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US 11,053,685 B1Granted
Slate or tile shingle and method of hanging a shingle to a roof using a nail gun
OwnerMichael J. McDonough, Jonathan Hillinventors
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Abstract
A shingle and a method of hanging the shingle by a fastener driven by a nail gun. The shingle can be formed from slate or made of clay, ceramic, glass, or concrete. The shingle includes at least one aperture for a fastener. The aperture is spaced a predetermined distance from an upper end of the shingle.
Claims18
A method of installing a roof, comprising:
- positioning an underlayment on a roof deck of the roof;
- aligning a starter strip proximate to a lower end of the roof deck;
- affixing an interlayment to the roof deck over the starter strip and the underlayment;
- aligning a first course of slate shingles with a lower end of the interlayment;
- driving a nail from a nail gun through an aperture in a slate shingle of the first course of slate shingles, wherein the nail has a length of no more than approximately 1.5 inches and the nail gun drives the nail into the roof deck such that a head of the nail is between approximately ⅜ inch and approximately 9/16 inch from the roof deck, wherein the slate shingle has a thickness of less than approximately 0.5 inches and has a length of from approximately 8 inches to approximately 14 inches, and wherein the aperture is positioned between approximately 1.75 inches and approximately 3 inches from an upper end of the slate shingle;
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- overlapping the first course of slate shingles with a second interlayment and a second course of slate shingles affixed to the roof deck.
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A method of installing a roof, comprising:
- positioning an underlayment on a roof deck of the roof;
- aligning a starter strip proximate to a lower end of the roof deck;
- affixing an interlayment to the roof deck over the starter strip and the underlayment;
- aligning a slate shingle of a first course of slate shingles with a lower end of the interlayment, the slate shingle formed of hand split natural slate, wherein the slate shingle has a thickness of between approximately 0.125 inches and approximately 0.5 inches and a length of from approximately 8 inches to approximately 14 inches, and wherein an aperture is positioned between approximately 1.75 inches and approximately 3 inches from an upper end of the slate shingle;
- connecting a nail gun to a source of air compressed to less than approximately 100 PSI;
- driving a nail from the nail gun through the aperture in the slate shingle of the first course of slate shingles, wherein the nail has a length of no more than approximately 1.5 inches and the nail gun drives the nail into the roof deck such that a head of the nail is between approximately ⅜ inch and approximately 9/16 inch from the roof deck;
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- overlapping the first course of slate shingles with a second interlayment and a second course of slate shingles affixed to the roof deck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.