Roofing – Ideations Innovations

Reshingling My Roof

Every 20 years or so, ashphalt shingles need to be replaced, and with the weather such that it has been – torrential downfalls – leaks prioritize that work. My home was no exception without a day of rest after completion of the garage before the next downpour and leak… Such is life.

With the shoring materials from the garage project I built a staging to get the shingles onto the roof. It may seem a lot of work, but it was put up in a few hours and made for safe access/egress for the duration of the job. Read more →

Carpentry

Roof Repair, Structural Rebuild

What began as a shingling job after the recent torrential downpours, became a resuscitation of an old garage with a sagging roof. Years ago, any hammer swinging Joe could bang together a garage and build their own trusses from scratch. For good reason, the city mandated that future trusses be engineered, as many home built roofs began to look like horses’ saddles after several years. Swinging Joe didn’t clench the nails, use glue, cut angles precisely, or really do a proper job of it at all. The results are below.

Giddy-up!! There is over three inches of sag from end to end, putting a damper on a home sales in the future, so a solution is needed short of a tear-down and rebuild. As the existing trusses aren’t structurally sound, a truss spanning the length of the garage will be built to aid support.