Howdy,
Couldn’t come up with a descriptive title…Hope I can explain well enough to get some input.
A porch shed roof attaches to the main structure. The top of the porch roof is ideally positioned a few inches ABOVE the bottom of the windows on the house.
I’ve typically seen dropped metal pans creating a dropped “well†below the windows, run at a shallower pitch for a couple feet (is there a name for that?). Not much of a metal worker, but I think there’s enough copper around to do it that way.
However, a while back I saw a treatment where the sides of the “well†were tapered (___/ 45 degrees?) and the whole thing was shingled. Thought it looked more aesthetically pleasing that way. I can create enough pitch that shingles would work okay.
Trim isn’t on the windows and I am unsure how to handle that, plus
flashing details. Any pics available of metal treatments and/or shingles? Print or web reference? Descriptions/guidance, other than “hire a competent roofer?â€
Thanks for any help! Hope to get started tomorrow…
Todd
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You got a picture to show of this because I (& probably others) can't figure out your trying to say or describe.
Yeah - we call that a window well - not to be confused with a basement window well.
The low pitched roof needs to be steep enough to accept shingles or you need to use a low pitched roof treatment (copper, EPDM, Modified bitumen, etc.). No matter what roof covering you use, there's lots of flashing involved, which is why we normally do them in copper. You'll need to flash the wall junction, the pitch change at the sides, top and bottom, and the pitch change at the front of the well.
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Yeah, I hoped he was talking about a basement window well--I know all about them (more than I wanted)--spent the last four days hand digging (wires and gas lines nearby) two window wells. Figure Marc and I moved about five cubic yards of dirt into his trailer using shovels and wheel barrows, then unloaded the trailer (8 times) by shoveling it out. Then we got five tons of gravel and shoveled in of the trailer into wheel barrows and then backfilled the wells. Finished yesterday and it's raining today. My butt is dragging this morning!
Sorry for the hijack, but I think you gave the OP the answer he needed!
Seeyou, yesterday I got my soldering iron from ABC. Thanks for the help. Also got a "starter kit" of supplies from Jenkins. Maybe eventually I'll be able to do my own pans instead of having to wait for subs!
We call them sugar scoops, to keep down the confusion with basement window wells. Like seeyou said, we usually use copper. I like your idea of flaring the sides--those cheek walls can be tough to detail attractively.