About this project
We replaced the roof on this two-story colonial on Driftwood Avenue in Rochester Hills. The Driftwood Avenue roof was finished in July 2026. The house has a long covered front porch with its own roof below the second-floor windows.
From the ground, the photos show dark gray shingles on the porch roof and on the main roof above the second floor. The walls are light gray siding over painted brick, with black shutters and white gutters. The side view shows how the lower roof runs along the house below the second-story wall.
What we did
- Replaced the shingles on the main roof
- Shingled the front porch roof to match
- Finished the roof edges above the white gutters
Where a porch roof meets a second-story wall
On a colonial like this, the porch roof runs right into the front wall of the second floor. That joint is one of the most leak-prone spots on the house. Water running down the wall meets water running off the roof, and both have to be turned out over the shingles.
The standard detail is step flashing, small metal pieces woven in with each course of shingles and tucked behind the siding. When a roof is replaced, that flashing should be checked and usually renewed, because old flashing that is bent or rusted will leak under brand-new shingles. Kickout flashing at the bottom end, where the roof edge meets the wall, steers the last of the water into the gutter.
Questions homeowners ask about replacing a colonial roof
Does the porch roof get replaced along with the main roof?
It usually should. A porch roof that is left behind ages differently and is likely to need work sooner. Doing both at once also means the flashing between them is redone in one pass. On this house the porch and main roof share the same dark gray shingle.
Can you see a new roof from the ground?
Partly. On a two-story house much of the main roof is hard to see from the street, as these photos show. What you notice is the color, the straight lines at the edges and how the lower roofs look. Ask for photos from the roof if you want to see the details.
Do you work in Rochester Hills?
Yes, we have done a lot of work in Rochester Hills: more than 75 completed jobs, more than 30 of them roofing. Other roofs we have done nearby are on our roofing page for Rochester Hills.
More photos from this job
See more of our roof replacement and roofing in Rochester Hills, or call (844) 757-6543 for a free estimate.
