This Victorian circular porch was restored to the original design to reduce maintenance.
This house has a circular wrap-around porch on the right corner of the house.
How can a rectangular porch roof cover and protect a circular porch and balustrade below from the elements? It can’t!
Unfortunately an earlier homeowner replaced the porch roof and took the cheap way out. Bad move!
The cheap way doesn’t save money in the long run.
Victorian circular porch with straight roof.
Since this roof does not cover the circular balustrade, it allows the effects of rain, snow, and sun to be a maintenance nightmare
I am surprised a builder would agree to do a job like this! Compare the two below.
Originally this house would never have a straight roof over a curved porch. Nor would the porch roof have such a steep slope.
When this house was built in 1915 the porch roof was constructed of tin had built in gutters and was painted. The slope was minimal and barely visible from the street except for the turret at the corner.
When the tin roof failed the roofer increased the slope way too much in order to install asphalt roofing shingles. In the process to make it easier and reduce costs to the homeowner the turret was removed.
Turret roof is graphically installed to cover porch.
Our old house restoration service graphically redesigned the porch roof to a style closer to what it was originally. Now a circular porch roof matches a circular porch and balustrade. This will protect the porch and reduce maintenance considerably.
This is both a practical and aesthetic renovation. Although an expense now, this will help preserve this historic porch and reduce future expenses.
With the new image OHG created, the homeowner can easily instruct their contractor on what to do.
New Victorian paint scheme brings a white house to life.
Colors allow the details to be seen and enjoyed. The house comes to life!
With an all white house, many design details go unnoticed. See how new period paint colors can impact curb appeal of a house. The bands of horizontal trim is a nice feature on this house but goes unnoticed when the trim and body are one color.
Shutters would be a nice touch but are not needed as they were on an all white house. Many times homeowners add shutters for an extra zip to liven up the house. Sometimes a simple color change makes all the difference.
Awesome working on mine as well to preserve the style. Yankee gutters on the house too.
Can you please help me figure out how to put gutters on a rounded porch roof of an old Victorian? Our contractor and every gutter person we speak to in NJ does not know how to approach this. Please help!
What a good question. Let’s start with the type of porch roof. Basically there are two types. One to be seen meaning it is visible from the street and one not to be seen. Many times this roof was modernized since a roofer did not know how to repair it correctly. Instead they gave it a steeper pitch and shingled it which would make it noticeable. Read this article: https://www.oldhouseguy.com/metal-porch-roof/ On houses with a visible porch roof, there was seldom a gutter which would hide the nice trim. Sometimes there was a built-in gutter. Read about types of gutters here: https://www.oldhouseguy.com/historic-gutters/
So – You can send me a photo via the contact us if you like.
It is best to either restore your tin under the shingles which is pretty easy or go without a gutter on the curved section. You can also check for curved aluminum gutters Curved or half round. Just do a search for curved aluminum gutters. Just be aware that your question is not as simple for it depends on your roof design.
Could you take a traditional square bent gutter not K style, cut it starting at the back and stopping when you get to the front side. Make a Relief cut like this about every 3-4 inches. Then bend the front to fit the curve of the existing roofing frame. This will overlap the back cut edges. Then just use the good urethane caulking for each seam. It’s an Idea, idk if it would work but it’s worth a shot. Also I believe some higher end Copper Gutters have crimping tools that can take shapes like this as well.
Wow – It sounds like it would work. One suggestion would be to paint the inside with a rubberized paint from Preservation Products.