Along with my new roof, I just installed a Solatube skylight. Our bathroom is the only room in the house with no windows. It had one originally, but someone covered it up with a tub-surround years ago. The room is a cave. Even in the middle of the day, you need to turn on the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘roof’
New Solatube skylight
Posted: November 17, 2009 in Home, home improvement, Money/ wealthTags: diy, energy savings, home improvement, roof, savings, skylight, Solatube, sun, sun tunnel, tax credit, tubular skylight, window
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New Roof!
Posted: November 17, 2009 in Home, home improvement, Money/ wealth, syracuseTags: architectural, house, new roof, roof, roofing, shingles
We just got a new roof! The previous owner of the house bought it in 1983 and never put a roof on, so we know that it was at least 26 years old. It had three layers of shingles on it and the original boards, no plywood. So we got six quotes. Some were as [...]
DIY chimney repair
Posted: August 29, 2009 in Home, home improvement, Money/ wealth, UncategorizedTags: chimney, chimney repair, diy, repair, roof
So we need to get our roof done soon. The previous owner bought the house in 1983 and never put a roof on it. Rather than wait until our cielings cave in on us, we want to do some preventative maintenance. What does this have to do with chimneys you ask? Well, most of the [...]
ice on the roof
Posted: January 27, 2009 in climbing, Home, home improvement, mountainTags: ice, ice climbing, ice dams, roof
For any home owner who lives where it’s cold, this is not a good sight. I don’t know if you can tell scale from the picture but that ice dam is about one foot thick at least. So I finally borrowed a ladder from my Dad and climbed up there and chopped it off. The [...]
