Roofer Madness
Oct. 6th, 2009 12:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunsen_hRoof vents should be screened with a metal mesh.
The purpose for doing this, O Roofer, is not merely to be able to mark off an item in a checklist, nor merely to be able to add some billable time and a marked-up charge for materials to an invoice. The purpose is to prevent the passage of birds, small animals, and large insects into and out of the attic space. This will not work effectively if the metal mesh is crumpled or askew, or otherwise not filling the open area.
Due attention and care during the installation of said vents will prevent the homeowner — that's me, by the way — from having to execute damnfool stunts like parallel-bars gymnastics to ascend the roof rafters and straighten the metal mesh. In both vents.
Again, "millennium" has two 'L's and two 'N's, and companies whose names are misspelled should be avoided because their owners are thereby demonstrating that they are too sloppy to be competent.
The purpose for doing this, O Roofer, is not merely to be able to mark off an item in a checklist, nor merely to be able to add some billable time and a marked-up charge for materials to an invoice. The purpose is to prevent the passage of birds, small animals, and large insects into and out of the attic space. This will not work effectively if the metal mesh is crumpled or askew, or otherwise not filling the open area.
Due attention and care during the installation of said vents will prevent the homeowner — that's me, by the way — from having to execute damnfool stunts like parallel-bars gymnastics to ascend the roof rafters and straighten the metal mesh. In both vents.
Again, "millennium" has two 'L's and two 'N's, and companies whose names are misspelled should be avoided because their owners are thereby demonstrating that they are too sloppy to be competent.
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Date: 2009-10-06 09:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-06 10:29 pm (UTC)It's not something I thought of checking; I assumed (despite other stupid roofer tricks) that they were done properly. But I happened to be in the roof space yesterday, tracing the wiring to try to figure out why the light in my "office" flickers when the printer is running. I noticed that the roofers had dropped bits of plywood on the insulation when they'd installed the vents, looked up at the vents, and noticed the gaps in the metal mesh.