A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
Roof off of house.
Using lag bolts and a screwdriver fasten the base of the posts to the ground.
The roofing company took part of a roof off the wrong house.
There s no hiding from the elements.
You can t be afraid of heights and you need to be pretty fit.
Can you roof a house yourself.
A lean to roof also called a shed roof slopes in one direction with rafters that rest against another structure at their high end and overhang support posts or an exterior wall at their low end.
Jerkinhead roofs also known as clipped gables or snub gables are essentially a gable roof with the two peak ends are clipped off.
Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to remove roof moss and prevent it from coming back.
The ledger should be attached before the foundation is built for a deck patio roof posts and other structure.
The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters.
Stripping away the old roof more expensive because of the additional labor and materials peeling off the old roof down to the sheathing is your only option if you already have two layers.
Expect to spend 1 500 to 3 000 to remove your current roof before installing a replacement.
If you can t walk around on it comfortably hire a pro.
Get out a ladder and climb up onto your roof.
A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework.
1 slide a margin trowel under shingles to unstick them from the ones below.
The national average cost to replace a roof is 7 211 with most homeowners spending between 4 707 and 10 460 roof installation cost ranges from 400 to 550 per square depending on the roof size and materials used in reroofing.
This old house general contractor tom silva prefers this route even when the roof is just a single layer so he can find the source of any water.
You can either remove the eave or just keep it.
Measure the size of the beam that you are going to use.
2 slide sacrificial zinc strip underneath the loosened shingles.
The advantage of this design is that the clipped ends to reduce potential wind damage to the home making the roof more stable.
Measure the sightline clearance height from the roof to the house not the other way around.
Make no bones about it roofing is hard work.