Pressing PV Kilts

[Pleater]

Shingles are wood?!!

Shingle - in English is also used to describe a beach of stones rather than sand, so I asumed that the shingles for a roof would be like slate, some form of mineral or a smooth flat stone.

Without some form of preservative, and an advanced one at that, wood would just rot, split, curl up and drop off in our climate.

I did remember a bit more of that song
every single little dream
is a shingle or a rafter,
we will paint the house with laughter
when we build our little home.

It came from the film Roman Scandals made about 1935

I think that our doctors and dentists etc talk about 'putting up their plate' which is actually an oblong of brass engraved with their name and qualifications. Surgeries with a lot of members have doorways that gleam in the sunlight.

[James MacMillan]

Shingles are wood?!! Usually Cedar, or other wood that naturally resists rot and insects.

Shingle - in English is also used to describe a beach of stones rather than sand, so I asumed that the shingles for a roof would be like slate, some form of mineral or a smooth flat stone. We have them too, for the rich!

Without some form of preservative, and an advanced one at that, wood would just rot, split, curl up and drop off in our climate. Some parts of the States and Canada have much harsher climates.... the Yucon and Alaska come to mind, and really old log cabins still exist with perfectly funtional wood shingles.

I did remember a bit more of that song
every single little dream
is a shingle or a rafter,
we will paint the house with laughter
when we build our little home.

It came from the film Roman Scandals made about 1935

I think that our doctors and dentists etc talk about 'putting up their plate' which is actually an oblong of brass engraved with their name and qualifications. Surgeries with a lot of members have doorways that gleam in the sunlight. That's pretty neat too! But, us poor colonials don't have much plate brass!

Weird, the direction that some of these threads take! What were we supposed to be talking about?

[ccga3359]

Cedar shingles can last a hundred years in climates such as Canada and the US, with snow, rain shine and winds. The only thing that last longer is slate but unfortunately is very rare and I believe must be imported.

Growing up in England I remember my house having a wood shingle roof. It was in the New Town of Crawley so was built sometime after the war.

Now what the peoples over this side of the pond haven't had a chance to behold is a thatched roof.

This is a shingle roof:

[ChattanCat]

Weird, the direction that some of these threads take! What were we supposed to be talking about?

umm... pressing kilts...

[James MacMillan]

Now what the peoples over this side of the pond haven't had a chance to behold is a thatched roof.

Like this?


Now as to pressing a kilt - use an iron and a pressing cloth, and baste the pleats first...

[ccga3359]

Now as to pressing a kilt - use an iron and a pressing cloth, and baste the pleats first...

Ah yes. Well first I lay my pv kilt on a ceder shake roof, then from the ground I start lobbing stray cats at it...