Staging A Roof Dormer

Staging and gridding a roof is a quick and simple way to make sure you have the right coating coverage and usage for any job.

Staging a roof dormer.

Framing a dormer refers to the first and most important step in constructing an upper level addition to your home. Dormer roofs normally are covered with the same type of roofing as the house. Make a rafter cutting jig by measuring 12 in. How to frame a dormer.

Cut off the bottom panels of the shingle with a utility knife. With a reputation for solving water leaks the family called mosby building arts for help. For questions about warranties. With the framing complete we could then remove the roof props.

Recently completed in march 2016 this project wasn t quite as straight froward as it may look in the video. If the slope of your dormer roof is the same as your old roof hold a scrap of plywood against the old roof boards and draw a level line on it. The adhesive strip should overhang the drip edge by about 1 4 inch. Nail to the roof with roofing nails.

The construction of the dormer involved three st. After setting up staging we peeled back the shingles at the eaves of the dormer roof snapped a chalk line and made new cuts for the fascia and soffit. Whether you re expanding a cramped attic into a bedroom office or playroom if you have any. A typical dormer has one or more windows on the front and side walls that are framed much like house walls with top and bottom plates and vertical studs.

This tactic works for any roof type and will help ensure all specifications are met to receive warranty coverage. Staging on metal roof. It has its own roof and three walls that jut out from the house roof. The possibility of slipping and falling makes working on any roof dangerous but it s especially so if the roof rises more than 4 feet for every 12 feet of.

Ways to work on a steeply pitched roof. Pace a shingle at the corner of the dormer and cut it to fit according to the angle of the dormer and original roof. The engineer specified framing anchors on both sides of each sistered rafter. Customer wants the soffits finished on their log house.

The heavy snows and ice of winter 2013 14 compounded the problem when ice damming on the roof backed up into the dormer and poured through to the foyer ceiling creating the situation shown above. Along the level line and using a square to draw a perpendicular line up to the roof edge of the board. A mosby consultant went up on the roof for a look and.