Paul Cummins
It's a Roof and a Patio!
Duradek is a PVC material used when floor traffic is involved. I recommend using outdoor rugs under furniture to prevent breaches. It...
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Paul Cummins
- Aug 29, 2021
- 1 min
1981 Attic with Dissolving Sheathing
These wood fibers are are just pealing off of the plywood. The OSB sheets used now are sometimes referred to as vertical mulch because...
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Paul Cummins
- Apr 29, 2021
- 1 min
New Options for Roofing
Asphalt, Architectural, Cement, Ceramic Tile, Metal, Solar (shown above) and more. Click on image for link to all 18.
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Paul Cummins
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Building new the old way at Mount Vernon
Note the overlap of shingles on the ridge. Today we would cover the ridge with cut flaps from asphalt shingles or with metal flashing. ...
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Paul Cummins
- Jul 1, 2018
- 1 min
Moss on a roof is quaint but makes it deteriorate sooner.
So will pressure washing your asphalt shingles! Round -up will not kill moss...something to do with being the first land plant. A...
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Paul Cummins
- Mar 3, 2018
- 1 min
Shingles that look new for a long time
Like most of you I had damage to my house after the two days of 50 mph gusts. The 5 by 11.5 inch tabs on a couple dozen shingles ripped...
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Paul Cummins
- Dec 18, 2017
- 1 min
Reboot your plumbing vents!
Perma-boots come in different sizes depending on the size of the vent pipes. These can also easily extend the height of existing pipes if...
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Paul Cummins
- Oct 16, 2017
- 1 min
Cheap way to save your chimney
Water is the main enemy of your house. When water gets into a chimney it degrades the masonry all the way down, including the firebox. ...
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Paul Cummins
- Oct 16, 2017
- 1 min
Drip Edge Flashing Saves Roofs
Here is drip edge flashing over the eave. If you have a gutter, the bottom edge would go over the gutter so that water couldn't duck...
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Paul Cummins
- May 10, 2017
- 1 min
Bathroom air: get it where it needs to go.
Good air, good light: really makes a difference. These are vent ducts leading up from the two bathroom fans in the upper floor bathrooms....
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Paul Cummins
- Apr 8, 2017
- 1 min
Copper kills algae/cyanobacteria on roofs!
Drove by a whole row of houses with copper surrounding their chimneys. Copper is a main ingredient in Wet and Forget. I wonder if the...
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Paul Cummins
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
New ways to provide soffit venting even if you don't have a soffit!
Here is the under fascia solution found in site below. 11 Best Types Of Roof Vents + Understanding Attic Ventilation - Roof Hub...
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Paul Cummins
- Mar 20, 2017
- 1 min
Water is usually the enemy...chimneys included!
Chimneys: lofty, solid...out there in the wind and snow and rain. But like all of us, vulnerable. Brick work isn't designed to act like...
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Paul Cummins
- Mar 17, 2017
- 1 min
A couple tweaks to make your gutters more effective.
Roofs are supposed to be on top of everything else. When a roof meets a wall you've got water running down where it was not meant to and...
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Paul Cummins
- Feb 12, 2017
- 1 min
Best gutter guards
Here's a house where the gutters have become planters! Cleaning gutters (and anything else done on ladders) is a major cause of death...
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Paul Cummins
- Feb 12, 2017
- 1 min
Good air needed in attic!
Ideally there should be continuous soffit vents and a continuous ridge vent in your attic to allow for a passive air flow over the inside...
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Paul Cummins
- Feb 12, 2017
- 1 min
When your damper isn't there...
Some of those old one-piece dampers just can't be opened and closed easily and sometimes they have fallen out and just aren't there...
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Paul Cummins
- Feb 2, 2017
- 1 min
Un-vented roofs
This beautiful room doesn't have a conventional attic space. It may still be vented from the eaves to ridge as required in R806.3 of the...
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Paul Cummins
- Nov 22, 2016
- 1 min
Time for a new roof?
New shingles can be installed for about $3.50 per square foot. Add $2.00 per square foot if you need new plywood too. Here's how you...
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Paul Cummins
- Jul 15, 2016
- 1 min
Problem with slate roofs is that the flashing wears out first!
The metal flashing wears out after about 70 years on slate roofs. To redo flashing on the valleys they have to be cut back and...
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