Puget Dude’s creations and fabrications (Random project thread.)
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larry4406
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Very nice!
I have very little flat roof experience. Looks like the framers gave you nice pitch and various crickets.
When it comes time for the roofing, flashing, scuppers, and coping, please include the details as I would like to learn.
I have very little flat roof experience. Looks like the framers gave you nice pitch and various crickets.
When it comes time for the roofing, flashing, scuppers, and coping, please include the details as I would like to learn.
Looks like an optical illusion. If you zoom in, you can see a cricket in the middle directing water towards the two drains.
Old Man Roger
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Imagine the snow that’s gonna pile up in there.lolI don't see an outlet for the heat tape to keep the scuppers from freezing up. Need to address that!
SilverJimmy
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Just buckets of Sunshine in most of the Arid-Zona down in the lower elevations. Now if you want some snow, just go to Flagstaff, that historically gets more snow than any other city in America.
I couldn't believe it was a valley but, wow, that center cricket is really hard to discern. I had to look hard but I did finally see the cricket in the center. The side ones were obvious but the center is really hiding in that picture.
Old Man Roger
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Ya, it made it look like a valley till you really zoom in.
larry4406
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Interesting that its all a sprayed product. I was thinking metal flashing, membranes, etc.Here you go. They spray-radiused the corners, no coping.
Not happy with the way they did the scuppers, but that's a conversation I will have with the general contractor next week..
They really choked the flow of your scuppers compared to the 2 terracotta ones that drain there! I would be concerned as well.
Tomorrow is a new year. Lets hope the GC understands and makes it right.
SilverJimmy
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Our new to us house/home here in Prescott is a Southwest Flat Roof Stucco house. Now into owning it for almost 3 years I realize that I did not buy a house in Prescott, I bought a wooden sailboat in the San Diego harbor. I now have to get up on the roof minimum twice a year, but probably 4-6 times a year and blow off the leaves, check for cracks in the parapets, caulk the cracks in the parapets, paint the caulked cracks in the parapets, blow the acorns off the roof, blow the leaves off the roof, check for cracks……..
LOL!
LOL!
larry4406
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WOW!
That's a lot of maintenance!
Makes you wonder how that roof style evolved it being suited for your region.
WoodsTruck
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What is used to recoat the roof?
inphx
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A bit late to suggest - but if was doing another flat roof i may pre-add some footers for future possible solar mount or a mini split. I did put a PVC conduit stub up there.
Bob Heine
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Scott, when a news story starts with either: "Florida man..." or "In Florida..." you know something really stupid is coming. When they built the 'bunker' across the street from us in 2021, I thought the concrete structure with a flat roof was an anomaly.
Since then, it seems like every other new house is a bunker with a flat roof. I have seen dozens on the few streets we use to get places so I'm sure there are many more. They buy an old style Florida home, tear it down and build a bunker in its place.
The house three lots north of us was a 4 bedroom 3 bath 2 car garage classic South Florida home. Even without the obligatory in-ground pool, Zillow estimated it to be worth $1,002,300. Two months ago they demolished the house and are erecting what appears to be another bunker.
South Florida gets a little more rain than Arizona. The coastal Pacific Northwest may get more drizzly rain than South Florida but we get gator gushers. In April 1979 I had to drive my mother-in-law to the airport, searching for streets that weren't closed. The standing water on the 'passable' streets was above the rocker panels on our Lincoln Town Car. In that 24-hour period we got almost 18 inches of rain. Take than Snow Load!
Since then, it seems like every other new house is a bunker with a flat roof. I have seen dozens on the few streets we use to get places so I'm sure there are many more. They buy an old style Florida home, tear it down and build a bunker in its place.
The house three lots north of us was a 4 bedroom 3 bath 2 car garage classic South Florida home. Even without the obligatory in-ground pool, Zillow estimated it to be worth $1,002,300. Two months ago they demolished the house and are erecting what appears to be another bunker.
South Florida gets a little more rain than Arizona. The coastal Pacific Northwest may get more drizzly rain than South Florida but we get gator gushers. In April 1979 I had to drive my mother-in-law to the airport, searching for streets that weren't closed. The standing water on the 'passable' streets was above the rocker panels on our Lincoln Town Car. In that 24-hour period we got almost 18 inches of rain. Take than Snow Load!
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Had framing, electrical, and plumbing inspections this AM. Signed off on everything, no deficiencies. 
Interior foam insulation crew scheduled for Wednesday. Windows should also be in Wednesday.
I did install an 8" diameter 740 CFM inline duct fan in the welding area, with a 12 x12 filter grille mounted on the ceiling.
Necked down to 6" diameter exhaust pipe. It's only a 12.5' run so I'm not worried about the reduced diameter. Made some custom 2x4 supports in between the roof trusses.
I'll build a cardboard and plastic tent around the blower tomorrow so the foam crew can't bury it.
More to come.
