Roofing…Wrap-Up

With the roofing at the “L” Shaped House complete it seems like a roofing wrap-up post is in order…We start with the details of the shingled roof over the main house. The first photo shows the roof over the West side of the bonus room taken while Gill Riehm was installing the roofing system. It it you can see the sheathing, underlayment, flashing, and shingles. We used a Timberline Natural Shadow shingle in charcoal (black).

The next photo shows some of the materials used in the roofing including the ice & water shield from Tri-Built and the GAF Timberline shingles. We have installed a GAF Cobra ridge venting system on the “L” Shaped House. The system includes an open ridge covered with a mesh exhaust vent capped with Timbertex ridge cap shingles.

The next two photos show more of the metal flashing details included in the shingle roofing system. The first shows the valley flashing, drip edge, and step flashing coming together at the valley between the master bedroom and book nook roofs. The second shows one of the metal flashing “kick outs” where the bedroom dormer roof meets the book nook end wall.

The last shingle roof photo shows the drip edge that helps support the asphalt shingles at the end of the (Kloti Chop) eave. The whole point is to direct water away from the house walls. The metal soffit materials will slip up under and behind the roof flashing as the siding is installed starting next week…we hope!

The front porch of the “L” Shaped House has a standing seam metal roof. The photos below show some the installation and flashing details of this roofing system. The first step is an ice and water underlayment. The first photo shows the wall  flashing and drip edge pieces screwed to the sheathing to make a cavity that the metal roofing can slide underneath. The metal roofing material is held with galvanized clips that are bent over the standing seam and finished with a cap.

The next photo shows the details at the outer edges of the porch roof. The front edge gets a flashing piece that will accommodate the half round gutters; the ends get a drip edge flashing. Once again the siding folks will bring the metal soffit materials up and under the roofing system.

The last photo provides a closer look at the details at the outer edge of the porch roof. Here you can see how the end of the metal roofing material is trimmed and then bent back on itself  to form a “sealed” edge at the end of each section. The cap that covers the standing is also visible in the photo. It “snaps” into place and is trimmed and folded at the end to form its own seal.

 

Oh…and by the way…Happy 200th posting!

Standing Seam Roof…Day 3

The roofing crew showed up this morning and finished up the porch roof late this afternoon. I took this photo standing in the middle of Cottage Lane. The standing seam roof shows up nicely from the street and should add to the farmhouse feel of the “L” Shaped House.

A second photo showing the newly installed standing seam roof over the front porch taken Monday afternoon from the top of the dirt pile out front.

Standing Seam Roof…Day 2

The roofing crew is out on Saturday morning installing the standing seam roofing on the front porch. the first photo shows the roofing in the area between the front bedroom dormers. The roofing panels slide up and under the flashing they installed yesterday and are fastened to the decking with metal tabs. The second photo shows the guys preparing the ends of the next two panels before they are installed.

The photo below shows the first few roofing panels in place from the the middle of the front yard. The roof is going to be just barely visible from the street level but will (I think) make the house look very nice from the other side of the pond.

The roofing crew finished a little more than 1/2 of the porch roof today. This photo (taken about 6:15) shows the progress. They plan to be back in the morning to try to finish installing metal before the next round of rain predicted for early next week…Aarghh!

Standing Seam Roof…Day 1

The installation of the standing seam roof over the front porch started Thursday afternoon. The roofing guys set up a scaffold across the front of the porch and have most of the drip edge and flashing installed. The first photo shows the scaffolding in place and if you look really close the drip edge.

The next photo shows the roofing materials staged on the front porch. We chose to do the roof in black.

Roofing…Shingle wrap up

Gill Riehm has finished up the shingle roofs on the “L” Shaped House. All that is left is the standing seam roof above the front porch. Gill and his Dad removed the roof & wall brackets, cleaned up and left yesterday afternoon. They did a very nice job on the roof!

Roofing…Day 8

Gill and his dad had another good day on the roof of the “L” Shaped House. I decided to climb to the top with them this afternoon to get a few photos of the roofing in progress and to take in the view. The first two photos show Gill and his dad working opposite sides of the roof over the center section of the main house. They have just one more pitch to the West and the job will be complete!

 

The next photo shows the ridge lines looking towards the back of the house. You are truly at “tree top” level on the top of the roof…and it is a very long way to the ground off the back side.

The last photo shows part of the completed roof on the East side of the house.

Roofing…Day 7

The dry weather has allowed the roofing crew to make a lot of progress the last two days. Gill and his dad made their way up the bonus room to the main house and have literally “turned the corner” toward the music room. The first photo shows the the West side of the bonus room roof.

The second photo shows the front corner of the “L” Shaped House with all the East side pitches completed. The roofers have the dormers on the main house, the music room, and  porch roof left to complete. It feels really good to have the house buttoned up and dry inside!

Roofing…Day 4

By 2:00 this afternoon the roofers had just about finished up “drying-in” the roof. They had only one pitch on the main house and the music room left to finish. They plan to have it all complete tonight and we are all hoping for a dryer Thursday and Friday than forecasted.

The first photo shows Gill up on the Master bedroom roof attaching paper (I’ve included his business card above). He is going to install the shingled roofs and work with the folks putting the standing seam material above the front porch.

The last photo shows the the view out Anna’s bedroom window and the last little section to be covered.

Roofing…Day 2

In spite of the windy conditions and threat of rain the roofing guys are hard at work. The photo below shows the first 1/4 of the bonus room with the flashing, roofing paper, and shingles going up. The Charcoal color looks nice and it feels good to get the roof going.

The next photos show the work progressing on the opposite side of the bonus room. First a close up of the roof tail between the dormers showing a close up of the flashing and shingles. The second photo shows the back section of the roof with just the first course of shingles applied.

Roofing…Day 1

The roofing crew started on the “L” Shaped House this morning. They got going on the back end of the garage first and are staging their supplies inside the garage. There are some pretty big stacks of ice & water shield and regular tar paper as well as a bunch of pallets of shingles. Hopefully we will continue to be blessed with good (dry) weather as the roofing continues around all the pitches up there.

Ice & Water shield and a pallet of roof venting supplies.

We are installing a Timberline Natural Shadow shingle in charcoal (black).