long overdue post, i know...but there hasnt really been anything to photograph yet. we are just doing electrical work and we started insulating yesterday.
we had a text book ice dam this week too, very exciting. because there was no insulation in the roof, the 12" of snow that was packed on the roof was melting from below (from the heat of the house) and this causes the melting snow to drip off of the eave. as it drips off of the eave it freezes and not only creates lovely icicles, but the entire length of the roof edge was solid ice--about 3-4" thick! that ice, as it expands, works its way back under the shingles---and as more snow melts, it finds its way inside the house!
we caught the ice dam in time and scott went outside to chip away the ice...so a major problem was diverted. if you have a well insulated roof/ceiling, then you shouldnt get ice dams...so we have started to insulate, now that the wiring is done.
because our blog has been empty lately we joked about posting a daily injury report -nothing major, but we get some pretty nasty boo boos on a daily basis (no photos, just imagine). like puncturing my head on a roofing nail that was sticking through the plywood in the crawlspace...or, repeatedly puncturing the back of my hand on those same damn nails! or how about this one...when working over my head my hand slipped and my thumb whacked against a ceiling joist---no biggie, except that there just happened to be a nail or splinter sticking out of that joist in that very convenient location and it jammed its way under my thumb nail-pretty deep! (eee, that still makes me cringe) and of course, the classic hammering of the fingernails--kind of boring as far as boo boos go, but i got a nice blood blister from one! and did you know, that if you are on a ladder all day and you lean your shins into the next ladder rung for stability...that you get pretty uniform bruises on you shins? i have a 3" horizontal purple and blue band on my legs--about 12" up from my feet!!! nnnice!
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