our intrepid crews began installing it. The hard part about installing a roof is not really the roof itself but all the penetrations and openings that need to be properly sealed and flanged that make the work difficult. But let's face it if the roof is solid but your skylight leaks you are not going to be happy.
Also with this type of roof we have what are called crickets. These are areas of the roof where different angles meet; kind of like a trough. Those areas need to be vented so there is always air circulation between the underside of the roof and the insulation. Otherwise you would have moisture accumulate and eventually soak your insulation and besides ruining your "R" Value, condensation would eventually end up coming through your ceiling.
Also this week the plumbers did the rough in. This is placing all the drain lines, vent lines, and water pipes in the locations where they will be needed. Then after the floors and walls are in they come back and do the finish work
And finally we did the walk through with the heating guy. Together we agreed on where the heating vents, cold air returns, air handler, and heat exchanger are going to be. When you have a house without an attic area this is more of a challenge than one might think. Yes we do have a very generous crawl space under the house but cold air returns need to placed up high (I know it seems counter-intuitive 'cause hot air rises but greater minds than mine apparently have figured this out as the most comfortable method) which means we need to give up valuable closet or room space to build a chase for the ducting. Note to self - next time do not take a woman along when considering taking up even one square foot of closet space for a duct chase.
Next week the cabinet guy comes for his walk through.
Roof and siding going up
Drain and vent piping being installed in the Master Bedroom
And more of the same being put in the all important "potty room".
Note to self: Absolutely do not miss any meetings between Bruce and any of the subcontractors. It's a conspiracy to grab vital storage space from all the closets, rather than placing ducting within the walls where it belongs.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, good places were found in unobtrusive and non-space-wasting locations for all the ducting!
It's a VERY good thing I was there! :D
Guys will run ducting right through the living room if they think it is in any way practical, i.e., material saving or labor saving. And then will turn right around and send your hot water via Siberia en route to your shower instead of running a direct line. Have to be supervised every minute!
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