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Hi there,
Looking for some advice. My house is a bungalow with a peaked shingled roof in the middle and flat BUR roof on either side, kind of like this --^--
The portion of the flat roof on the back right hand side started to sink last year, and is getting progressively worse and worse (approx 3-4" now). Main reason is due to the initial depression, all the water pooled and started to run under the flashing instead of hitting the roof drain. It is rotting out the wood underneath, including the soffets . Luckily, this portion of the roof is over a car port, and not over the actual house itself, so it hasn't had much of an impact at this point. (Also, I noticed that the soffets aren't ventilated around the section of the roof around the carport. Is this normal? )
The eventual goal is to convert the flat sides into sloped, shingled areas with gutters, but for the time being, I just want to temporarily fix the sinkhole to funnel water towards the drain.
My plan is to cut out up the sunken section, replace the rotted wood (also sister up the joist if it is also rotted), and then put down new plywood ensuring it is angled towards the drain. Where I'm not 100% sure what to do is what type of roof covering to use. I want something I can do myself, so what would work other than the typical felt that is installed using a torch??? I'm not even sure what other options there are if any.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Looking for some advice. My house is a bungalow with a peaked shingled roof in the middle and flat BUR roof on either side, kind of like this --^--
The portion of the flat roof on the back right hand side started to sink last year, and is getting progressively worse and worse (approx 3-4" now). Main reason is due to the initial depression, all the water pooled and started to run under the flashing instead of hitting the roof drain. It is rotting out the wood underneath, including the soffets . Luckily, this portion of the roof is over a car port, and not over the actual house itself, so it hasn't had much of an impact at this point. (Also, I noticed that the soffets aren't ventilated around the section of the roof around the carport. Is this normal? )
The eventual goal is to convert the flat sides into sloped, shingled areas with gutters, but for the time being, I just want to temporarily fix the sinkhole to funnel water towards the drain.
My plan is to cut out up the sunken section, replace the rotted wood (also sister up the joist if it is also rotted), and then put down new plywood ensuring it is angled towards the drain. Where I'm not 100% sure what to do is what type of roof covering to use. I want something I can do myself, so what would work other than the typical felt that is installed using a torch??? I'm not even sure what other options there are if any.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks!
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