Hello. I’m trying to get some ideas as to what I can do to fix my tin roof. I’m taking the siding off of my house and I really have to deal with this leaking soffit. After I fix the soffit I intend to get a new roof put on. What is the best metal to replace tin with? I can’t use copper since it’s so expensive. Can I use galvanized steel? Will there be an issue with different types of metals touching each other? After fixing the metal I thought I would have the roofer line them with EPDM Rubber Roofing. Is that a good idea? Below is a link to my blog with pics of my little problem. I’ve also attached files. Thanks much for any help!
http://foursquarerestoration.blogspot.com/
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I'd be awfully tempted to reframe the overhangs to enable a flat board fascia to be applied. I'd bring the rafter tails down along the roof line -- eliminate whatever kind of gutter you now have.
The slate is completely past it's useful life -- so reroof and add 5" alum ogee gutters around the perimeter -- attached to the flat board fascias.
You're making too much work for yourself.
These aprons are usually covered with copper, or painted & maintained (or not, as seems to have been in your case) terne - a tinned sheet steel. Your pics don't show what your gutter layout was, but I assume they are outboard. I have had success in replacing the metal with EPDM which you can run up under the shingles to a point 2' inside of the wall plumb line. That way, it does the job of both the I&W shield and the tin.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
Thanks much for your reply. What I'm trying to do is just patch so that a EPDM rubber roof can go on top of it. I wanted to fix it so the slope was in place for the water to run into the gutters properly. I'm sorry I'm a novice-If I patch with galvanized metal does that make sense before adding the rubber? If so, is galvanized best to attach to the tinned sheet metal?Thanks,
Jim
If you're re-roofing anyway, I'd tear out any existing metal, fix the roof decking with wood, and go from there. You want a pretty smooth surface under the EPDM so you don't get poke-throughs.
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
That's an excellent idea- Thanks again.Jim
the slateman is correct. Your slate roof is shot. Any fix you make will be temporay, so do it cheap.