Inside was a photograph of the house from a local newspaper in a frame with little doors made of old shingle.

A. I go along with the first recommendation, to remove the old shingles.

"I've seen 'em, and those old shingles just go to mush."

"You know those old shingles when the moss is crawling and they're about to go," Ms. Stamm said.

I have some old broken shingles, and I need to get them replaced.

Two sets of old shingles were peeled from the roof.

I had planned to cover the old shingles with new building paper and then lay the new asphalt shingles on top.

We had to prioritize, and one of the first things we did was to tear all the old shingles from the roof.

Roofers tell us that a new roof would be very expensive, as the old shingles would have to be removed.

First, you'll have to split the old shingle into pieces with a wood chisel.