Roof Tie Into Exterior Siding

Now you are ready for the installation of the roof and the shingles that you can pick out your local home improvement store.

Roof tie into exterior siding.

Use screws to secure the rafter to the sill plate. The positioning of your rafters will depend on the pitch of the porch roof. Install the 2x4 joists with some screws and brackets to the house edge. To tie the design together peter chose to cut the rafter tails off the extend the exterior wall up to the underside of the new roof.

In certain instances flashing may need to be installed on the exterior of siding. Slide the short end of a strip. Now you have tied in the porch roof addition to the house. As it turned out the existing roof structure is a truss system but they were able to contact the original truss manufacturer to verify that cutting the tails off would not jeopardize the structural integrity of the trusses.

If you decide on a shallow pitch porch roof use 2 by 6 foot rafters. At the bottom of the roof water needs to be directed. However in most instances step flashing should be installed behind siding. Rain should run off the roof and into the gutter.

There they re assembled on to a preconfigured basis or basement depending on the specifications. Unless it will be protected from rain by the house s eaves or a solid roof a roof ledger that is fastened directly to a house with wood siding should be capped with galvanized metal z flashing that tucks up under siding to prevent water from seeping in behind it. Joist hangers can help you mount each rafter to the house. With regards to the inside of the porch and the siding if the siding is cut at an angle you could use j channel there as well if it is flat the have a channel that the siding locks into and a tool you can buy for less than 10 to make tabs on the siding to make it lock into the channel.

Step flashing protects the gap where roofs meet walls by weaving into the roof shingles. I made this video this morning and i hope it help explain the flashing wall detail where the siding meets the roof. The porch roof may match the pitch of your home or have a more shallow roof pitch. Insert a nail bar beneath the bottom row of siding that lies directly above the seam where the tin roof meets the.

How to tie a tin roof into the siding 1. Google vinyl siding installation for more details. Here there are you can see one of our how to attach a roof to an existing roof gallery there are many picture that you can found do not miss them.