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Oh most definitely... I just want to spend the next few months figuring out what all my options are. The roof gets tackled pretty close to, if not right on day 1, so it's worth having some idea of what types of ventilation will be going in. The ridge vent & vented drip edge I do want, since I...

No HVAC whatsoever... thus my post's title. :) None whatsoever. No room for a proper system. Attic=master bedroom. It needs to have a tiny footprint. No need for anything extensive where I live. I'm mostly in it for the ventilation and the occasional desire for heat. Not really sure what you...

Also found some groovy venting skylights. There is one currently, which will be replaced with a vented one. I might want a few. If I go this route, do I still need a ridge vent? (We keep our windows open for 90% of the year) I will drool over this balcony skylight but I'm not paying that...

We're planning to take out everything inside down to the rafters - one, because the walls were done poorly; two, so we can see the extent of the dry rot damage on the east side of the house where it can't be seen from the outside (the neighboring building was built about 12" from ours). But...

very interesting... hailing from climates where no A/C was a death sentence, the vented drip edge and ridge vent are all new to me. I like that it doesn't require electricity. Watching some youtube videos and it doesn't look bad at all to install.

I'm a CLR fan as well, it's brilliant. I also use a professional grade steam cleaner or a blower with the pinhead attachment. OK, so I'm a bit off the deep end on the cleanliness front. That's because my last 15 years have been spent renovating 3 different homes and I feel like I'm in a...

nealtw, I'm not sure how our cities' laws differ (though I can tell you that San Francisco has a crazy complex law about EVERYthing), but here, the city ordered mandatory seismic retrofits be done by owners of a certain subset of buildings - those over 5 units with a soft story (garage, etc.) at...

Having recently sold my beloved 186-year old Philadelphia rowhome and struggled with a beast of a basement there for 10 years, I agree with nealtw ^ ... you can't seal from the inside. I also agree re: carpet, too - I'd also go with tile, or polished concrete, or depending what you're using the...

Hi! Thanks for your response. What type roof? Asphalt shingle; to be replaced in the next year or so Is there any soffit and roof venting? No How much insulation is in the attic? Hard to tell if there is ANY, since I bought the home tenant-occupied and can't go in headfirst swinging a...

Thanks everyone! Earthquake retrofits are among the first things we'll do; the retaining wall and the foundation should cover a lot of that. Left coast certainly is different! I previously lived in Philadelphia and before that, outside of DC on the MD side. My Philadelphia house was...

I bought a major fixer of a house in San Francisco, 1700 sq ft, 2 units (a 1-story below a 2-story), and HVAC of any sort is one of the many things it lacks. Granted, we're in San Francisco, and on the "warm" side of the city where in an energy efficient building may never need heating or...

My husband and I just bought a major fixer of a lil pre-fire house in San Francisco on a very steep slope! We won't be occupying it nor starting construction til March of 2017 (because San Francisco) but I wanted to bounce ideas off folks in the meantime as we imagine our projects. This'll be my...