I feel like Spencer junior!

Anonymous Poster · Jun 30, 2003

I know this is a little off-topic, but what do you cover your skylights with?

GregM

Anonymous Poster · Jul 1, 2003

I wonder where Henro's been? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Several days now and no updates. He must be out buying tractor stuff to fill up space in the new tractor storage facility. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

nicklan · Jul 1, 2003

Henro,
Is that a bat box up under the eve of your house?

Nick

Anonymous Poster · Jul 1, 2003

( I wonder where Henro's been? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Several days now and no updates. He must be out buying tractor stuff to fill up space in the new tractor storage facility. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif )

Spent most of the day yesterday at tractor dealers and doing other fun things like browsing at Lowes and stopping at a trailer manufacturer to get some hooks to weld on my loader bucket...all fun/non work stuff.

Didn't quite get the price I wanted for a bX2200, but it is close enough that I probably will go for it.

About all I got done recently down at the shed is a little clean up of the debris I threw off the roof when shingling...I fear photos will slow down now...small things to do are plenty, but not much good as subjects for photos... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Anonymous Poster · Jul 1, 2003

( Henro,
Is that a bat box up under the eve of your house?
)

Nick,

Actually, what that is is a cover for a 24 inch fan that is in the wall there. I cover it with an insulated panel on the outside for winter. Until about a week ago it stayed so cold that I did not bother to take the cover off...

What I mean to say is the box stays, but the front panel is the cover that comes off. The fan is mounted on the wall inside the box.

We feel little need here for air conditioning and so don't have it. We use that fan sometimes to pull cool air in on summer evenings.

Anonymous Poster · Jul 1, 2003

( I know this is a little off-topic, but what do you cover your skylights with? )

GregM,

I have just been using some cheap outdoor blinds, the rool up kind. Usually get several years out of them before they fall apart.

This year they are on their last leg...we actually, last year they were about done...but I put them up for one last summer...they screen out about 75 percent of the sun, but still let some light in.

They work for me because the skylights have an edge that I can tie the blind's cord under and that holds the blinds in place even if it get real windy. Not sure this would work with a commercial skylight which may have a molded construction with no lip.

gmason · Jul 1, 2003

( Monday morning I got the boards on ends of the rafters and when I checked my layout I found I was out of wack a little!!!

Sugar! [The word I actually used wouldn't taste that good... ]
)

here's a question after looking at your rafter picture here, how do you actually square/level out the rafters? I can imagine drop a line from where the rafter should meet the main roof beam and check where it is on a peridicular line from the side wall beam?? Hummm /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

How did you square it up?

gary

Anonymous Poster · Jul 1, 2003

Well...I got the roof square...amazed me but I did not have to make any adjustment at all to plywood or shingles...bet it was within an eighth inch over 28 feet....BUT...

It is SO difficult to align old with new. At least for this dumb, retired, former steel mill worker! I have a nice square roof, but the roof does not perfectly align with the base structure....Not a real big deal...but not perfect.

I initially worked off the north-east corner and used the 3:4:5 rule. But somehow I got it wrong, and re did it after I had the first sheets of plywood up.

Even then I have some difference at the south west end. I can do something to make up for it....I don't think it is a big deal...but it is not perfect by any means. Now the roof...well that surprised me. It turned out about as perfect as you could want. Just that due to the connecdting of old to new...well, there is some variation UNDER the roof.

Not sure if this answers your question or not. But if possible, I would advise any and all to build complietely new if possible...

Henro · Jul 7, 2003

Well, I'm back...after being erased twice...and living through it! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Or was that three times... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif such is life... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I had posted in a side thread some pic of something that kept me from the shed work for a day...except for moving a little dirt down to the shed...

Got a couple loads of fill dropped off in my driveway...truck about to dump the first one. I had him dump it at the top because the angle of the drive caused problems with the tag axle on other tri axle dumps. The tag wheel on the left hit the cement, and lifted the truck enough that his back wheels spun and he could not get out until I laid down some wood for him to drive over...

Henro · Jul 7, 2003

Well I better get that cleaned up before the wife comes home!

It was a little harder than normal as I was digging into up going up hill, but no big deal...