i have no idea how i got here... i just left my youtube running for 1 hour. from electronic music to this. it is very interesting though, really like it.

Rafters bow down, this guy knows his stuff.

Thanks for taking th he time to pass this knowledge on, really great stuff.

So British the kettle goes off halfway through. Great video and I really enjoyed the crash course on the woodworking.

Loved watching the video on how to make shingles, So I just had to watch how to lay them. Loved the sound of that Merlin engine on that spitfire.

He's my favorite guest you've had. So informative

Hello from the states. I really do appreciate all your videos.

Excellent video. Very informative. Nice to see someone who really knows what they are doing at work.

I loved the first video and I loved this one too. Congratulations.

Just adding some info about the "soaker" material, as at 9:40 he seems to be unsure how to explain the properties...: that DPC is designed to be a water barrier between the foundations and walls of a brick house. It's very durable indeed and will outlast the wood even with exposed parts to UV light. It has been given black pigment specifically to prevent UV penetration, so only the outer few molecular layers will deteriorate from sunlight. It's also designed to withstand sharp edges of concrete or brick, so it won't rip from any splinters or sharp edges it may touch, even when the structure moves slightly in the wind. Good choice :))

Spitfire!! You lucky beggar. My favourite airplane. Cheers, Frank.

Excellent video Harry. I learn so much every time I watch your channel.

I've done my share of modern wood shingling. Interesting that the general methods haven't changed that much over time.

I very much enjoyed watching this film, having only just found the film which showed the making of the shingles a couple of days ago. There's something very relaxing about watching other people work. :)

Such a pleasure listening to a professional

Excellent follow up to the first video. Smashing!

Hello again! I very much enjoyed the video showing how the shingles are made, and enjoyed this one equally thank you again so much! sincerely, Reno NV. USA

Marvellous structure , the information is priceless , nicely done 👍. Loved the soundtrack of the kettle and the spitfire , I could smell the wood and the woodsmoke . One year further on , having used the information I'm still smelling the woodsmoke , the kettle was , of course party of the instructions 🤔 .

Great instructional video. I'm just about to roof out my Japanese teahouse in cedar shakes and have got some good tips from this video. Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting video nice to see the old skills being used, thanks for sharing Harry, atb john.

Your videos are always so interesting. Keep up the good work! It is good to have you as a friend in the UK.

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another excellent production! thanks for sharing!!!

Bravo Again. !!! enjoyed very much such Great Workmanship Harry I enjoy all your videos outstanding job.

You are all awesome! Great video!

Great to see most of the materials coming from the woods. 5 years ago, I had to buy Canadian shingles to roof my studio, I think there are now some UK sourced materials available.

😇 Old World Master Craftsman 😇 I Enjoyed This Tutorial. Thank You.

I'm curious as to the reason you space the shingles tightly. With perfections and even rough cedar shake we always spaced them 1/8" to 3/16" to prevent cupping. I believe you said it was chestnut? Are the properties different to cedar requiring this tight spacing?

Great video. Thank you. Greetings from Bosnia

Hi Harry! Did they finish the shake roof? Great video, very informative. A final video of the structure would be awesome!

This old man giving the demo has got heavy old man energy

Very nicely done. Classic to have a Spitfire fly over these British gentlemen.

a BIG thumps up for HAND/MAN-craft. REALLLLLLLLLLLY Gr8 √√

Great video, thank you very much!!

Exactly the information I was looking for

Instead of using the artifical DPC soaker if you have access to any birch trees you could use the bark for the same purpose. On sod roofed farm houses in Estonia where my family is from they would use birch bark as the water proof layer between the sod and the wood below. The bark life span is about 30 years I have been told.

John talks alot but I still watched 2 whole videos... I dont even think i will ever do this either, but i know how now! :) Thanks

Another entertaining and informative video ,your like a modern day Jack Hargreaves,thank God for KZfaq.Keep up the good work Harry..

I would have been completely distracted by the old war-bird flying overhead as well

very nice work, almost like art

Exclent demonstration learned the Cape Cod style the first 9 cources closer togther less shingle to the weather this would protect the beam on shake siding and fan out the wall to repell water goving your called kick board on out buildings we would use strapping 3/4 thick and 3 1/2 inches wide we would get from the saw mill we used white cedar clear shingles as neat by Mane has lots of them I will try large Chestnut now that I know your secret ! Thank you very much for this information !!!

Loved wood work since school in Dagenham, 48-58, and have been splitting shingles from red boxwood in winter, for kindling, but now at 74 living in the land of OZ, wondering , WHY is he choking the claw hammer? More interesting than a truckload of DVD's

Ive been roofing for nearly 40 yrs so my methods for cleaving, prepping and laying are different and faster.....much faster. Its good to see people enjoying new things and using the fruits of there labours. A frosty late autumn dawn spent splitting shakes in the chestnut coppice is the best cure for a restless mind.............

Well done. Thank you.

