Staging A Roof Dormer

Ways to work on a steeply pitched roof.

Staging a roof dormer.

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. It has its own roof and three walls that jut out from the house roof. The shed dormer on the house is over a 4 foot section of 7 12 metal roof. Along the level line and using a square to draw a perpendicular line up to the roof edge of the board.

1 6 t g cedar and a fair amount of scribing where the soffits meet the log rafter tails so the staging has to be comfy safe convenient etc. Nail to the roof with roofing nails. A mosby consultant went up on the roof for a look and. With a reputation for solving water leaks the family called mosby building arts for help.

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. 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. This tactic works for any roof type and will help ensure all specifications are met to receive warranty coverage. Recently completed in march 2016 this project wasn t quite as straight froward as it may look in the video.

With the framing complete we could then remove the roof props. 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. The engineer specified framing anchors on both sides of each sistered rafter. Cut off the bottom panels of the shingle with a utility knife.

A dormer is like a small room set into a roof. 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 construction of the dormer involved three st. Customer wants the soffits finished on their log house.

Dormer roofs normally are covered with the same type of roofing as the house. Framing a dormer refers to the first and most important step in constructing an upper level addition to your home. How to frame a dormer. For questions about warranties.

Pace a shingle at the corner of the dormer and cut it to fit according to the angle of the dormer and original roof. Whether you re expanding a cramped attic into a bedroom office or playroom if you have any. Make a rafter cutting jig by measuring 12 in.