Ever seen these installed? A job we just finished

They hook on the lower course, so it would be tedious to do a repair. I assume those are installed on battens. Did you do vertical battens also otherwise I'm not seeing how they would breathe

Our first job we used a skil saw with a good metal blade. Face mask is right!

The guys bidding the metro shingle Against my bid live over 100 miles away so I've got a good advantage if metros aren't much cheaper.

Clover, how are the Decra's fastened on the bottom? With the metros you put a screw along the bottom (4) and 4 more on the top, so 8 screws total. The bottom stitch screws allow you to install roof jacks and such and then you just stitch them together as you tear down. You can also do repairs without having to come all the way down from the top of the roof. The shingles breath too, so it is like installing a cold roof. Pretty neat. and very good looking. We will sell a lot of them this year.

Pricing whys, I am selling them about the same as I would a expensive CT Grand Manor install. As far as cutting them, we have one of the shears and also one of the custom break benders and flattening tool that is attached to it for the flashings. I have found that a siding cut table with a skill saw is the way to go to cut them. You have to invest in the expensive saw blades and not be afraid to replace them, but it gives you a very clean cut, and it doesn't fold the shingle over when you are trying to be exact.

Wear long sleeve shirts, safety glasses and a face shield along with ear protection. It gets loud and it throws the granules.

Those are Decra ShakeXD. I'm bidding a Decra job against a guy using Metro's. Both Shingle profiles.

We bought an AJC shear just for cutting these stone coated shingles. Works pretty great once you get used to it. Your right about those cut's though!

One note: If youre ever opted to run a Decra shingle profile, don't go with the basic "Shingle", get Shingle Plus or XD. The basic profile have a vertical seam that sorta interlocks with the next one. Huge pain and difficult to get right consistently...at least for me anyways.

They are the Metro Cottage shingles. What is that, that you are working on there?

You are right about them being easier to stand on. The granules surely don't roll off like on a regular shingle. They do cover nicely, but they still take a bit to install. On a wide open area they will go quickly, but when you get to the cutting, you better have a cut man that knows what he is doing.

Is that Decra or Metro? It's amazing how easy you can work those on a 10/12 pitch!

I'm waiting to hear back on two bids I've got out for those. I've been pushing them all year, sold two so far. Doing a homeshow in March where I'm hoping to really get them going.