I ran a search on the archives, but couldn’t find an answer (maybe because it’s obvious to everyone but me). What do I do with the shingling at the roof slope break on a gambrel roof (with Timberline-type composition shingles)? It seems like the shingles would be too stiff to bend at the line without damaging them or having them pop back up later.
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the shingles end neat at the break line.... the flashing from the upper roof goes over the tops.. a break board trims the lower roof top, and begins the drip edge of the upper roof..
Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
another example...Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
What does the bottom of the break board attach to? Or does it just rest on the shingles/flashing.
the break board is the same as a fascia board...on conventional , traditional framing it would simply be nailed to the ends of the upper roof rafters..
if the roof is trussed and the sheathing is installed, the break board can go on in almost any manner, from complicated to simple..
on our first house the break board was nothing more than a 1/2 x 6 clapboard nailed on top of the Timberline shinglesMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
What I do is more a combination of both ideas.
I shingle up over the break, making them laydown with heat. Then I run a starter course of cedar shingles to hang free by an inch or two, as tho' fascia were to run under it. Then I install the eave edge metal over the cedar and stat off again with the compositions.
IMO the fascia board at the break can look cumbersome, tho' Mikes second photo is pretty decent. I's a matter of how it all fits into the rest of the house design.Excellence is its own reward!
Piff,,,,,,Mikes photos look awesome.....youre fired from radio station WFHB..look for work with WQTM
LOL
BE well
NAmaste
AndyIt's not who's right, it's who's left ~ http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
here's an example of just a clapboard nailed on top of the Timberline shingles as a breakboard.. this is our first house, Helen & I designed and built it in '72Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Nice house, stunning chimney, Like to see the inside of the fireplace locationExcellence is its own reward!
thanks , piffen, that chimney took me forever to build....
here's one where the remodeler used an edge vent over the break boardMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Intresting idea. I see that one has crown molding on the rake trim. I've seen crown run along the break on some really old dutch gables with wood shingles.Excellence is its own reward!
I recently built and roofed a barn with a gambrel roof with similar shingles (IKO Arch 30 yr). Where the two slopes met, the shingles that reached the top slope where nailed to the top and "flapped" out a good amount. The weight of shingles coupled with the sun eventually bent the stiff shingles. About 2-3 week in western NY. Let me know if you need more detail.
Edited 9/9/2002 8:53:33 PM ET by BHACKFORD
Edited 9/9/2002 9:07:08 PM ET by BHACKFORD
When we did my Brother's "Barn", we did the shingles much like BHACKFORD did. We set them in the sun so they'd get hot before we nailed them on. Then we used some roofing cement to glue the tabs down just to be on the safe side.
There's a picture in this thread:
The Barn
Now that I've seen it, I really like the detail Mike Smith used. I think it looks a heck of a lot more professional. BTW, Mike - what's that thingy made of that sticks out over the steep roof. Do you just let the plywood fly out there, then add some coil stock underneath? Can't really tell from the picture.......
It's as bad as you think, and they are out to get you.
I didnt do that trim board idea but I like it! I just folded the vertical roof over the upper roof then started like I was doing a regular roof job..Five years on this house I built us and no issues.
Be well
NAmaste'
Andy
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