Follow The Grey Shingle Road!
Submitted by: Cody, Stillwater via Submit a Kludge!
Favorite Comment: Fixer Titania says, “We’re off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Odd.
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz of ever a wiz there was.
If ever a whiz of a wiz there was,
The Wizard of Odd is one because,
Because, because, because, because, becaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuse,
Because of the kludgerful things he does!
We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Odd…”
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I hope they didn’t steal this from the next door neighbour’s roof.
I don’t know.. I think that is pretty awesome!
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
This is the only way you could get me to lay shingle. As in, you can’t pay me enough to on a rooftop.
What you do is lay the roof on the ground, shingle it, then put it back on the house.
Hmmmm……modular roofing shingles! Nice!
Well, they ARE asphalt shingles.
Its not my fault its asfault
Oh no, the house sank!
That made me laugh a bit more than it should.
We did this too for the driveway to my folks’ summer cottage when we redid the roof. The shingles were put over a particularly muddy, swampy patch where cars were always getting stuck. Previously, we’d put gravel into the area to increase traction and within a season, it had all disappeared into the mud. By putting down the used shingles (after a VERY careful inspection for roofing nails) and then the gravel, it took a few years before the next layer of rocks vanished into the mud. It looks ridiculous, but it works well, believe it or not.
tile & error
Shingle wells, shingle wells,
flowing all the way
Oh what swamp there is to cross
without turning into prey…
Asphalt, asphalt shingles, same thing.
No wonder the roofer overcharged me for materials!
In fairness to the contractor, he did say he was going to put down some asphalt.
We had leftover siding (a weird concrete-blend siding) after building a house and we did the same thing to demarcate the driving area / driveway from the rest of the property. Worked great!
when roads come down with shingles, is there an ointment for that?
The best comment of the whole thread.
Off to see the Wizard of Odd.
We’re off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Odd.
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz of ever a wiz there was.
If ever a whiz of a wiz there was,
The Wizard of Odd is one because,
Because, because, because, because, becaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuse,
Because of the kludgerful things he does!
We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Odd…
HAHAHAhaHAHAHAHAAAAA!
I prefer taking the freeway instead of those shingle-lane highways.
Due to the high price of gold, the munchkins had to go with something a little cheaper
no, due to the economy they had to sell their road of gold to cash4gold, but because they got scammed they only could afford this for their path now.
Personally I can’t think of a shingle reason to do this.
A roofing shingle road… for when property values just don’t matter anymore.
I think asphalt shingles give better traction than asphalt paving because of all those itty bitty stones stuck to them. This might be the initial phase of construction for a drag strip. We should expect to see some records broken.
After his 401(k) statement arrived, Bob the Builder realized that the only way he’d get on the road to retirement was to hang his own shingle.
Dorothy tried to follow the grey shingle road to the emrald city, but it didn’t quite work. The road didn’t go far enough, and in the distance was only a suburban house with a shingle-less roof. Also, since the road wasn’t bright yellow, she wandered off into the forest. A lion, a tiger, and a bear fought over her and eventually tore her apart. Oh my!
Oh look, it’s an ass-fault driveway.
That’s GRAY
Actually, if this is roofing that’s going to be thrown away, this is actually a good use for it. At least only if you live in trailer park.
The thinnest asphalt paving job ever done!
Actually, reminds me of a former neighbor I had. The had thousands of crushed aluminum cans in the driveway. They eventually turned them in for money at the scrap metal company, but I still remember the sound when cars pulled in. No need for a doorbell.
Maybe they like walking on air?
Is that the remains(sic) of crime scene tape on the tree in the background? What the heck happened here? Either that, or someone’s a Tony Orlando and Dawn fan..
The yellow means go slow — unpaved road ahead.
Maybe he wanted to put his wife on a pedestal but she was afraid of high places
Looks like my driveway! Takes a little work to make sure there are no tacks left but sure beats paying for gravel or paving.
Don’t laugh too hard. The house I bought in Florida a few months ago has layers and layers of shingles and strips of carpet layed down at the edge of both front and back of the concrete carport – apparently to keep the car from sinking into the sand too far. Although quite effective, I will be doing an improvement project here…
you know…. i have considered the same damn thing. i live on a private gravel road, with the whole left side belonging to us. on the other side there are 3 owners; 2 good neighbors and an asshat family who drive too fast, beating huge potholes in our graveled road. they will not chip in for new gravel, either. nor will they slow down, prefering to hit the holes wide open *stabs*.
i wonder if the shingles could be run through a wood chipper so they are less obviously shingles (and therefore look better)
Use asphalt millings. Google for an asphalt plant located near you, and purchase them from them. Or try to find an asphalt paving company who does their own milling – they will probably sell you some.
The plants buy millings from contractors @ around $7/ton – so assume about twice that.
They will compress much better and last much longer than just aggregate.
And if you really want to use the shingles – just use them like shown above and cover w/ an aggregate – kind of like a semi permeable geotextile fabric – except the white trash edition.
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i remember throwing away all those milk cans, never knew they could be recycled… ^_^ anyways, i found a better vid repair siding contractor katy
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