- Jul 7, 2007
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Hey hey everyone!
Long time no see, eh? We've been pretty busy fixing up the 'new' old house the past few months. All of the painting has been done, floors are in, 90% of the doors are in, kitchen is mostly done, etc....... When it started snowing here a month ago or so, I noticed little icicles hanging off the gutters. Fast forward to today and I'm not liking what I'm seeing. Lets see if I can upload/link this image:
The gutters are full of ice and I'm guessing this is what started the icicles to grow.
Anyhow, that area where the soffet (sp?) is, there's an empty space. I ran some ethernet cable in there the other day from my computer room to the basement and noticed I can kinda see day light along that area, but there is some insulation on the inside walls and the 'floor' of that space.
Edit: I took more pictures because it's just easier lol:
OK I think that's all of em. No fun squeezing in between the ladder and the garage door track, and naturally my shirt got stuck on the way down leading to my flesh being pressed against a cold 35'ish degree aluminum ladder lol.
Now, like I said up above (I think), the lack of insulation where the soffet (sp?) is might be by design, but I'm thinking on the underside of the roof may need some attention.
Those 2 black tubes going up and in are the heating vent runs the HVAC company ran from the basement to the computer room. Originally there was no heat/ac up there at all.
We are getting a new roof this spring/summer. It'll be a metal one - lighter colored to reflect the summer sun. During winters here the sun rarely shines. I'm thinking the new roof goes right on top of the old one?
In the meantime, should I just be knocking these icicles off? I mean, they can't be lightweight!
Thank you all for your insight!
Blah-Toe
Long time no see, eh? We've been pretty busy fixing up the 'new' old house the past few months. All of the painting has been done, floors are in, 90% of the doors are in, kitchen is mostly done, etc....... When it started snowing here a month ago or so, I noticed little icicles hanging off the gutters. Fast forward to today and I'm not liking what I'm seeing. Lets see if I can upload/link this image:
The gutters are full of ice and I'm guessing this is what started the icicles to grow.
Anyhow, that area where the soffet (sp?) is, there's an empty space. I ran some ethernet cable in there the other day from my computer room to the basement and noticed I can kinda see day light along that area, but there is some insulation on the inside walls and the 'floor' of that space.
Edit: I took more pictures because it's just easier lol:
OK I think that's all of em. No fun squeezing in between the ladder and the garage door track, and naturally my shirt got stuck on the way down leading to my flesh being pressed against a cold 35'ish degree aluminum ladder lol.
Now, like I said up above (I think), the lack of insulation where the soffet (sp?) is might be by design, but I'm thinking on the underside of the roof may need some attention.
Those 2 black tubes going up and in are the heating vent runs the HVAC company ran from the basement to the computer room. Originally there was no heat/ac up there at all.
We are getting a new roof this spring/summer. It'll be a metal one - lighter colored to reflect the summer sun. During winters here the sun rarely shines. I'm thinking the new roof goes right on top of the old one?
In the meantime, should I just be knocking these icicles off? I mean, they can't be lightweight!
Thank you all for your insight!
Blah-Toe