Baymule’s Journal

[Bruce]

This may be TMI, but I burned my butt sitting on the OSB decking yesterday. I have rosy cheeks and they aren’t on my face.
I got a case of the red a$$.

This might be a case where we will believe it without pictures

You had to contort yourself to get into the 27"x 27 pit then through the 18" x 24" opening.

Sounds just like the house I grew up in. I don't know if it is a So. Cal thing or common for houses with (basically belly) crawl spaces.

 

[Ridgetop]

Yep! Belly crawl space is what it is! When DH was younger, he could contort himself to get under and back out. As he got older and with his bad knee, he couldn't manage as well. Not only is it a "belly crawl" space, but as you worm your way forward to the front of the house, you have to squirm through a second opening in the support foundation about 24" wide by 24" high. No way can DH get through there now except in his imagination.

You need to keep off your crushed foot. It has been scientifically proven that Arnicare applied to the outside of the bruised area and Blue Bell ice cream taken internally is a cure. And sit on an ice pack.

 

[Baymule]

Whew! Neighbor Chase came over this morning and we rolled out radiant heat barrier and screwed 2x4 lath down. We finished rolling out that span of heat barrier, tacked it down and covered everything with the tarps. Called it a day. We cooled off inside and drank lots of water. I’ll finish the lath on this side in the morning.

I go get metal tomorrow afternoon and this side will be ready on Saturday!

 

[Baymule]

We looked at sheep, I called the ewes and lambs in so I could let Cooper and his girls out. Chase is really liking those chocolate lambs, so I told him when I wean them, he can pick out a ram. He’s tickled about that.

 

[Simpleterrier]

Maybe I'm crazy but doesn't felt paper shed the water. I mean at least it does up north. Maybe uens in Texas are far enough south your toilets flush backwards and u like more work. Just thinking out loud on why you are using tarps. I see over the 1x4. Also why the 1x4 u have plywood to screw to but then again maybe us northerns are a little different. Just thinking out loud and watching my garden grow.(I should say my wife's garden the only thing I can grow is green beans and I'll tell her u said it looks good)

 

[Baymule]

The first Saturday we tore shingles off. Got tarps to cover the roof. I’ve just been keeping it covered. The deck is OSB, don’t need it getting wet and falling apart. Putting down lath strips of 2x4s. Again deck is OSB, screw tin directly to it and there’s not enough for screws to grip. The gap between deck and tin helps to carry the heat away. The radiant heat barrier blocks the sun’s heat, the gap acts as ventilation to carry the hot air away.

 

[Ridgetop]

If the rain hits the OSB it literally just dissolves. Even with the felt or tarpaper underlay, it is safer to cover the roof with tarps since there have been so many storms blowing in.

Looking good, and you will be really happy with the heat barrier!

 

[Baymule]

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My FAVORITE review!!! RAINBOW UNICORN KITTY!!! Hahahaha!

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Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2019
Remember that guy in Phoenix that died in someone's attic doing HVAC during the summer when it was one hundred and a billion degrees out? I was almost that guy.So I'm up in the attic, doing HVAC for the new addition on the house. Pretty straightforward stuff, and it's Phoenix. IT'S. ALWAYS. HOT. So attic heat - no problem. Well, in my infinite wisdom I purchased this product ahead of time. I'm going up there anyway, I might as well install some reflecto-barrier while I'm at it. Now - if you're going to be working in the attic, it's wise to lay down some boards to work on, instead of laying in fiberglass insulation. Let me tell you how much fun it is to go up there, sweat like a madman, have all your pores WIDE OPEN, and roll about in fiberglass. The itch is real people. So I figure - why not double my reflective capacity and put down the plywood with the reflective barrier already on it! Genius right?So there I am, up in the attic, 118 degrees outside, literally no airflow. I've got the radiant roof pouring heat in from outside. I've got plywood with reflecto-space-blanket coating underneath me. Might as well be a solar oven up there. I dropped 10lbs of water weight. I might have even seen Jesus. Somewhere in there just shy of dying from heat exposure I realize I've got this amazing shiny stuff that I need to staple to the rafters. I cut a slice, even the barrier from just sitting there is about 140-billion degrees. I'm feeling fortunate for my gloves... incredibly stupid for doing this in the summer... and not sure if I'm dead or alive...*whack* first staple in. *whack* next one in. Slowly but surely, maintaining professional levels of alignment, equal spacing on the staples, and having a great conversation with the rainbow unicorn kitty (who knew they could talk?) I got the first piece in place. What a relief. The kitty thinks it's sparkly, and it looks like a disco. We need some better music. But we decide to put up more, to really complete the theme. Then when everyone else shows up it will be a real party.Next piece of barrier cut. *whack*whack*whack* staples going in. Let me tell you, when this stuff touches your skin - it's like the fire of a thousand suns. All that reflective power must concentrate the reflected energy into one tiny little spot. It even sizzles a little bit. *whack*whack*whack* a few more staples in, and the second barrier is up. Look kitty - it looks like a spaceship! Bet the guys on the moon didn't have it this good.I slide underneath the area with the reflective barrier and I swear the temperature dropped 15 degrees. NO JOKE. Lying there was like heaven, if heaven was 120 degrees, dark, and itchy. Kitty says the party is canceled... but I can't find kitty anymore. Oh well, real friends are hard to come by, and rainbow unicorn kitties are too needy anyway. I happen to like this music anyway.All jokes aside, you could literally feel the temperature change between the area with the barrier and the area without. It is not fun to put up, Imagine working with a 4-foot wide piece of silver saran wrap - without all the stretch. If you get it lined up just right, you can get it installed amazingly tight and it's quite impressive. I used 1/2" staples, and they held amazingly well, even with all the tugging and fussing I was doing to get it in place. If I didn't get it just right, the stuff doesn't tear easily, but with a little effort I could rip it off of the staples and reposition. The material seems to be tear resistant, so rips won't continue if you do mess up and have to pull a staple or two through.Great product, would definitely buy again, once I use up this roll.

 

[CLSranch]

I love that review.

 

[Bruce]

Again deck is OSB, screw tin directly to it and there’s not enough for screws to grip.

And screws don't hold well in OSB anyway. Really glad you are putting in the purlins and metal. I think the roof and its massively oversized 2x2 rafters will be much stronger.

And I suspect the interior of the house will stay much cooler.

If the rain hits the OSB it literally just dissolves.

Yep, one reason I call it ****board.