Recent content by bren5270

Well guys, I had another bit of a setback. Hurricane Florence did severe damage to the foundation of the garage, as well as completely washed down one wall. Lastly it washed away a lot of the sand and gravel under the base of the driveway... not sure how Ill fix the foundation... (on a side...

Well it's been a while since I've updated, and for good reason: I managed to get 3 windows and the front door installed. Flashing is quite easy and puting in the 38x36 windows is relatively easy. However, somehow when I was on the ladder working on the second story windows, the ladder kicked...

winch = working smart not hard :D God yeah I'm definitely dreading that part, now those things are heavy. I may very well have a lift truck do those, lifting a sheet of plywood's one thing but not messing up the double taped sheets of drywall I'm not sure if Ill be able to do in reasonable...

Finally got the house wrap complete, passed inspection. Used a total of 2 rolls and 3 rolls of Tyvek tape. 22 sets of shingles and 2 packs of starter strips. for the roof. I again used the winch to get them up (I cant imagine carrying these 80lb bags up 24ft of ladder) Shingles loaded up...

House wrap coming along -Galvanized Z flashing at base -Peel and seal over top of base flashing -Tyvek with tape at seals - 1/2" staples with caps I learned the value of a cap stapler for this, doing by hand I now really regret, probably could've done it in a third to a quarter of the time...

Got the roof underlay on. One piece of advice: DO NOT USE TAR PAPER!! So initially I went with 30# felt and cap nails. What a HUGE mistake that was. Contrary to assumed belief, tar felt paper is NOT waterproof. After 1 week with 2 rains, the tar felt expanded and contracted (expands when wet...

Tar paper may work behind something like ship lap or something hard and sturdy that wouldn't be affected by it expanding or contracting. Vinyl on the other had would be easily affected visually with ripples behind it.

Ive decided to go with the Tyvek. Theres a few videos out there showing the water permeability of the no name brands vs Tyvek and the difference is pretty significant. Regarding Tar paper: I will never again in my life ever use tar paper after my recent roof install. Tar paper (I had 30#)...

For the WHOLE house? hmmm haven't heard of that one before. Wonder if itd mean you don't need to cap nail. I was thinking of flashing the base, but wasn't sure if youre supposed to leave it open to allow water to get out if it got in...

Already sheathed. Wouldve used that but I had to use treated wood for the first layer due to flood elevation. This is true, probably worth the relatively small difference in cost. No there definitely is a difference between the two. One looks like a thin tarp with a clearly visible...

Hey all, So I'm looking at house wrap, (I live in a pretty humid area), and I'm wondering how much of a difference there really is between the Tyvek vs the standard no name brand house wraps that look like a thin tarp... Again I live in a pretty humid area so Id like to make sure I go with the...

Hey all Last weekend I put 30#tar paper down and had everything nice and smooth, cap nailed down, everything was good to go. I planned on doing the shingling this weekend, but it rained twice during the week and the tar paper expanded then contracted and now it's a mess and needs to be redone...

Roof sheathing done! 28 sheets of 5/8 OSB with H clips 5 rolls of #30 tar felt Cap nails This was actually MUCH easier than I thought it was going to be. I managed to get all roof sheets up onto the roof and nailed down in 2 days by myself. I again used the winch to raise the sheets to the...

Picked up a 32' fiberglass ladder for 120$ off Craigslist and used it with boards and rope to act as a scaffold since mine would no longer easily reach. Works great. More sheathing done. Only 3 sheets left (the back wall) to go. After talking with the inspector, I have to go back through...

Thanks for the responses guys, I called the inspector and he said the ladder method is the standard for around here. He said if I was to notch them he would want to see papers from the truss company stating it was acceptable. given that the trusses are 2x4 I am going to go ahead and avoid...