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Thread: The house next door...or how to NOT build a house

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    Just like most places that are against flammable schools...

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    Around here you can have wooden shake roofs and none of the lumber in the attic is treated.

    Notice in my House Next Door thread there's not a bit of treated wood there.

    We also have a LOT of termites, carpenter bees, and carpenter ants.

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    In the Pit they've been tarring that roof for 4 days! I've seen roofs on large commercial buildings finished quicker.

    What on earth could they need all that tar for?

    If I get a spare moment and calm weather I'll send up Mr Drone to have a look.

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    On our new roof, looks like we'll have a basketball court clear attic, I don't see truss members inside the attic space. The edges are sitting on the top of the wall which was poured solid. There's one layer of bricks inside that for weather seal and I guess it keeps it from leaning end to end.


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    Looks pretty sturdy...

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    That attic is about 12 meters x 7 meters inside the walls. My wife suggested building a small heated room there for exercise gear...part of the workout is climbing up the attic stairs.

    Seems opening the attic stairs in winter wouldn't be the best idea unless we built the room OVER the attic stairs and added a door to the unheated part.

    Wait, hmmm...., we could do that!

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    The guys are at lunch so I took a picture as best as I could. I'll see about sending up the drone when they leave.

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    Pictures from The Tar Pit (renamed by a neighbor). Looks like 4 days of tarring isn't enough, they left the tar pot and pump ready for tomorrow.

    Shouldn't the flashing go up to the top of the parapit, if not wrap over? First leak there?

    Lot of glass in this house!

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    I've seen a roof done like this before after the first layer of tar is applied they came in and installed a full wrap flashing then a second layer of tar then a vulcanized layer of rubbery fabric of about 1/4" thick and gravel on top of that
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    We had a heavy rain last night. The contractors got there first thing this morning before I could send up the drone. They had a shop vacuum running for quite a while, I assume sucking up water and now they're back to adding more tar. This is about a week of tarring.

    So this is now officially the Tar Pit.

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