Yesterday I went to look at at house that they claimed to have mold growing on the ceiling of the exterior walls. The man was sure on the phone his roof was leaking and I figured it was a ventilation issue.
When I arrived the older couple showed me the mold. It was on the drywall on the exterior walls. I made my way to the attic and noticed that the insulation was at about an R-19 and that majority of it was blocking the soffit intake (there is vented panels all along the eaves of the 4/12 hip roof). Also all the nails were covered in frost as was most of the underside of all the 1/2" CDX. Most of the sheathing looked bad as I was unable to walk on the roof because of the snow we've had.
I explained their ventilation problem to them. That the best solution would be to remove the 2 layers of comp shingles, replace plywood as need, new roof system with proper ventilation. As for the attic install air chutes and enough insulation to achieve an R-38. The man looked at his wife and said, "honey it looks like we have a major problem". He then turned to me and said, " Put me on your list and come spring fix us up right". I was shocked, I told him I would come back when the snow was melted and measure the roof up. I would give him a job proposal and bring some literature. He was OK with that but it didn't seem like a big deal to him. It was real nice for somebody to gain my trust like that, understand the problem and be willing to take care of it.
A little more about the house. The current weather has been snow for a few weeks, anywhere between 0 and 20f. There was frost all over the attic, underside of sheathing, nails,joists, insulation. Like I said its really short on insulation, the intake is blocked, and there is not enough exhaust. So does my solution of; R-38 insulation, air chutes, and new roof system with ventilation sound like a fix. Am I missing anything? Thanks guys
When I arrived the older couple showed me the mold. It was on the drywall on the exterior walls. I made my way to the attic and noticed that the insulation was at about an R-19 and that majority of it was blocking the soffit intake (there is vented panels all along the eaves of the 4/12 hip roof). Also all the nails were covered in frost as was most of the underside of all the 1/2" CDX. Most of the sheathing looked bad as I was unable to walk on the roof because of the snow we've had.
I explained their ventilation problem to them. That the best solution would be to remove the 2 layers of comp shingles, replace plywood as need, new roof system with proper ventilation. As for the attic install air chutes and enough insulation to achieve an R-38. The man looked at his wife and said, "honey it looks like we have a major problem". He then turned to me and said, " Put me on your list and come spring fix us up right". I was shocked, I told him I would come back when the snow was melted and measure the roof up. I would give him a job proposal and bring some literature. He was OK with that but it didn't seem like a big deal to him. It was real nice for somebody to gain my trust like that, understand the problem and be willing to take care of it.
A little more about the house. The current weather has been snow for a few weeks, anywhere between 0 and 20f. There was frost all over the attic, underside of sheathing, nails,joists, insulation. Like I said its really short on insulation, the intake is blocked, and there is not enough exhaust. So does my solution of; R-38 insulation, air chutes, and new roof system with ventilation sound like a fix. Am I missing anything? Thanks guys
He asked me one time if I could cut a beam out for him.
