Complete ProjectEastern North Carolina

    Waterfront Roof Replacement Over a Sealed Deck

    A red-stained wood-sided waterfront home in Eastern North Carolina, photographed at dusk under its original dark shingles, a roof fully exposed to wind coming off open water. Tarps were hung down the walls and over the plantings before tear-off so falling shingles and nails hit fabric instead of siding, windows and landscaping. Stripped to bare plywood, the deck was fully visible for the first time in decades, the only point in the job when soft, split or water-damaged sheathing can be found and swapped out. Black flashing tape was pressed over the seams between deck sheets, turning the sheathing itself into a secondary water barrier, and a self-adhering membrane was run the length of the valley with taped seams on the decking either side. Fastener spacing on the synthetic underlayment was checked with a tape measure rather than eyeballed, and with drip edge along the eave the slope was dried in end to end before a single shingle was laid. The finished roof carries grey architectural shingles, a capped ridge with low-profile roof vents, and new metal flashing worked in tight where the brick chimney meets the roof.

    10 photographsIn the order the work happened

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      Gable end of a red-stained wood-sided waterfront home at dusk, still covered by its original dark, aged shingle roof, with open water visible beyond the lawn.
      The home as found at dusk: a red-stained wood-sided waterfront house in Eastern North Carolina under its original dark shingles, a roof fully exposed to wind coming off open water.

    2. 02 / 10

      The long low roof of the home part-way through tear-off, bare plywood showing across the stripped section, with dark tarps hung down the walls and over the landscaping below.
      Tear-off underway, with tarps hung down the walls and over the plantings so falling shingles and nails hit fabric instead of siding, windows and landscaping.

    3. 03 / 10

      Gable end of the home with the roof stripped completely to bare plywood sheathing, a ladder at the eave and new roofing materials staged on the driveway below.
      Stripped to bare plywood, the deck is fully visible for the first time in decades, the only point in the job when soft, split or water-damaged sheathing can be found and swapped out.

    4. 04 / 10

      Close-up of the plywood roof deck with a black ZIP System flashing tape strip pressed over the seam between sheets, chalk lines snapped across the deck and synthetic underlayment being rolled over the top.
      Black flashing tape is pressed over the seam between deck sheets before underlayment goes down, the sealed roof deck step that turns the sheathing itself into a secondary water barrier.

    5. 05 / 10

      Synthetic underlayment fastened over the roof deck with red plastic cap nails, a steel tape measure extended across the sheet to check the spacing between fasteners.
      Fastener spacing on the synthetic underlayment is checked with a tape measure rather than eyeballed, because cap nails set too far apart are where a dried-in roof lets go in high wind.

    6. 06 / 10

      View down a roof valley between two slopes of bare plywood decking, with a black self-adhering membrane run the full length of the valley and black seam tape applied along the deck joints on both sides.
      A self-adhering membrane runs the length of the valley with taped seams on the decking either side, reinforcing the spot where two slopes funnel the most water off the roof.

    7. 07 / 10

      A long roof slope fully covered in printed synthetic underlayment held down by red plastic cap nails, with black drip edge fitted along the eave.
      The slope dried in end to end with synthetic underlayment and drip edge along the eave, leaving the roof weather-tight the moment the deck is covered, before a single shingle is laid.

    8. 08 / 10

      Finished grey architectural shingles running up to a capped ridge, with two low-profile black roof vents set into the slope and open water visible beyond the lawn.
      The finished ridge and roof vents, the exhaust half of the attic ventilation that lets hot, damp air escape instead of cooking the shingles from underneath.

    9. 09 / 10

      Close view of the base of a red brick chimney where it meets the new shingle roof, with dark metal flashing fitted tight along the joint.
      New metal flashing worked in tight where the brick chimney meets the roof, the single most common leak point on a house and the detail most worth getting right.

    10. 10 / 10

      The completed home seen from the front lawn, the red-stained wood-sided house with its covered porch now under a new grey architectural shingle roof.
      The finished roof from the front walk, with new grey architectural shingles across the main roof and porch and the yard left clear of debris.

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