Interior foam insulation crew scheduled for Wednesday. Windows should also be in Wednesday.
I did install an 8" diameter 740 CFM inline duct fan in the welding area, with a 12 x12 filter grille mounted on the ceiling.
Necked down to 6" diameter exhaust pipe. It's only a 12.5' run so I'm not worried about the reduced diameter. Made some custom 2x4 supports in between the roof trusses.
I'll build a cardboard and plastic tent around the blower tomorrow so the foam crew can't bury it.
More to come.
We were able to run both the plumbing and electrical into the existing garage in between the 2' high attic trusses. (All steel framed...)
Tied the hot cold, and waste lines into the plumbing stack in the wall between the garage and the butler's pantry (fancy name for a converted laundry room with a refrigerator and dishwasher instead of a washer and dryer 
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Really happy with how this all worked out. There was a 200 amp panel in an adjacent utility closet, tied in for the new 100 Amp subpanel.
It's going to be my job to replace the drywall we removed to access the connections. Got started on that this afternoon
More to follow.
Tied the hot cold, and waste lines into the plumbing stack in the wall between the garage and the butler's pantry (fancy name for a converted laundry room with a refrigerator and dishwasher instead of a washer and dryer )Really happy with how this all worked out. There was a 200 amp panel in an adjacent utility closet, tied in for the new 100 Amp subpanel.
It's going to be my job to replace the drywall we removed to access the connections. Got started on that this afternoon
More to follow.
larry4406
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Nice progress!
Glad they fixed the scuppers - that would have pissed me off as well.
Have not seen ABS (black) plumbing pipe in years! All we have here is the white PVC. There is a special glue to connect PVC to ABS - I had to chase it down around 8 years ago as I discovered that my house has some ABS in it by prior hack owner. Fast forward to last year and I needed it again and it was nowhere to be found; had to use a Fernco coupling instead.
Don't forget to foil tape seal the joints in your exhaust fume hood duct.
Glad they fixed the scuppers - that would have pissed me off as well.
Have not seen ABS (black) plumbing pipe in years! All we have here is the white PVC. There is a special glue to connect PVC to ABS - I had to chase it down around 8 years ago as I discovered that my house has some ABS in it by prior hack owner. Fast forward to last year and I needed it again and it was nowhere to be found; had to use a Fernco coupling instead.
Don't forget to foil tape seal the joints in your exhaust fume hood duct.
zmotorsports
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Great progress Scott. They did a very good job on your load center, it looks nice.
Finallygotit
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Holy ****! Lots of progress. 
jarhead
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I had to google "scupper" I was like, "WTF" is a scupper. Now i know,
Nice place!
Nice place!
Contractor just called to let me know Milgard blew the delivery on the windows. Have been scheduled for Jan 14 since they were early-ordered back in November. Now suddenly he gets a notice of delay the day before they were supposed to be here....which means stucco and drywall will be pushed out as well.
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inphx
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That work looks top notch.
I am really happy with the workmanship of this GC's crew (mostly his family). They are sticklers for detail, clean up everything at the end of the day, and work together well as a team. They did the framing and the electrical, the rest gets subbed out under the GC's oversight.
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steves_001
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Looking great! Like the wiring, Clean panel as it should be. (so many are huge mess)
Spray foam just started going in. Minimum R40 ceiling, R20 walls.
Contractor is trying to get the stucco crew back on schedule, they should be able to paper, foam and lath everything except for a foot or so around the two windows.
The little faux roof area is going to be over a Texaco facade on the garage side of the wall underneath. Weld shop behind the wall, with an exhaust fan to help contain the smoke and fumes. The two Texaco gas pumps I built a few years ago are going out there...along with a couple of other surprises.
That roof is what I need a couple of bundles of the now discontinued forest green 3-tab shingles for. No response to my "Wanted" post yet. Surely someone here knows where there are a few left...?
Contractor is trying to get the stucco crew back on schedule, they should be able to paper, foam and lath everything except for a foot or so around the two windows.
The little faux roof area is going to be over a Texaco facade on the garage side of the wall underneath. Weld shop behind the wall, with an exhaust fan to help contain the smoke and fumes. The two Texaco gas pumps I built a few years ago are going out there...along with a couple of other surprises.
That roof is what I need a couple of bundles of the now discontinued forest green 3-tab shingles for. No response to my "Wanted" post yet. Surely someone here knows where there are a few left...?
SilverJimmy
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Take me to your leader Earthling!
Looks great, interesting how a flat roof house is built.
Finallygotit
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Looks great. Man I love my spray foam, soooo good!
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Those two pumps are, IMO, some of the coolest garage art I‘ve ever seen.
SilverJimmy
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I wish I knew more about spray foam insulation, I bet it would have been a great addition to my shop build!
zmotorsports
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WOW Scott, they're cookin' right along. Looking great.
stinkity stoink
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Man, talk about having garage envy. I have it bad !!