Slate roof replacement project

[GinaC]

Well, I have gutters on some of the roof, but not on all of it. I have a specialist coming over on Friday to look. He is well-regarded in the industry, so I'll find out more then!

[mjt]

BTW: is there a way to select a phrase such as "this link" and apply a URL to make the phrase underlined and clickable without displaying the long URL? I found the 'insert URL' button on the toolbar but that doesn't do what I want.

You mean like this?

Here's how:
1-Select the text you want displayed
2-Click the 'insert URL' button
3-Add '=yourURL' after the '[url' and before the ']'

[Gothichome]

David, every thing every one should know about eave troughs.
https://www.gutter.co.uk/what-we-have-f ... ain-pipes/

[DavidP]

You mean like this?

Here's how:
1-Select the text you want displayed
2-Click the 'insert URL' button
3-Add '=yourURL' after the '[url' and before the ']'

Yes, thanks; I'm not sure why this didn't work for me. I'll try again.

[DavidP]

https://www.gutter.co.uk/what-we-have-f ... ain-pipes/

Very interesting stuff!

We lost three days this week to rain. But today they finally finished the gutter repairs and installed a little bit of slate! I'll have more pictures up on Sunday morning. Edit: pictures are now up.

[Gothichome]

David, your home will be the envy of the block. If your local heritage group offers accolades, I think your efforts deserve one.

[DavidP]

My neighbor, who is an observant guy although not an old-house fanatic, remarked yesterday that the new slate is darker and more uniform than the original. I explained that the slate I chose will weather, acquiring some buff or brown tones. I am curious to see how long that will take -- a few years, I guess. That's when the roof will look as it should; the new slate is too perfect right now.

[phil]

nice to use the slate. Im doing mine using the same as everyone else near me , mine are IKO cambridge structural shingles and the color is driftwood.
the next down is the 3 tab shingles, the structural ones are a bit more and have a bit of profile to make them look more like shingles.

the architectural shingles are 3 packages for a 10 x 10 ( one square)
the 3 tab type are a little cheaper and 2 packs does 1 square.
I think they cost me 26 bucks a package plus tax, about 14 % I guess.

I settled on the type and color because the first half I bought used, they had been sitting unused so I just paid 1/3 of the cost new. $200 for half the roof. that was a good start. I just bought the rest that I needed, about half and that was $600 canadian.

I figure it was about $200 for the membrane, $200 for the flashings maybe another hundred or two for nails and stuff. I'm putting felt as well as the membrane near the edges, probably unnecessary but it won't show. I probably spent 200 or so on roof brackets and boards. thats a nifty ladder jack contraption your contractors have.
I made a shingle lift out of an old ladder and a winch so I dont have to pack them all up there on my back.. its slow but it works. contractors usually get rooftop delivery but I wasn't really ready to stow them all at once up there, plus buying used leftovers made that a no starter.

the slate is definitely way nicer but I have to watch the budget which is why I'm doing it alone and It wont be over any time in the near future because I'm just one guy and I have to work as well. its a huge job for me. getting a helper would be nice but then there is insurance liability issues with that.

I had similar issues with one gutter. I did a return from the end as well. It shows. but changing the slope would not have looked better. I guess something settled but so far as I could tell the rest of the house is straight and square, and so be it.

its interesting to see how the gutters were setup , my house had something similar originally but by the time I got it it had metal box gutters. they seem quite sturdy for what they are. I wondered for a long time why my fascia boards had these weird angular cuts near the ends. I think those cuts originally supported the sloped boards that the gutters are built upon. Must have been commonplace to just cut them off.

love that oval window! , what year is your house?

on my way in to work I noticed a house where they did this anodized aluminum copper roof. the whole roof was copper color but I dont think it will go green. It looked a bit out of place to me as it is in an area where they are rapidly destroying anything old.. all the houses become duplexes or twin houses with trendy new ACAP styling. ( as cheap as possible)

[DavidP]

Thanks, Phil. I looked at the architectural shingles too but in the end just wasn't happy with them.

The more I understand about my gutters, the more impressed I am with this design. (Before getting the photos from my contractor I didn't really get how they were set up since I never climbed up there myself.) From the street you can't see the gutters at all, just the fascia boards and molding. If it weren't for the downspouts, you'd not even know the house had gutters -- very elegant treatment!

I was told the house was built in 1904, but I think it might be earlier. There was definitely a house on this corner before then, although not necessarily this exact structure (an earlier house might have burned or something). As someone here pointed out, my house a Queen Anne with some Colonial Revival touches such as that oval window.

They discovered an issue with the structure on one of the reverse gables -- I'll get a blog entry and photos up about that tomorrow. (Nothing too serious, fortunately.)

[phil]

you wont be sorry you chose the slate. must be expensive but later down the road when the cost is forgotten you will always be proud that you have them and they should last longer than any of us.
in 20 years Ill be too old to do my own roof and then it might be time for a roof over, if you can do that with structural shingles.
I looked into the roofover idea. Im glad I stripped it at least and I am lucky that so far the plywood is fine. I might have some to replace. the guys previous took off the original cedar shingles, put ply and the only membrane was felt near the edges. its very crumbly stuff now. im doing a 2x2" drip edge and a flashing just above the gutters. it doesn't look so original to have the metal edge but it should help protect the plywood edges. compared to other houses near me not so unusual but of course the flashings are a non original feature. the ones over the gutters you cant' even see but on the gable ends I do have some metal flashing that shows. I figured it at least shows I went to that little bit extra and we do get lots of rain here. if and when I paint ill plan to paint he gutters to match the base color or the trim. i have white gutters now and I hate white. they aren't a feature I want to enhance. I chose grey for the flashings because they only come in so many colors and it ties with the roof color. my house desparately needs paint and some shingle repairs but that's another issue. the shingles are original I want to keep them and just replace the really cupped cracked and missing ones. only had two coats of stain in it's 95 years so at least I don't have a huge paint build up to contend with.