On Feb 4, 9:40 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Mike Dobony" wrote in message

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On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:26:13 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
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On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:33:08 GMT, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
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Any ideas for a good DIY way to do an almost flat roof, at or about a
1or2-12 pitch? Thanks.

Mike D.

Do what? Build one? Fix one? More info needed.

Sorry, cover one. The previous owner did 3 tab on the front porch and
did
a poor job of laying down rollout on the back porch.

If it was really flat, and I was a really good carpenter (which I'm not),
I'd rip it off and redesign it to have some pitch. But, that's based on
my
opinion that you have to be insane to have a flat roof by choice. One of
my
neighbors did that, though. He ripped his porch roof down to the beams,
and
had a carpenter install a pitched roof. Wasn't that expensive, although
the
neighbor did the tar paper & shingles himself.

As far as your slightly pitched roof, I'm not understanding why you
wouldn't
install the usual paper + shingles just as with a roof that had more of a
pitch. Just do it right.

Several thousand dollars to go crazy with this to rerafter a new pitch on
front and back, decking, and fully reshingle the whole house. This is not
an option.

Why would you need to reshingle the whole house? Do both porch roofs meet
the roof from the main house? Or, are you referring to the shingles on the
sides of the house?

I would recommend an EPDM, aka rubber, roof if it is available in
your area. It is really not that hard for a do-it-yourselfer and a
few helpers. Check out http://www.watertighttech.com/produc...ual/index.shtm.
Rubber roofs are bomb proof and will last for many years. Menards in
the Midwest sells rubber roofing supplies. Otherwise, try a real
lumberyard of a supplier of commercial roofing supplies.