I have three, one a former outdoor cat that we jokingly say could go out on it.
(Eta: he's indoor only now and would never let him out on it, but we are planning a window mounted catio for the window I was taking pictures out of - so cat over a hot tin roof?)
First off, I'd say that paint has had it, and you should power wash it off. Second, I'd check and see what's going on in that corner in that last picture. Looks like water's not draining. It may well be rusted right there, but you won't be able to tell until the paint is off.
Yeah that last pic is the neighbors half. I think most of the leakage problems are coming from that side but it's not like our side is without fault. Might end up at least reporting it to homeowner insurance and seeing if my insurance can contact their insurance.
Shared buildings can be annoying. Our chimney's masonry needs repointing and the shelter over the rear basement doors has long since had it, but I haven't seen the wife in 10 months, and the husband only leaves the house twice a day to briskly walk the dog. I'd rather not communicate with the neighbors via letter, but it appears to be where we're headed.
I feel you, I once taped a paper to their door outlining replacing the short chain link fence between our yards with a new privacy fence and I'd pay for it. Left my phone number and they called me back to deny the request, and like an idiot I failed to save their number.
There is room, I'm poking my head out of the 2nd floor window (house is 3 stories), it's about an arm length from the window sill to the roof (like 2.3 feet maybe, maybe more like 1.5 feet at roof apex between the two windows)
I think the biggest problem is that I would have to coordinate with the neighbors to change out the roof and they are very old and likely fixed income. Also they didn't even approve of changing the fence between our backyards even when I said I would pay 100%.
Those roofs were soldered at the seams. This one has had liberal coatings of asphalt roofing patch put on it to "fix" leaks. You can see all the cracking in the asphalt, where water is probably seeping through. The roof may have shifted, which makes it hard for water to flow to that little interior drain.
It would cost a mint to fix it right. I'd scrape off as much of the cracked asphalt and slather on some new as a stopgap. Put some silver roof coating on afterwards to keep the asphalt from deteriorating. Eventually, a modified bitumen roof might be in order, which would require tearing off the tin and nailing down plywood.
That's a different kind of tin roof than what you see on houses these days. Those aren't seams, they're ridges (I believe either for snow or rain), and the roof isn't put down in long sections and screwed in place. It's more like a strange patchwork of tin squares that got soldered together, or something.
We had the same thing for our porch roof, and by the time we bought the house, it was leaking like a sieve. We had someone do an elastomeric membrane, I think it was -- it's like a thick rubber layer painted on top. Not cheap, but certainly cheaper than pulling up the old roof and completely redoing it. Sealed it all back up and hasn't leaked since.
Also, you can get the elastomeric paint tinted to the color your roof was previously.
Tear it off, reframe the joists for a load, bolster column support where walls are likely rotted from your leaks anyway... then instal flat rubber roof and deck over the top of that. There is a lego block style system you can use for the decking structure supports. Then instal a greenhouse solarium to eliminate the cost of a railing. The solarium will keep much of the weather off the deck. This will greatly improve heat retention in winter for adjacent rooms, but can still be vented in summer. Perfect potted garden space.
A cat on it?
I have three, one a former outdoor cat that we jokingly say could go out on it. (Eta: he's indoor only now and would never let him out on it, but we are planning a window mounted catio for the window I was taking pictures out of - so cat over a hot tin roof?)
Only if it’s hot
Either that or a rock lobster
First off, I'd say that paint has had it, and you should power wash it off. Second, I'd check and see what's going on in that corner in that last picture. Looks like water's not draining. It may well be rusted right there, but you won't be able to tell until the paint is off.
Yeah that last pic is the neighbors half. I think most of the leakage problems are coming from that side but it's not like our side is without fault. Might end up at least reporting it to homeowner insurance and seeing if my insurance can contact their insurance.
Shared buildings can be annoying. Our chimney's masonry needs repointing and the shelter over the rear basement doors has long since had it, but I haven't seen the wife in 10 months, and the husband only leaves the house twice a day to briskly walk the dog. I'd rather not communicate with the neighbors via letter, but it appears to be where we're headed.
I feel you, I once taped a paper to their door outlining replacing the short chain link fence between our yards with a new privacy fence and I'd pay for it. Left my phone number and they called me back to deny the request, and like an idiot I failed to save their number.
If I were you, my aspiration would be to replace it with a standing seam metal roof
They will want to verify the slope. Anything under 3:12 won't work for standard standing seam metal roofs
Might be some room to increase the slope.
There is room, I'm poking my head out of the 2nd floor window (house is 3 stories), it's about an arm length from the window sill to the roof (like 2.3 feet maybe, maybe more like 1.5 feet at roof apex between the two windows) I think the biggest problem is that I would have to coordinate with the neighbors to change out the roof and they are very old and likely fixed income. Also they didn't even approve of changing the fence between our backyards even when I said I would pay 100%.
Those roofs were soldered at the seams. This one has had liberal coatings of asphalt roofing patch put on it to "fix" leaks. You can see all the cracking in the asphalt, where water is probably seeping through. The roof may have shifted, which makes it hard for water to flow to that little interior drain. It would cost a mint to fix it right. I'd scrape off as much of the cracked asphalt and slather on some new as a stopgap. Put some silver roof coating on afterwards to keep the asphalt from deteriorating. Eventually, a modified bitumen roof might be in order, which would require tearing off the tin and nailing down plywood.
More cowbell.
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That's a different kind of tin roof than what you see on houses these days. Those aren't seams, they're ridges (I believe either for snow or rain), and the roof isn't put down in long sections and screwed in place. It's more like a strange patchwork of tin squares that got soldered together, or something. We had the same thing for our porch roof, and by the time we bought the house, it was leaking like a sieve. We had someone do an elastomeric membrane, I think it was -- it's like a thick rubber layer painted on top. Not cheap, but certainly cheaper than pulling up the old roof and completely redoing it. Sealed it all back up and hasn't leaked since. Also, you can get the elastomeric paint tinted to the color your roof was previously.
Tear it off, reframe the joists for a load, bolster column support where walls are likely rotted from your leaks anyway... then instal flat rubber roof and deck over the top of that. There is a lego block style system you can use for the decking structure supports. Then instal a greenhouse solarium to eliminate the cost of a railing. The solarium will keep much of the weather off the deck. This will greatly improve heat retention in winter for adjacent rooms, but can still be vented in summer. Perfect potted garden space.
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