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I'm planning to build a lean-to porch roof attached to my house and would appreciate some guidance before I start. I've done plenty of framing and finish carpentry, but this will be my first roof tie-in, and I want to make sure I get the waterproofing details right.

The plan is to:

Remove the existing eaves over the porch.
Cut the rafter tails back and install a ledger.
Frame a new porch roof at about a 1/2:12 slope.
Install a mechanically seamed standing seam metal roof (not exposed fastener).
Tie it into the existing asphalt shingle roof.

The framing part makes sense to me, but I'm less confident about the flashing and waterproofing details.

A few questions:

What specific flashing pieces should I be using where the new standing seam roof meets the existing shingle roof?
- Headwall flashing?
- Transition flashing?
- Z-closures?
- Butyl tape?
- Anything else that's considered standard practice?
Are there manufacturers or suppliers you recommend for the metal roofing and flashing?
If you were doing this yourself, what are the common mistakes you'd avoid?
Any tips on sequencing? For example, when to install the membrane versus flashing, and how you lap everything so water always sheds correctly.

Here is a video that I found to be the most helpful and we generally plan on following suit (except with a metal roof): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr4WozliZMM

If anyone has photos, videos, diagrams, or manufacturer details they've followed successfully, I'd really appreciate seeing them.

Thank you in advance!

Hi! My baby is:

14 weeks old

bedtime 7 pm ish, wake 6 am ish, 5 (sometimes 6) naps a day, no real schedule to naps yet. Her wake times range in to 60 - 90, with a longer wake time before bed, but often they are closer to 60 minutes, with her getting overtired and overstimulated if we try to push it. With many of her naps being 45 mins, this sometimes gets us to needing 6 naps to get us to bedtime.

For naps, and bedtime if we are good about sleep cues and wind down we can generally put her in her merlin or zipadee suit and put her in bassinet or crib drowsy but awake with pacifier and she will put her self to sleep. She is pretty dependent on her pacifier during the wind down time before naps / bedtime, and for self soothing.

as we are nearing the 4month regression, which i think she is already beginning to enter, I wanted to check in with this community and see if i can gets some tips.

She is waking more and more in the night (used to be once a night from 4 weeks to 3 months) , sometimes to feed (when i feed her she takes a full meal which makes me think shes actually hungry) and sometimes because she just cant get herself back to sleep. At these tiems shes fussing and crying for her pacifier. This helps but she struggles to reach a deep sleep and will keep waking asking for her pacifier.

Bedtime routine: Bath time (optional), Diaper Change and Pajamas, Feed, Sleepsuit / Sleepsack , One to two quick lullabies (or book when older) while gently swaying , Into bassinet lightly awake

Question for the community:

we generally dont run in immediately when she starts fussing during naps / nighttime. But how long do you generally let your babies cry / sqawk before coming in and replacing pacifier? I am hesitant to let her go too long as i worry she will just wake up more / increase stress levels
Those working on short wake windows / shorter naps, are you adding an extra nap in? How are you stretching wake windows without creating a baby thats really hard to settle for each nap?
any other adivce / tips are welcome.

Porch build - Looking for advice on metal roof to shingle tie in

3.5 month old - looking for advice on pacifier use, nap schedule and when to step in for night time and nap wakes