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April, a month of hell!!!

RCP Phx

NAXJA Forum User
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Phoenix,Az
I just received my dumpster and I have my roofing contractor scheduled for May 1st. I've got until then to demolish/rebuild my house patio (20'x30') due to water damage, then my roofer will do the entire house. I've already received my lumber order so demolition starts tomorrow!
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Believe it or not, it does rain here! In all reality though the main roof (4-12 pitch) was questionable when I bought the house 23yrs ago and I have been nursing it since! The attached patio (1/4-12 pitch) has leaked for almost 20yrs and I just gave up on it. Because of the 20k+ price tag I have been putting everything off but just can't anymore.
 
Almost done with the demo and the bin is filling up!
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one big circular saw!!!

Made some real progress today....
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Got most of the main rafters in, have to work on all the compound tie-in work next!
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Got the patio basically done! I pre-primed most of the lumber but I ran a little short so I have some spot priming to do plus weld-up a couple of custom rafter brackets but it's ready for the roofer a week ahead of schedule!!! :cheers:
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18" joist spacing?

No, that would be a horrible idea, standard building construction framing is either 16" or 24"! Both my house (built 1959) and my garage (built 2014) are 24" on center.
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OOPS!!!

Yesterday I ordered a skylight flashing kit for the main house as I thought I knew which model I have. Today I found out how to identify the models and of course the one I ordered is the wrong one. I just reordered the correct one but I'm going to pray that it arrives in time as the roofers start on Monday. I hope I can stall them enough on that part of the roof till it arrives!
 
Got most of the main rafters in, have to work on all the compound tie-in work next!
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Priming/painting before assembly; the only way to go for outdoor/exposed/semi exposed.

ETA: Where are the duplex nails? :)
 
ETA: Where are the duplex nails? :)

I hardly ever use them any more, even for concrete form work! I did remove a ton of cut nails the wood on the patio construction!
 
Cut nails are the best. Less likely to split the material; and they hold better. Had a house for 10+ years, built in the late 1890's. Loved it, and hated it!
When the wind blew 10 mph outside, it blew 15 in the house.

BTW, those are some stout engineered trusses. :D

Never did much masonry, but that pre stressed header is pretty dam cool.
 
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That's a story in a story! City of Phoenix Planning Department did not "Recognize" the product because it's from Florida (something I researched out). They would accept my plans if I got a Engineer to sign off on my plans(drew them up myself). I not only hired a engineer but paid 250$ for the beam, but 1800$ to truck it to Arizona!
 
The roofer was here yesterday and they are almost done, still waiting for the skylight flashing arrive. The price tag went up 5k$ because we decided to sheath the roof so we get it done all at the same time for a solid start from the beginning.
 
This chapter is over! Roofers finished up Friday and I dropped off a check for it yesterday. All in all $25k is a hard hit but I'm left with a good feeling as it was needed to get thru the next 20 years without a worry!
 
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