and the woodsmoke . One year further on, having used the information I'm still smelling the woodsmoke, the kettle was, of course party of the instructions 🤔 .

[guilhermeaandrade]

I loved the first video and I loved this one too. Congratulations.

[hmax]

Excellent follow up to the first video. Smashing!

[idrek]

Instead of using the artifical DPC soaker if you have access to any birch trees you could use the bark for the same purpose. On sod roofed farm houses in Estonia where my family is from they would use birch bark as the water proof layer between the sod and the wood below. The bark life span is about 30 years I have been told.

[johnsGgauge]

Great instructional video. I'm just about to roof out my Japanese teahouse in cedar shakes and have got some good tips from this video. Thanks for sharing.

[WhiteHenny]

I very much enjoyed watching this film, having only just found the film which showed the making of the shingles a couple of days ago. There's something very relaxing about watching other people work. :)

[bradley]

Hi Harry! Did they finish the shake roof? Great video, very informative. A final video of the structure would be awesome!