The
Porch Roof Project |
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Time to tie the
roof in to the house. 10" wide galvanized flashing goes under the last
two courses. |
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One more course
of shakes needed and then 5" wide flashing goes on top. All the
shakes will have to be cut.
I cut 29 of them to the wrong length due to the wall not being
uniform all the way across. |
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Almost done! The
top flashing being put in place. We cut 36 feet of 10" wide
flashing in half to get the 5" width we wanted. |
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Finally
finished! There is quite a wave in that wall. There is a wave in the
roof as well. That's because at one time this was two
separate houses. A stone house built next to a log house was tied
tied together and then expanded. (see "History" at the end.) |
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Now the fascia
board comes off. When the nails come with it you know you're going
to have problems. |
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The rafter ends
were plugged and pegged. After the glue dried for a week we cut off the excess.
They all needed some work. |
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Andrea takes
down the antique wooden shutters. They were in bad shape and went
right into the trash.
She never puts anything directly into the trash!
We'll replace them with some high quality composite ones. |
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The new fascia
board is up. Primed and painted in the garage beforehand. |
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Putting up the
gutter hangers. Each one gets four stainless steel nuts and bolts. |
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There is a wave
in the roof but the gutter hangers are in a perfectly straight line,
thanks to Nate's nylon string. |
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October 31,
2014. Halloween. Done at last! |
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It took a whole
day to clean up the porch and get all the tools out of the dining
room.
Total cost of the project was about $2000.00. How much would a
roofer have charged?
We contacted one roofer who told us over the phone the job was "too
small". |
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By August 2015
the porch roof was almost the same color as the upper roof. |
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