It takes one weekend to chop the top and tack weld it back on.
How to do a roof chop.
As you can see from the cut tack our roof actually went up about a inch.
It takes a month to finish weld the chop.
It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car.
Finally it can take up to a year to finish the bodywork on a bad roof chop.
Then fold the flashing over the peak and cover the cut ends with self stick underlayment.
Since the angle will be different now cut slits along the edge of deck lid opening.
A cut roof this is the traditional method of cutting the timber on site and building up the roof using rafters ridge boards joists and purlins etc the exact details being determined by the size of roof size of timbers etc.
Start by installing self stick underlayment on the decking.
The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof.
The deck lid piece is next.
This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up.
Be careful to drive nails straight rather than angled.
The seat rests on top of the wall that you re attaching the particular rafter to while the shoulder cut parallels the wall and allows several inches of each rafter to overhang the roof.
Read this before you chop.
A horizontal cut called the seat cut and a vertical cut called a shoulder cut.
Each shingle should be held by four nails.
If you re framing a gable roof on a new house or building a shed or even a doghouse with a gable roof you ll need to cut a number of roof rafters.
Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter.
The next cut will be the back of the roof.
To lower that profile dry lakes racers and hot rod builders mimicking the look of racecars cut the roof off of the vehicle and reattached it after removing part of the sheet metal and posts through the center of the window line.
After the cuts are done the roof will be real floppy.
This process is much easier with two people.
Earlier model cars and pickup trucks were boxier shaped than the ones produced in the 50s and 60s and not very aerodynamic.
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Cut the flashing back to the peak along each crease.
We used some clamps to hold it while we cut the a pillars.
Do the same with the next shingle continuing this step until you get to the far edge of the ridge.
Any fool can do this.
I must note that before you make this cut draw several vertical lines that you can use for reference at a later time.
There are two basic methods of pitched roof construction.
Chopping a top what.
This will allow you to push down the lip to meet the correct angle.
Pitched roof construction.
A birdsmouth cut has 2 parts.
Roof valleys channel a lot of water so they need extra protection.
I added them after we started cutting it but it worked ok.
