An addition is under construction to a historic downtown building in Ann Arbor. The original building has a gabled roof with the gable toward the street. The addition is apparently going to have an intersecting gabled roof with a gable to the side (facing another street). If the new roof were a complete gable, it would probably require getting rid of the old chimney on that part of the roof. But apparently the back wall of the addition drops straight down from the ridge line. Arguably, that's kind of clever, if faux. So no particular problem with the configuration. What surprises me is seeing the framing for the new roof laid on top of the asphalt shingle roof of the original structure. Photographs here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kestenbaum/sets/72157606305626465/ Is this "junk framing", or appropriate respect for the integrity of the older building? Wouldn't it be more correct to at least strip off the shingles and tie the new roof to the old roof? Doesn't this approach risk runoff water getting under the new roof structure? Larry --- Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask] Washtenaw County Clerk & Register of Deeds, http://ewashtenaw.org The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com Weblog: Polygon, the Dancing Bear, http://potifos.com/polygon P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>