Abstract: A roof shingle placement tool is provided. The roof shingle placement tool includes a support member adapted to be disposed generally horizontally on a roof to be shingled. An indexing member is connected to the support member. The indexing member includes a plurality of equally spaced stops. The indexing member is adapted to be indexed upwardly along the roof with succeeding stops engaging a fixed reference point on the roof such that a uniform exposure distance is provided by the support member for succeeding courses of shingles.

Abstract: Fixture and method for laying shingles on the surface of a roof or vertical wall wherein the fixture comprises a pair of L-section rails and a L-section shingle support member. The shingle support member is secured to a pair of arms which are swingably mountable on the rails at spaced slots therealong. The shingle support member may be secured to the arms in either of two orientations. In one orientation, one leg of the shingle support member provides an abutment surface for supporting the bottom edges of a row of thin pliable shingles and another leg provides a surface for partially supporting the pliable shingles from below. In another orientation, only one leg of the shingle support member is used to provide an abutment surface for supporting the bottom edge of a row of thick rigid shingles, without supporting the shingles from below.