Reroofing shingle
AssigneeOwens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
InventorsChristopher P. Kasprzak, Andrew Panelli, Bert W. Elliott
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Abstract
An exemplary roofing system for covering an existing shingle roof with an exposure height measured between bottom edges of adjacent courses is disclosed. The roofing shingle system comprising includes a plurality of reroofing shingles. The reroofing shingles have an exposure portion extending from a top edge to a bottom edge for a height that is at least the exposure height of the existing shingle roof. At least one course of reroofing shingles is installed on at least one course of the existing shingle roof, wherein the course of the existing roof is covered by the at least one course of reroofing shingles. The top edge of the reroofing shingles abuts the bottom edge of the adjacent course of existing shingles.
Claims14
A roofing shingle system comprising:
- a plurality of reroofing shingles each extending from a top edge to a bottom edge for a height that is at least an exposure height of an existing shingle roof;
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- a plurality of courses of the reroofing shingles installed on a plurality of courses of the existing roof shingles, wherein the courses of the existing roof shingles are covered by the courses of reroofing shingles, and wherein the top edge of the reroofing shingles abuts a bottom edge of the adjacent courses of existing roof shingles.
A method of installing a plurality of reroofing shingles on an existing roof with an exposure height measured between bottom edges of adjacent courses, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of reroofing shingles comprising an exposure portion extending from a top edge to a bottom edge for a height that is at least the exposure height of the existing shingle roof;
- installing a starter course of reroofing shingles adjacent to a ridge course of shingles on the existing roof, wherein the top edge of the reroofing shingles abuts the bottom edge of the ridge course of existing shingles;
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- installing at least one additional course of reroofing shingles installed on at least one additional course of shingles on the existing roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.