When it comes to home comfort and energy efficiency, one often overlooked but crucial area is the attic. Properly insulating your attic roof rafters can make a significant difference in maintaining a cozy and efficient home. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the importance of attic...
Ⅱ.阅读七选五How to Prepare for a Wildfire Before you can effectively prepare, it's very important to understand how wildfires operate.Many think wildfires destroy homes because a wall of flames moves across the landscape. 9 . Now that you know what a wildfire is, here's how you can protec...
measuring an impressive 16 feet long and 6 feet wide, using sustainable practices like repurposing two by fours from previous projects. Learn to install rafters, apply a galvanized metal roof, and paint your
Squirrels in your home should be removed swiftly in order to prevent damage and prevent indoor nesting, which can make the problem worse. Squirrels typically go through two breeding cycles a year in late winter and early spring, and a nest of squirrels in yourattic, walls, or rafters can do...
In this build, you’ll prefabricate the roof trusses that frame the green-house roof to simplify the framing process. Each truss is composed of two angled roof rafters and a horizontal collar tie. There are five trusses in all: front and rear gable-end trusses, and three intermediate trusses...
There are several ways to block and remove heat, including shading through landscaping, using a dark exterior paint, installing a radiant barrier in the roof rafters and good old- fashioned insulation. Another way is through thermal siphoning, the process of removing heat through controlled airflow...
Around roof rafters and eaves Around attic and crawl space vents Near your house’s foundation By doors and windows For small holes, use steel wool to plug the open space. Seal it with caulk. For bigger holes, you can use lath screen, lath metal, cements, hardware cloth, or metal sheeti...
To makecutting a bird's mouth easier, use the first finished rafter as a template for the remaining ones. This ensures all the rafters will be the same. Before using it as a template though, make sure it sits properly and fits snugly. Then take two blocks of wood and nail them to ...
The technical term for this is “hardening” your home, and whether you’re building a new house in the area or retrofitting an existing property, it’s possible to make it more fire resistant. If you’re building or remodeling your home, CAL FIRE has put together a list ofthings you ...
We are in the process of insulating a cathedral ceiling in our remodeled house. We had to pony up to all the existing rafters with 2 x 8's as they were too small (house was built in the 60's with rough sawn fir... good tough stuff, but 2 x 4's don't allow much airflow, ...