1.   People want wood shingles on their houses for purely aesthetic reasons.

2.   Cracks or splits in wood shingles will let water seep through the roof.

3.   First of all, they usually are covered with wood shingles.

4.   Nailing a replacement wood shingle in place is not as simple as nailing an asphalt shingle, because you cannot bend back the overlapping shingle.

5.   Q. My old house has wood shingles very close to the earth.

6.   Pressure-washing wood clapboards and wood shingles is less hazardous.

7.   Q. I have a good amount of the old-fashioned striated wood shingles that I plan to put up to replace some that have deteriorated.

8.   Replacing a damaged wood shingle requires a bit more skill.

9.   --There should be at least six inches of clearance between wood shingles or siding and the ground.

10.   They are big ones, hovering and buzzing around outside, then going under wood shingles in the afternoon and early evening.