BREMERTON, WASHINGTON · ROOF REPLACEMENT

Up on the ridge in Bremerton.

From the driveway, the new gray shingles run all the way from the front entry to the garage. Some of John’s most important work on this roof is already out of sight.

Stripping back the main slope.

John removed the old shingles so he could inspect the wood that would carry the new roof. Along one edge, the decking had given way.

Broad section of bare wood after shingle removal — The tear-off opened up the main slope so John could inspect the deck.

What the tear-off revealed.

Look into the opening in the first photo and you can see below the roof deck. John cut back the damaged section and fitted fresh plywood alongside the existing deck. The second photo catches the repair while you can still see exactly where old wood meets new.

Opening and broken edges in the old roof deck — What the shingles had hidden: an opening with broken wood along its edges.

Fresh plywood fitted alongside the existing roof deck — The repair before it disappeared beneath the roofing.

Wide black ice-and-water membrane on the fresh wood where the main roof meets the lower metal roof — The black strip is the ice-and-water membrane. Follow it along the repaired edge where the two roofs meet.

Sealing the joint between the roofs.

The wide black strip in this photo runs right along the junction with the lower metal roof. John applied ice-and-water membrane over the repaired edge. If rain works its way under the outer roofing at that change in slope, the membrane helps keep it off the plywood he just installed.

Under the shingles and around every pipe.

Across the main slope, John laid Owens Corning ProArmor® synthetic underlayment. It repels water and resists tearing around fasteners. At pipe openings he added Titanium® PSU30 ice-and-water protection, then fitted the flashing into the shingle courses. You can see how the layers work together in the close-up.

Pink Owens Corning ProArmor underlayment across the main slope — The pink ProArmor courses overlap down the roof so water can shed toward the eaves.

Metal flashing around a roof pipe, with its lower edge over the gray shingles — At the pipe, the lower lip of the flashing sits over the shingles so rain drains back onto the roof.

Close view along the raised ridge, showing overlapping gray caps where the roof slopes meet — At this intersection, you can see the caps coming up from the left and the raised line continuing toward the trees.

The finishing touch at the peak.

With the slopes shingled, John finished the peak. Start at the near end of the photo and follow the raised line toward the trees. Each cap shingle folds over the peak and overlaps the one beside it, covering the seam where the two shingled slopes meet. From the yard it reads as one straight line. Up here you can see the individual pieces John lined up to make it.

Back in the yard.

Find the diamond-pane window in both photos. Above it, the weathered brown roof has given way to a mix of light and charcoal gray. Step back far enough to see the whole house and those individual rows read as one clean roofline above the white siding.

White-sided Bremerton home with its original weathered roof — Before · The old roof above the diamond-pane window.

New gray shingles above the same white siding, seen from the yard — After · The new shingles against the same white siding.

“I’m proud of how this one turned out.”

John Tibbs, Stick & Stone Home Services

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