On Saturday I started shingling. Actually I had to do a bunch of things before I started. First I had to put a drip edge on all three sides of the porch, then I put up the Fascia. To do the fascia I needed to cut every roof rafter again to make sure they were all even. I had marked them earlier so it didn't take too long but I had to unscrew some of the plywood to get my saw in there.
So once that was done I screwed down the plywood again and then pounded a ton of nails into the plywood. Then came the ice and water shield (which I don't think I really need but why not). I ended up covering about 80% of the roof with the amount that I had bought. That stuff is nasty!
Then I finally was able to start shingling. I am using architectural shingles (I think that's what they call them). Actually we got them when the roofers reroofed our main roof - we asked for enough extra to finish the porch later. I started shingling away and it started to look pretty good.
I was able to get the front roof completed by the end of the day. I made a trip to Home Depot for some ridge shingles because you can't make them out of the normal shingles if you are using architectural shingles.
On Sunday I thought I was going to take a break but my wife informed me that I was going to finish the job. So I started on the side roofs and then onto the ridge. I was finished by noon! Yippe I have finished the darn roof! I'll have a picture soon.
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Actually, since the slope of the roof changed there is no siding directly against the roof anymore. That's why I had to order some more siding. When it comes in I will replace what is there. So in short, I will end up removing the siding, but I didn't need to yet because I changed the slope of the roof.
You can see, if you look closely at some of the pictures that there is a space between where the old siding ends and the roof.
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