Replacing a flat roof
 

The front section of our garage roof is the one remaining flat roof on
the house and is starting to bubble so I'm thinking of replacing it with
a pitched roof.

The current shape is a trapezium and so I'm concerned as to how to cope
with the side which creates the narrowing. Do I follow the current shape
and have to cut tiles to follow the narrowing, or do I create an
overhang to 'lengthen' the narrow end and make the roof rectangular?

Or something else?

Image at http://www.spinningweb.net/roof/roof.jpg if the above makes no
sense. Approximate dimensions a
long edge against existing wall - 12' 6"
narrowest edge - 4'
other parallel edge - 6' 9"

TIA

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F

Replacing a flat roof
 

On 03/06/2008 22:54 wrote:

BTDTGTTS

aolMe too!/aol

Other flat roofs on the house have had the pitched treatment but this is
the only one that isn't rectangular.

I'd make it rectangular and overhang the 2'9" at the narrow side. With
suitable fixing at the house end it should cantelever ok.

That was what I expected as cutting tiles to follow the narrowing seemed
full of problems. Any chance you could offer some enlightenment on
'suitable fixing' to stop anything lifting out at the house end?

I'd go for what matches the house roof.

Monopitch against the house would be the match though I want to try to
avoid too much brickwork in the new gable end. Bricklaying isn't
something I enjoy doing...

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F

Replacing a flat roof
 

On 04/06/2008 00:27 wrote:

On 3 Jun,
F news@nowhere wrote:

I want to try to
avoid too much brickwork in the new gable end.

I cheated and filled in the (in my case smaller) gables with cladding. It
fitted in with the rest of the house.

We've got plastic fascias, soffits and barge boards so I would want to
match those. Trouble is, I've never installed any myself and wouldn't
know where to start in terms of identifying what I need, sourcing them
and then how to fix them.

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F