Porch Roof Repairs

As a person of Irish and Scottish heritage, I love a nice rain. And watching a good rainstorm from our porch is an immersive experience.

But there have been issues with the porch roof that were always hanging around in my head whenever the rain started over the past couple of years. For instance, the hip of the roof in the NW corner had a sharp bend in the slope, there was no metal drip edge, and there were spots in the porch ceiling that appeared to be caused by water intrusion. All of these things contributed to water running down the vertical wooden surfaces, dripping and pooling directly on the porch deck and causing damage over time.

With the work completed as of yesterday, Thursday, my mind is already cleared of the watery angst. First, the crew took care of the hip roof failure, as well as all of the other framing needing repair and additional support.

Exposing the Problem - with evidence of previous repairs at this location, you can see the diagonal framing dropped at some point, creating a little river instead of even shedding of water

Jacking up the Framing - first setting a string-line to get the right slope, the guys used a jack to position the frame correctly

A couple of new pieces of timber and repaired joinery and the roof framing is corrected.

And so, with a days worth of work, the crew corrected the worst part of the roof and put my mind at ease. The plywood sheeting replaced the removed and damaged planks, and old planks are left in place where there was no damage.