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RobJ
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Wow sure is nice to have a forklift to sit that ply up on the roof. When I did my house I clocked myself at about 15 minutes per sheet. Throw it up, spot a couple nails to hold it up on the roof, walk around and upstairs, silde it into place, staple, staple, repeat..60-70 sheets or so.
But your roof looks pretty mild, 4-12 maybe 5-12. The steep parts of mine are 10-12. Once you slip...you won't stop, shingles or not.
But your roof looks pretty mild, 4-12 maybe 5-12. The steep parts of mine are 10-12. Once you slip...you won't stop, shingles or not.
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who your roof is pretty steep.Mine is 5/12 and yes the boomlift will spoil you quick.Thanks for sharing your picture.RobJ said:Wow sure is nice to have a forklift to sit that ply up on the roof. When I did my house I clocked myself at about 15 minutes per sheet. Throw it up, spot a couple nails to hold it up on the roof, walk around and upstairs, silde it into place, staple, staple, repeat..60-70 sheets or so.
But your roof looks pretty mild, 4-12 maybe 5-12. The steep parts of mine are 10-12. Once you slip...you won't stop, shingles or not.
EddieWalker
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Great pics and progress!! They re moving right along nicely.
I'm curious on what you are doing on that back porch? The posts are on piers, which I'm assuming means you are doing something other than a concrete pad?
Eddie
I'm curious on what you are doing on that back porch? The posts are on piers, which I'm assuming means you are doing something other than a concrete pad?
Eddie
Busy busy busy.We roughed in the plumbing friday and put all the black pipe in today,over the weekend my framer put arches in the hallways and cleaned things up abit.Tommorrow I will start boxing and roping the romex voice and data and speaker wire.The pics are from friday I will post some new one's this coming weekend I was inspired by the other post on the temp power pole so I thru in a pic of my pole I made......
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Thanks, very clear pictures. I was interested in particular in the PEX plumbing shots.
EddieWalker
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I can't tell for sure what your fascia boards are made of. Looks almost like plywood. Are you going to cover them with another material, or is it dry enough in your area that you don't have any issues with them rotting? I've replaced quite a few fascia boards and soffits because of this on homes here, but we get over 4 ft of rain per year and have very high humidity.
What I really don't understand is why you have the edge of your roof decking a different material than the osb?
The PEX sure looks nice. I've never used it, but I'm seeing it more and more. It's got me to thinking I'll have to give it a try.
Thanks for the update,
Eddie
What I really don't understand is why you have the edge of your roof decking a different material than the osb?
The PEX sure looks nice. I've never used it, but I'm seeing it more and more. It's got me to thinking I'll have to give it a try.
Thanks for the update,
Eddie
EddieWalker
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OK, so you're not putting in a soffit?
Are you venting through the spaces between the trusses and leaving the ends exposed from the underside?
The last house I built, I used a low profile ridge vent that was just about invisable. I don't know what your plans are, but with a composit shingles, it's the cleanest venting system I've come across.
Eddie
Are you venting through the spaces between the trusses and leaving the ends exposed from the underside?
The last house I built, I used a low profile ridge vent that was just about invisable. I don't know what your plans are, but with a composit shingles, it's the cleanest venting system I've come across.
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EddieWalker said:
I thought the fascia looked like regular dimensional lumber. Out here they use a lot of hem fir for fascia. There is a fascia that works really that well won't split, twist or warp nearly as easy as dimensional lumber. Its LVL veneer fascia. It comes in 5/4 or 1.5" sizes in 16 or 20 foot lengths (maybe even longer). I don't know about really tough conditions like high humidity, but I suspect it will hold up. The 1x6 sheathing on the overhang is very typical and sometimes on stick framed roofs where you can really finish the tails nicely it looks much nicer then a soffit.