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: 2009-10-09 06:16 pm (UTC)Still, it was a nice bit of art, and a gift from a friend; I'd like to find some way of restoring it if I can.
I was rather peeved by the guy who picked it up and broke it -- it was in a special holder on my mantelpiece, out of the way, not sitting in the middle of a coffee table or something. I missed a few moments of the radio show after my call was disconnected; I think the conservator said something about how much damage to precious art is caused by careless people who give in to that urge to handle things.