I’ve been promising new pics for quite a few weeks, just been so busy.
Had a major snow storm before Xmas before I got the roof done. The walls washed out since half the building roof drains on this addition and the roof became a priority.
I had never worked with sheet metal before and tried to keep the [...]
Building a Flat Roof Right
3. Screw Down Underlayment
The sheet-rubber roofing material that Tom is using requires a substrate called iso board—½-inch-thick rigid foam (made of polyisocyanurate) with a special fiberglass backing. The iso board (a flat version of the same material he orders custom-fitted for larger roofs) cuts easily with [...]
box gutters
waterproofing decks
Flat metal roof with 20 year warranty
“Twenty-year material warranties are customary for metal roofing systems, which is considerably longer than the standard protection for built-up and single-ply systems. Long-term warranties are sometimes offered for weathertightness on metal roofs, including those with a 1/4:12 slope.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof
“Metal standing seam roofs are [...]
