Sill On Roof

Roof deck framing unlike for decks at ground level doesn t entail a ledger attached to the rim joist of a house.

Sill on roof.

3 6 3 8 4 6 4 8 and so on. The sill is the piece of wood closest to the ground either on a foundation or piers and is usually a timber sized board. Find flashings at lowe s today. Then john applies square pieces of stretchable tape to the corners.

In order to avoid the damage spreading to other areas such as a floor sagging wall tilting or ceiling cracks you need to replace the rotted sill and studs as soon as possible. I decided on a slanted roof. The studs often rest directly on the sill and are toe nailed in with no bottom plate as you d find in a modern house. Lingering moisture on unprotected wood allows fungi to grow eventually causing rot.

Basically a slanted roof style is a flat roof tilted high up at one edge to create a very steep slope. It s similar to a shed or lean to roof or a clerestory roof but has one visible difference. A deck on a sloped roof requires a different approach to the framing underneath the joists. In our experience sills rot from the exterior side on the bottom and this project was no exception.

Next he cuts the flashing tape top length and removes one side of the release paper. Bob vila explains how to install a sill plate or seal on top of a foundation wall. I didn t want ridges or valleys which are a lot of work and can leak. It has a greater slope.

I wanted a simple roof. When wood sill plates or studs rot the strength of your home s structure is compromised. On this particular project a 1750s timber frame farmhouse the sill beam had sustained significant water damage from failed roof gutters and a grade that was actually above the foundation. It begins as always with a sloped sill.

Instead a pair of beams rest on supports called sill plates to create a frame for the deck. Working from his left to right john applies the flashing tape to the sill turning up the edges a couple of inches at each end.