After the shingling is complete, you can install the top roof. Make sure that you have primed it and applied the ceiling paper to it before installation. It must be completely dry before this process begins.
Installing the roof with the verge boards in place and roof support completely dry, can be a little difficult but you saved yourself from struggling with the attics interior and the dormer installation, which would have been very difficult with this roof in place. The minor struggle of getting this roof in now, is trivial compared to what you avoided.
Dry fit the roof and see where there is any potential issue. Sand down whatever side of the roof is interfering in its installation until the roof fits into place. Use a mallet to pound the roof slots into the roof support tabs. Use spackle to fill in the top slots.
I am not going to finish the roof right now because I plan on making it a rooftop garden.
After the top roof was in place, I stained the shingles using a mixture of acrylic satin varnish and gray paint.
I used a quarter scale shingle strip on the top edge and painted it copper for a decorative effect. Notice the top and bottom edges of the dormers. I just painted the top, copper to match the top trim and the bottoms, gray to match the shingles. They are barely noticeable.
The mansard roof, corner edge trim is a little difficult to install. You have to bend it a little, for it to take the shape of the mansard roof slope. For this reason, you should glue it on using hot melt glue. This will ensure a proper, quick hold that will maintain trims mansard curve. Try to keep both trim pieces as close to each other as possible. Even so, you will still have to fill in the gap between them with spackle.
The attic needs some trim work, it is not done yet. The thing that bothers me the most is the edges along the interior dormer openings. They look unfinished and even though I think it is a nice architectural detail to have these sloped interior walls with exposed supports, I really wish there would have been some kind of trim for these dormer openings. The slope is going to make it difficult to find something to hide these but I will rummage around the craft store and figure something out. I'm leaning towards some kind of fabric that can be painted.
In the meantime, the porch railing is next.
