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That is stupid high. What's your soil like there? decently dense? For a small structure like that they may not even need deep footings.
If you're going to get fancy (like with windows in your example) i'd do a turn down slab to frost depth. Also, xps around perimeter.
Hatorade
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Gavinmad
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This is a combination math/contruction problem, and my brain melts every time I try to sort it out. We're almost done putting on a metal roof, but the flashing they got doesn't sit properly due to the outer rib of the roofing , so we talked with the guy and figured out something else he liked. Since the new stuff is slightly more expensive and there's a small return penalty on the old stuff, we need to have as little waste as possible when ordering the new stuff.
There are seven edges of the roof that need to be flashed. Two edges are 18' long, two edges are 23'3" long, and three edges are 20'8" long. The flashing comes in lengths of 14' and 9', any seams need to add 3 inches (total) of overlap, and any piece less than 2' long can't be used, and we must use a full length piece whenever possible, so no patching an entire edge in with leftover scrap. What is the minimum amount of flashing I need to order?
There are seven edges of the roof that need to be flashed. Two edges are 18' long, two edges are 23'3" long, and three edges are 20'8" long. The flashing comes in lengths of 14' and 9', any seams need to add 3 inches (total) of overlap, and any piece less than 2' long can't be used, and we must use a full length piece whenever possible, so no patching an entire edge in with leftover scrap. What is the minimum amount of flashing I need to order?
18'- 4x14
2x 10' left over
23 use 2x10 left over and 2x14
20'8" use 2x 14
7 left over
use 7 and 1x 14
1x14 and 1x9
10x 14' and 1x 9' is what i gets.
2x 10' left over
23 use 2x10 left over and 2x14
20'8" use 2x 14
7 left over
use 7 and 1x 14
1x14 and 1x9
10x 14' and 1x 9' is what i gets.
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Gavinmad
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btw in case anyone couldn't figure it out for themselves roofing in winter is hell on earth. I mean obviously we shouldn't have started the job so late in the year, but it was either that or not do it until some time in spring. The wind, which was supposed to die down this afternoon, instead started gusting to 25-30mph, so the wind chill was right around zero. We're working on outskirts of a really small town, so it's essentially out in the country with nothing to impede the wind. Thankfully most of the work today was at least partially shielded by the roof, but getting the temporary ridge cap in place without losing it to the wind took my hands from tolerably cold to early stages of numbness in less than five minutes.
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Gavinmad
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I don't roof full time actually, although I have in the past. This is a job for a friend of my father, and thankfully it's a metal roof so we can just put the 1x4s and metal sheets down over the existing roof instead of having to do a 2 layer tear off. It's been tolerably miserable lately but then yesterday I was contemplating dousing myself in gasoline and lighting a match so that I would at least die warm. We got the last of the roofing sheets in place yesterday, so all thats left about 2/3rds of the ridge that needs to be cut open before we put the ridge cap on, shortening some siding before we put it back on, and then wait for the new gable trim which is the stuff you helped me with earlier.
I'll be glad when this shit is done.
I'm shocked to learnGavinmad is Mexican, been to jail, or both.
Sorry bro, never been to jail and Mexicans are only good for shingles, not rubber or metal.
Hatorade
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This explains why every roofer I have known personally is hooked on pain pills.
chaos
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Yeah. I did roofing in high school for a while. At the end of the day my buddy and I would be dead and all the mexicans would already be a case of beer deep just laughing their asses off at us. That's hard ass work.