Sorry, with the term thickness I meant if (nails sticking out + drip edge deformation + nails securing underlayment + drip edge crown ) build up to a total of more than 1/8"Â The drip edge metal itself is very thin. Actually hereÂs a picture that I took when I was shingling the roof 2 years ago. One more thing I remember now: I think I was applying a bead of caulk (tar) between the drip edge and the underlayment as well as a bead of caulk between the underlayment and the shingles at the rake edge. While that may add some resistance to water penetration it may have actually added thickness and made the edge of the shingles lift. In the picture, you can see the drip edge and you can see the last shingle lifting up a bit (unfortunately that scrap piece of 2x4 is covering up some of the view). The one thing I can see now is that I nailed the drip edge off center (I guess I did not want to put a nail hole close to the edge?) perhaps that allowed the edge of the drip to stay a little higher. If I ever do this egain IÂll make sure I put lots of nails in the center to hold the drip edge down and make sure I drive them well down. Or perhaps IÂd install the last rafter a little lower to give the last 12" of the roof deck an outwards slope?

Pictures would be very helpful. A 1920's Greek revival style house sided in a mixture of cedar shingles and stucco doesn't sound quite right to me, but on the other hand it might be just right for your particular house. I really can't help without something to look at in this case.

You'll see lots of houses with roofs like this in older, less affluent neighborhoods. It was a way to get some useable 2nd story living space without building a full two-story house. Today, this would not be economical at all as roofs such as this are quite costly.

Decoenthusiaste - thank you for the time you took to share your thoughts! The windows are a little difficult to decipher in the picture, but right around the white vinyl windows, the brick moulding is already wrapped in the off white aluminum. The was done when the windows were installed. The installer said he would just leave the window trim like that if it were his house, but he can build-out and wrap the rest of the window trim that's there (the greige color around the off-white on the windows), if we want. All the trim on the back and sides of the house (facia, soffit, window brick mould) is already done in the off-white color, so going forward, we are committed to that color. I understand what you are saying about the vertical trim, but I sort of feel like some vertical contrast helps keep the house from feeling so heavy and weighed down since the the house is so roof heavy. At least from the front view. Would eliminating the inside corner, vertical trim, help some? My husband would kill me if I suggested painting the downspouts! They were installed when we had the first side of siding installed, so they are newer. He is all about "maintenance free" hence the steel siding choice. We chose the color because they match the off-white trim color and the downspouts are all pretty much over a trim piece/corner, so it made sense. We do need a new door. Do you have a style suggestion? Do you think the top middle gable has enough room for a faux gable vent, with those small windows right below it? The porch is weird. We agree. It had a white rotting fence around it when we moved in. We sort of just ignore it for now. I'm not sure much can be done about it at this point without significant work/expense.