COMMUNITY FORUM: ROOFING & SIDING

smoke alarm chirp.

firex.fx1218.changed battery per instructions.and wires with no power and no smoke alarm still chirp every minute.

5 months by LarryG

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roof venting

Can a room without attic space above it be vented? My master bedroom has a vault ceiling on one side of the room and slopes down to a 10 ft. heigh...

6 months by dandiprom

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Repair Eave Mesh?

Need advice on how to go about screening the eave vents on our home. Original was tacked on the inside which we can't do now. Thought about using 1...

6 months by dandiprom

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What type of siding?

Help me identify this type of siding.

6 months by dandiprom

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BEWARE OF ALVIS SPRAY ON SIDING

I had Alvis Spray on Siding applied to my home in 2005 and just noticed some problems; unfortunately, the telephone numbers for the company that in...

6 months by Aldridge

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Tyvek VS Insulation

I have a 40 year old home with aluminum siding on it now. I have had a few people come out and I have heard two stories about what option is bette...

6 months by richard ricci

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Gutters vs Leafguard Type

Looking to put new gutters and have a wooded lot thus it is a pain to clean gutters twice a year and thinking of using a "leafguard" type product. ...

6 months by kim

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felt paper getting wet

We are having our roof reshingled and our materials have been placed on our roof including rolls of 15# felt paper and 90# felt paper. They will n...

almost 5 years by Kathy55

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945

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Cedar siding giving problems.....should I brick it?

My house is 14 years old. I purchased it new and since the second year the cedar that wraps the entire house has been a problem. Constant bleeing...

6 months by Johnny on the Spot

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TJI as roof truss, please help

I am building a cabin and have been told that I need to design with a 100 lb. snow load. Because of the location of this cabin I cannot get pre-en...

6 months by RENorris

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511

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Dare I? Ondura roofing

I have been trying to research this product for over a week now. I have seen good things, and then hints of bad things, but nothing SPECIFIC about...

7 months by golanboybama

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"Gutterless" Gutter systems

Anyone have any experience, or opinions on the louvered-type of gutter systems that I see advertised in home-improvement magazines? I have gutters ...

7 months by richimmi

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1389

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TPO or EPDM

Is TPO really a superior product to EPDM? What are the pros and cons? This is a mansard roof with drains on roof that empty into pvc pipe that ru...

8 months by bandlgc

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1225

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Soffits Leaking

Hello everyone, We just had a heavy rainstorm and my basement collected a lot of water. I've been in this house for approximately one year and t...

10 months by zooba72

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508

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Attic Condensation

My house is a split level, built in 1994 located just north of St. Paul, MN. We had hail damage in the summer of 2008 and had the siding and roof...

11 months by usgetters

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268

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Hip Roof Venting problems

I need advice. I have a rectangular hipped roof. It has a ridge vent. The house is impossible and expensive to cool in the SC summers and the roof ...

about 1 year by Peter H.

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ice dams

added 14" of insulation in my attic, had roof vents installed and I still get ice dams along the edge of my roof...why?

about 1 year by usgetters

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205

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Simple ways to inspect your roof and avoid major repairs

If you want to know the main reason for home or business roof repairs, ask the people who deal with roofs day after day, year after year – ask the ...

about 1 year by usgetters

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