Recent content by johnnie1600

Guess I should stop raggin' on that roofer. ;) Thanks again.

Wow, yeah that confirms why I found no ridge vent for that section of roof last night when I went up there, and confirms what you noticed in the photo a couple days ago. Nice find Neal, thanks a lot. Makes me think I might have been right about that "roofer with 20 years exp." Who knows...

yeah that all makes a lot of sense. I am gonna remove the cover and check that out. I am gonna also get up on the roof and check the ridge vent out. Ill post back with my findings. Thanks again.

Okay, to clarify: Unbeknownst to me, one day my fiancee had some crew come out to remove the ice dams this winter. I got there as they were finishing up and spoke with the crew leader. I gotta be honest, I didn't get a warm and fuzzy from him at all, and was sure he was fishing for work. He...

Good point about it being localized? There are no dams at all anywhere else. Perhaps you are right about a mistake, seeing as how they completely forgot to insulate one of the bedroom's outer walls. Will check ridge vents and report back. Thanks again Neal.

That is a really good question about the boxes/no sign of vents. The rooms opposing the roof we are talking about all have slanted ceilings I believe. I would have to check to make sure. Great idea about looking at the skylights to get an idea of the size rafters they went with!!! Thanks...

Thanks slow. I took a pic of the soffets. There are multiple vent covers that are obviously covering a hole which leads me to believe there must be vents in the roof. I'm not sure what to look for in terms of the ridge vent. I guess I can google it. Thanks a bunch

I appreciate that very much. We are not getting any damming or ice build-up around the skylights at all fortunately. The damming is only on the eves. I posted a response with a pic to your earlier inquiry about the soffets. After examining them, I think the roof is vented. Perhaps it is as...

Hey nealtw...here is a pic. I attached a pic of the soffet. You cant really tell from the picture (and I dont know why I didn't check this before now) but if these arent functional vents then the builders went through quite an ordeal to make it appear as if the roof is vented. I can see that...

Groaman, so you put them up and take them down each year??? That is what I think I would like to do?? Please let me know!!

Yeah, I was thinking they probably are meant to be up all year. I was hoping it could be something I could put up and take down like Christmas lights. Thanks a lot.

Yes, I have been thinking of going the same route. Im not sure how much having vents installed after the fact will cost, but im sure it wont be pretty. The idea of spending that kind of dough on something that might not fix the problem is kind of scary. I have been reading up a little on...

Sorry, I guess I was picturing the inside of a cathedral when you said vaulted! Okay, I don't remember off hand, what the soffet is constructed out of. I want to say it is tongue and groove, but I am not sure. I will check later today and post back. I do know that the crew of "roofers" she...

Thanks a lot for the feedback. I am not sure if it falls under the classification of a vaulted ceiling? I can say that the ceiling follows the pitch of the roof all the way up to the second floor, so the "main room" has a ceiling that starts out about 9' and pitches up to about 20' or more...

Hello all, thanks in advanced for any opinions. I need some advice regarding ice damming on my fiancee's lean-to style roof. In the picture attached, I have placed red arrows indicating the areas where most of the ice damming occurs. I have been told by some roofers that it is because there...