April 16, 2021
Stormproof Roof Deck Installation Guide
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Snap a line and stick to it
A solid roof deck that won’t leak in storms begins with a piece of string. A line is snapped across the rafters to indicate the top of the first course of sheathing. …
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Roofs peel off from the edges, so it is critical to hold them tight
With the roof deck sealed on the outside, we turn to flashing the edges with metal and membranes
Metal drip edge flashing…
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The nuances of measuring are what separates the kids from the carpenters
Last time we went beyond the first course of sheathing to…
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Tape layers should overlap shingle-style up the roof
In the first few parts of this series, we figured out where to snap that first line, how to work efficiently as a team, and how to measure…