Breezeway and Garage Roofs in Camillus
The shallowest roof on a postwar Camillus house is usually the piece that joins the house to the garage, and it is the piece that leaks.
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Deciding what to do about the connecting roof
Establish which of the two situations you are in, because the sensible answer differs. On a town house the shallow link is usually small, structurally simple and easy to recover in a membrane while the main roof stays untouched, which keeps the job modest. On a village house the shallow section is more often a porch attached to an older building where the deck and the wall junction both need attention, and the price reflects that. What is common to both is that the measurement comes first. If the pitch is under 2:12 there is no version of this where more shingles are the answer, however tidy the last patch looked.
Measure the link, not the main roof
The connecting section usually sits at a different and shallower pitch than the house. That number is the one that governs what may go on it.
Say whether you are in the town or the village
Camillus village is an older, less detached stock than the town around it. The likely construction underneath differs, and so does the scope.
Keep the work to the low section
A membrane on the shallow link does not require touching the main slope. A quote that bundles them should explain why.
What postwar Camillus building patterns put at low pitch
The Town of Camillus has 11,481 housing units of which 78.7 percent are single-family detached, with 79.4 percent owner occupancy. 59.9 percent of the town's housing was built between 1950 and 1979 and 69.1 percent before 1980. Camillus village inside it is much older, a median build year of 1958 with 32.2 percent of its units built in 1939 or earlier and only 44.2 percent detached.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25034 year structure built, B25035 median year structure built, B25024 units in structure and B25003 tenure, accessed 2026-09-14
Section R905.2.2 of the 2025 Residential Code of New York State provides that asphalt shingles shall be used only on roof slopes of 2 units vertical in 12 units horizontal, a 17 percent slope, or greater, and that from 2:12 up to 4:12 a double underlayment application is required. The wording is unchanged from the superseded 2020 edition.
Source: 2025 Residential Code of New York State, via UpCodes, accessed 2026-09-14
No public dataset counts enclosed porches, low-slope additions, breezeways or attached garage roofs in Onondaga County. The American Community Survey publishes year structure built, units in structure, tenure and value by place and town, and no roof geometry at all. Neither the Census nor the New York codes publish roof slope or roof covering by property.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25034 year structure built, B25035 median year structure built, B25024 units in structure and B25003 tenure, accessed 2026-09-14
What low-slope roofing involves
The low link between house and garage in Camillus
On a postwar house the connecting roof is the one to measure. A breezeway, a covered walk or the low section where an attached garage meets the main house is frequently built at whatever pitch the two rooflines allowed, and section R905.2.2 of the 2025 Residential Code of New York State permits asphalt shingles only at 2 units vertical in 12 horizontal or greater, a 17 percent slope. The Town of Camillus is 78.7 percent single-family detached across 11,481 homes, most of it from the postwar decades that made the attached garage standard. Camillus village inside the town is a different stock again, a 1958 median with 32.2 percent built before 1940 and only 44.2 percent detached, so a village porch and a town breezeway are two different jobs.
Send a photo of the link between house and garage
With the pitch if you can measure it. We arrange an insured contractor who quotes the low section on its own.
Low roof questions from Camillus homeowners
How many homes here actually have a low-slope section?
No one can say, and we will not guess. Nothing published counts breezeways, attached garage roofs or additions in this county, and neither the Census nor the codes record slope by property. What we can say is what kind of housing the town has, and that the measurement on your own roof is the only figure that decides anything.
The garage roof leaks into the garage only. Does it matter?
It matters more than people assume, because that water is usually running along framing shared with the house and wetting the wall between them. A garage that gets wet is also storing tools, vehicles and often the freezer. It is normally a small job to correct once the pitch and the covering question are settled.
Get the shallow section measured
Tell us the Camillus address and what the low roof covers. No obligation, and the number decides the product.