Roof or sidewall construction

In a covering for a surface of a building structure, such covering including separate generally rectangular wood shake covering elements having respective butt and tip ends and applied in generally coplanar, side adjacent relationship in each of several courses with the tip portions of the covering elements of one course being overlapped by the butt portions of the covering elements of a higher course, the improvement comprising a tapered sawn wood shingle filler element having a portion fitted between adjacent sides of adjacent covering elements in a course.

In a covering for a surface of a building structure, such covering including separate covering elements applied in side adjacent relationship in each of several courses having respective butt and tip edges with the tip portion of a preceding course being overlapped by the butt portion of a succeeding course and the butt portion of the preceding course exposed, the improvement comprising each of a plurality of such courses including a row of generally side adjacent sawn wood shingles underlying the butt portion of the succeeding course and a row of generally side adjacent wood shakes overlying the tip portion of the preceding course, said wood shakes constituting at least the major portion of the exposed portion of their course.

In a covering for a surface of a building structure, such covering including separate covering elements applied in side adjacent relationship in each of several courses having respective butt and tip edges with the tip portion of a preceding course being overlapped by the butt portion of a succeeding course and the butt portion of the preceding course exposed, each of a plurality of such courses including an underlayer having respective butt and tip edges and formed of sawn wood shingles arranged in side-by-side relationship and an overlayer of generally side adjacent covering elements laid over the underlayer, the improvement comprising at least the major portion of the overlapped portion of each overlayer being a row of side adjacent sawn wood shingles, and at least the major portion of the exposed portion of each overlayer being a row of generally side adjacent wood shakes.

In a building covering panel including an overlayer having at least two covering elements with respective butt and tip ends, such covering elements being applied in generally coplanar, side adjacent relationship, and an underlayer of wood shingles arranged in side-by-side relationship beneath the overlayer, the improvement comprising the overlayer including a filler element having respective butt and tip ends and a portion fitted between the adjacent sides of the covering elements, at least one side of one of the elements having a shoulder extending transversely of such side, dividing its element into respective butt and tip portions of unequal width and abutting a portion of another of the elements.

In a building covering panel including an underlayer of wood shingles arranged in side-by-side relationship, an overlayer of side adjacent covering elements laid over the underlayer and a layer of waterproof sheet material extending lengthwise of the panel, the improvement comprising one end portion of the layer of the waterproof sheet material underlying the underlayer and the other end portion of the layer of waterproof sheet material being interposed between the underlayer and the overlayer.