Domestic Hot Water Solar Installation, Part I

Today, the weather was perfect, temperature around 73 degrees, no wind, no rain, just plenty of bright sunshine. What better day than today to install my Hot Water Solar system? And you, being the astute reader, will say “none,” and you will be quite correct.

If the saying “save the best for last” holds true, [...]

New Soffits

Today was a beautiful day out, just right for installing new soffits. I swung by the local Lowes to pick up the T/4 vented soffit (GP 423590) and “F” channel (GP 6ZZOTJ46) needed. I used the high quality Georgia Pacific material, but unfortunately, they did not have enough “F” channel to do the whole job, [...]

Construction and Demolition Debris

I saw a great post over at The ConstructionDeal.com about Construction and Demolition Debris. When a remodeling project is in full swing, it is likely that the last question on anybody

Tearing down the old soffits

As a part of adding insulation to the attic this fall, I determined that I needed to remove the old soffits to get the rafter insulation spacers in place. The old soffits had no ventilation and I noticed in some mold on the under side of the roof sheathing. It started out rainy yesterday, so [...]

Our roof leaks no longer

One of the more expensive discoveries was the condition of our roof. When standing on it, it looked like it was in good condition. The shingles were laying flat and not curling up around the edges and there were only a few broken ones that I could see. What was not evident was the conditions [...]