attic ventilation: Tips for Nashville Home Buyers (or any buyer) when viewing a house - Part 3 - 08/26/08 12:07 PM
Here is the third part of a 4 part blog I am writing on what issues or potential problems to look for when viewing a house. Remember a reputable home inspector is recommended. Your comments are welcome.
5. Attics...if the home has an attic try to get up there … (1 comments)
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attic ventilation: Is the Attic Gasping for Air - 06/20/08 10:08 AM
Attic ventilation is an often misunderstood and vitally important component of a home. Without it the home would be unable to dissipate moisture or keep the attic cooler thus extending shingle life.
Common attic ventilation devices are gable vents, ridge vents and soffit vents. Some others types are roof vents, either … (13 comments)
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attic ventilation: Is the Attic Gasping for Air - 06/20/08 10:03 AM
Attic ventilation is an often misunderstood and vitally important component of a home. Without it the home would be unable to dissipate moisture or keep the attic cooler thus extending shingle life.
Common attic ventilation devices are gable vents, ridge vents and soffit vents. Some others types are roof vents, either … (0 comments)
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attic ventilation: Climbing Trees and Bad Toupees - 03/12/08 12:25 PM
When I was a kid about 10 years old, I loved to climb trees, much to the worriment of my mom. I even built a tree house for some friends and me in the back yard...but that's a story for another time.
Recently I have begun to call on those old … (7 comments)
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attic ventilation: The Peek-A-Boo Gable! - 11/08/07 12:07 PM
I almost missed it!
Lots of people had missed it. The owner, who had the house built 20 years ago and had lived in it all these years. The builder. The county inspectors. The roofer. The second roofer who installed a new roof one year ago.
Yet there it was. In … (10 comments)
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attic ventilation: Cat on a Hot Roof! - 10/19/07 06:40 PM
"Oh good!" I thought to my self as I drove up the driveway. "A relatively new roof, 30 year shingles, and they threw in a ridge vent."
On a 30 year old house, I had expected to see a roof covering that was not original. Worst case scenerio, they had replaced … (10 comments)
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attic ventilation: Silence of the Fan! - 09/20/07 07:24 PM
This was one of those cases where I had both the owner and the buyer in the house at the same time. My agent told the owner about the attic fan in the story below and it was a bit embarrassing for her because she was trying to do the right thing. … (3 comments)
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attic ventilation: The Sacrificial Attic Fan - 09/19/07 07:06 AM
When I wrote this news letter over a year ago, this was the first instance I had found like this. Since then I have found it three more times, always in a house built in the late 1970's early 1980's. It was a time when the economy was out of control, inflation, … (7 comments)
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attic ventilation: It’s Raining in the Attic, Inadequate Ventilation, New Haven, CT - 09/07/07 03:28 PM
When inspecting a 1940s colonial I noticed the roofing shingles had an unusual and uneven pattern of ageing. Viewing the home from the rear, the left side of the roof covering was distinctly more cupped, curled, and dried than the right side, which was fairly smooth.
Going into the attic I noticed … (1 comments)
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attic ventilation: It’s Raining in the Attic, Inadequate Ventilation, New Haven, CT - 09/07/07 03:21 PM
When inspecting a 1940s colonial I noticed the roofing shingles had an unusual and uneven pattern of ageing. Viewing the home from the rear, the left side of the roof covering was distinctly more cupped, curled, and dried than the right side, which was fairly smooth.
Going into the attic I noticed … (2 comments)
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