Great video, and craftsmanship. I would suggest a more durable solution for the corners, wich is used where I live for a long time. As shown on this roof the shingles on the roofcorners are cut into triangles prone to premature breaking because of weathering. What works better is to taper the last 4-5 shingles lightly from top to bottom so that there is no weak triangle if you arrive at the edge. At the edge of the roof the last shingle should overlap the last shingle coming from the other roofplane. The shingle being overlaped should be cut on its corner acording to the angles of the two roofplanes. The overlapping shingel should alternate every shingle row from one roofplane to the other. I hope I am making sence. best regards

Very interesting Harry Thanks

great job!

Good job Harry

Thank you for sharing this film Harry! Will there be any more videos showing the six (or seven) ridges and how the top is finished off with the cowl? I understand that time is an issue: ie the weather is starting to turn. Many Thanks again. N.

Thanks, very informative.

Wow great videos look like a lot fun

Very nice!

What a labor intensive process.

superb video

Great! It would have been nice to see the finished roof at the end.

Thanks for nail info. Can windfall white pines be used to make wall or roof shingles? How about white ash that died from emerald ash borer. Sad to just use for firewood. Great instruction. Thanks so much.

On the old Cape Cod houses the first 9 courses are very close together raising to protect the main beam cedar shakes last 100 years untreated longer when oiled

amazing videos! so educative!!! thank you very much!!! just wondering what they used in the olden days instead of the plastic? maybe could one use thick woven linen soaked in wax?

Its good to hear more people using the word "Inches".

Nice Saved me Made me understand my own mower

SPITFIRE!!! Amazing! We don't see those in the US. I would've had to look too.

this is so cool, I wish I could build a sauna like this

Great information and presentation. If you have the time and inclination, could you please explain why the lowest wood tiles do not overhang more? I would think you'd want them hanging over more so as to prevent rain streams from running up under the shingles and constantly wetting the base of the roof. Have a good week, sir.

mum's making a spot of tea...good show ol boy...we yanks swing hammers too

Good description only thing I do differently is 2 nails same height on either side pre drill holes takes a bit longer

Thanks

Thought we hit peak Britishness the second time the kettle went off, then we got to the sudden Spitfire break!!

In Cape Cod Mass. The first 9 courses from the ground shingle siding two layers on top of each other then up 1/8 inch then upma inch two inches three inches 4 inches to the weather then every 5 to five and ca half inches to the weather this with ceadet or redwood prevents bugs nailed with stainless steel ring shank nails iO used this methoid on my lands in Nova Scotia that has high winds 60 mph or 100 kph for a week at a time this is at the exstream southern tip of Nova Scotia Canada at the end of a 5 km long penisulia the Genetal Forbes Crown Land Grant ! Love the wood roof shingles idea when you cut the trees you would cut them so you eliminate the branches 16 to 19 inches long so you have clear wood no knots ! I used white cedar clear !

All this and a Spitfire fly past as well, it cant get better than that !

Very interesting 🇺🇸☮❤️

good job

I'd love to ask John more about his work. Do you know where he is located, and how can I contact him?

Is there a good book that covers this method of construction?

Hi guys I’ve seen your set up and it looks pretty cool I work the grass field over the hedge of where you are at

I would be interested to know how he made the closable cowl

this had some very very good tips thank you very much.

Is there a difference between a "cooking room" and a kitchen?

What does it look like finished?

Very good.. what type of wood were the shingles made out of?

If it works on a roof i want to try it on my wall. thanks

No gaps in between shingles ?

No Felt between the roof layers?

very nice thanks. I don't understand why blunting the point of the nail helps not to split the shingles.

Very nice, thank-you! I'm jealous! Grr to jealousy!

That guy timed tea just write didn't even lift a hammer good timing .

It would be so so so satisfying to build something like this. Then have a BBQ with ya mates under in a drink beers lol

John will strangle that hammer soon! You can tell he has been going back and forth from the carving axe. :)

how did I get here? But I love it

When nailing, if you hold the hammer correctly you bend less nails and use less energy driving the nail in...

I wonder how long it would take one person to do that two sided house?

how did I end up here, from guitars to cutting wood? ... I am guess anything made of wood is good... and it rhymes too hehe :)

I like the tutorial about old fashioned roof construction, but how did they do the nails back then?

is there a film on how the timber frame is made

You couldn’t get more British with the British Spitfire lol

Don't understand why the last one was so disliked compared to this one. Im guessing the youtube algorithm showing them it is making them angry because there is no way to say "I don't want to watch that" and they are trying that instead. I've been enjoying this also interessting to see newer materials used with old craft techniques like this

Hi there. Would it be at all possible to ask your friend doing the demo if I might contact him. I'm in New forest and having shingle issues.

Saw nails on bottom of bottom tiles as well, but not where he did put them....

Ive been thinking about how wood rots. If wood gets wet and then dry, thats not a big deal as much as one that stays in shade and wet. The sun dries and kills bacteria but the underside of a shingle doesnt get sun. If you burnt the underside of a shake shingle, taking away the bacteria's "food", wouldnt it greatly lengthen the lifespan of a roof?

I learn a lot of skills that I will never use. Still nice to watch though.

Did you mention type of nails and length of nail? Thanks mulch.