Rolling Thunder

The roofers reappeared at 7:00 am this morning intent upon working the roof of the main house. There were 12 in all. They broke up into two crews, one working the front of the house and the other the rear. They all did not finish for the day until well after dark. They worked hard and no one fell off the roof. Re-roofing is a very messy job. Literally tons of asphalt shingles flew off the roof in crashing cascades. They took their toll on the new sunroom roof felt and pealed away some of the Tyvek wall wrap. The noise was very disturbing. I spent the morning trying to police the fallen debris out of our neighbor's yard. We decided to go out to our Scottish pub for a long lunch. We are very glad we decided to go ahead and get the main house re-roofed now, before the sunroom is finished and before the landscaping is done.

They removed about 75% of the old shingles. Most of the exposed wood was in good condition and was covered with new felt before they quit for the day. I estimate about 25% of the new shingles are in place. Considering how long the worked and how far they got, I would guess it will take two more days to finish the main house. Then they should go to the sunroom and finish the garage. I have confidence they will finish this week.

I sent a note to "Our" Mike today asking him to arrange for more gravel to be brought into the alley and surface from our new garage up to the main alley.

I got an email from Tyler. He sent the contact information he mentioned yesterday for Panasonic fans. I called the contact (Jeff) and introduced myself. Why Tyler did not call him, I don't know, because after talking with Jeff, I sent a note to Tyler detailing our discussion. Tyler subsequently called Jeff to add more details. Bottom line, Panasonic does not have a product applicable to our situation. Jeff suggested I talk to the hot tub manufacturer for their opinion of how much ventilation we need. This is what Frank (HVAC) had also suggested. I told Jeff that I had done that and they were no help. Jeff essentially said I talked with the wrong person. He is probably correct and I may try to call their headquarters tomorrow. I will also call the Seattle based representative of the roof fan I found on-line manufactured by Xpelair. This fan seems like it is a good fit for our application, in fact, their brochure says one of their products is meant for sunrooms and enclosed pool applications. It is quieter than the Panasonic, it is roof mounted and had capacities up to 900 cfm. This is a British firm.

I have not heard back from my ME friend, Bob.

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