BERKELEY - CHATSWORTH | ECO LOG HOME RAISING THE ROOF & DORMERS
Berkeley - Chatsworth | Eco Log Home raising the roof & dormers. We completed all the roof framing and dormers. We also installed all the roof buildups and roof insulation for the home.
2”x6” dormer walls set and ceiling joists placed on 16” centers.
Laying out for the collar ties that will be installed.
Because of the time of year the openings were tarped every night to keep the snow out of the home.
JCB getting pieces laid out and cut for the guys as they get the dormers framed up.
First half of the roof completed and ready for the future steel roofing.
Walls set on the second half of the roof for the last 2 dormers going on.
We are a family business and everyone pitches in. Alisha came in to help make sure our site stayed safe and clean for us.
The hemlock ceiling boards where all left long until the end on the gables. This allowed us to snap a perfectly straight chalk line to cut them too. We were able to manipulate the 4” x 10” trusses then to follow our perfect line keeping the ends very straight and clean looking.
The roof was made up of multiple layers. First the 1” x 6” hemlock ceiling boards went down. Then a synthetic roofing membrane was installed with ice and water shield in the valleys. Next we installed two layers of Styrorail insulation. A base layer of 3” SR.P200 Graphite which can’t stay exposed to any sunlight and then a second layer of 3.5” SR.Radiant+ which has a vapour barrier reflective membrane laminated to it. All layers have offset joints which where taped with Tuck Tape sheathing tape. We then cover the valleys & dormers with an additional layer of GRACE Ice and Water Shield HT. Finally all this is covered with a layer of 2x4 sheathing installed @ 16” o.c. for the new steel roofing.
Over the balconies at the gable ends and the porches we used a 2x8 rafter build up to match the 6-1/2” of insulation and then installed the 2x4 sheathing over top of them @ 16”o.c.
Completed jack rafters forming the valleys of the home with collar ties installed to prevent any uplift or separation from the roof peak.
We pulled some large tarps over the home at the completion of our work to leave the home ready for the new steel roof install.
GREY HIGHLANDS FARM HOUSE NEW ROOFING | JCB and SONS
This house had a few issues: 1) There was a huge icing build up every winter (which shortened the lifespan of the shingles) 2) There was poor ventilation (which shortened the lifespan of the shingles) 3) When the roof was last re-shingled they went right over the old cedar shingles (which also shortened the lifespan of the shingles) and last 4) The shingles were in really rough shape (They were 12 year old shingles which should have lasted approximately 25 years).
The solution: 1) The JCB & Son's crew stripped the roof down to it's original barn boards 2) They then strapped the roof out and re-sheeted it (This allowed proper ventilation similar to moore vents to prevent winter icing) 3) They last ice and watered the entire roof and re-shingled.
