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[SAWCE]

Left a review on Facebook for the builder’s company page. Suddenly today, after six months of no communication, he sends emails to the flooring sub and the paint guy and cc’s me.

This must be a small regional builder not one of the big guys.

Yep! Local outfit. And we’re in a smaller (~100k pop.) city, so reputation is big.

[D Griff]

Left a review on Facebook for the builder’s company page. Suddenly today, after six months of no communication, he sends emails to the flooring sub and the paint guy and cc’s me.

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Left a review on Facebook for the builder’s company page. Suddenly today, after six months of no communication, he sends emails to the flooring sub and the paint guy and cc’s me.

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[Johnny_P]

So, house saga continues.

Baby is getting bigger, she needs her own room. She’s outgrowing the walk in closet we turned into her makeshift nursery and we think she’ll be scaling the crib sides pretty soon. We have her in sleep sacks to prevent it but it’s coming.

Anyways. The third floor is the only space that is possible. Problem is it’s unlivable. Way too hot in summer and cold in winter. Got a quote for $3,000 to insulate it which should help. And seems reasonable I guess. Insulation bro saw the bathroom vent fan just discharges into the attic and if it’s not changed to vent thru roof it will cause mold. Fine, call a roofer. And strongly suggested any ducting work gets done before he comes through.

Roofer identifies the house has no air movement under the roof. Which is why it cooks up there. He can fix the bathroom fan issue but also suggested a ridge vent and vented soffits. $2700.

Finally found an HVAC company to come look. They identified the supply flex ducts were completely destroyed when installed. They were crammed between the ceiling and roof so roofing nails shredded them to shit. I’m essentially conditioning the attic instead of the living space which is why my roof never has snow accumulate on it lol. Solution is new rigid ducts to 3 registers, new registers, and a new supply to my son’s room which gets no airflow. $3,000.

9 grand to fix shitty work from prior owners. To just make the space usable. What the fuck.

[golftdibrad1]

So, house saga continues.

Baby is getting bigger, she needs her own room. She’s outgrowing the walk in closet we turned into her makeshift nursery and we think she’ll be scaling the crib sides pretty soon. We have her in sleep sacks to prevent it but it’s coming.

Anyways. The third floor is the only space that is possible. Problem is it’s unlivable. Way too hot in summer and cold in winter. Got a quote for $3,000 to insulate it which should help. And seems reasonable I guess. Insulation bro saw the bathroom vent fan just discharges into the attic and if it’s not changed to vent thru roof it will cause mold. Fine, call a roofer. And strongly suggested any ducting work gets done before he comes through.

Roofer identifies the house has no air movement under the roof. Which is why it cooks up there. He can fix the bathroom fan issue but also suggested a ridge vent and vented soffits. $2700.

Finally found an HVAC company to come look. They identified the supply flex ducts were completely destroyed when installed. They were crammed between the ceiling and roof so roofing nails shredded them to shit. I’m essentially conditioning the attic instead of the living space which is why my roof never has snow accumulate on it lol. Solution is new rigid ducts to 3 registers, new registers, and a new supply to my son’s room which gets no airflow. $3,000.

9 grand to fix shitty work from prior owners. To just make the space usable. What the fuck.

daym man. shitty, but sounds like you are on track to fix the problem.

If its still too hot this summer just bite the bullet for a ductless system for the top floor.

[Johnny_P]

So, house saga continues.

Baby is getting bigger, she needs her own room. She’s outgrowing the walk in closet we turned into her makeshift nursery and we think she’ll be scaling the crib sides pretty soon. We have her in sleep sacks to prevent it but it’s coming.

Anyways. The third floor is the only space that is possible. Problem is it’s unlivable. Way too hot in summer and cold in winter. Got a quote for $3,000 to insulate it which should help. And seems reasonable I guess. Insulation bro saw the bathroom vent fan just discharges into the attic and if it’s not changed to vent thru roof it will cause mold. Fine, call a roofer. And strongly suggested any ducting work gets done before he comes through.

Roofer identifies the house has no air movement under the roof. Which is why it cooks up there. He can fix the bathroom fan issue but also suggested a ridge vent and vented soffits. $2700.

Finally found an HVAC company to come look. They identified the supply flex ducts were completely destroyed when installed. They were crammed between the ceiling and roof so roofing nails shredded them to shit. I’m essentially conditioning the attic instead of the living space which is why my roof never has snow accumulate on it lol. Solution is new rigid ducts to 3 registers, new registers, and a new supply to my son’s room which gets no airflow. $3,000.

9 grand to fix shitty work from prior owners. To just make the space usable. What the fuck.

daym man. shitty, but sounds like you are on track to fix the problem.

If its still too hot this summer just bite the bullet for a ductless system for the top floor.

I’m going to try all this before that route. My utility bills were $800/mo in the middle of winter. This should help that somewhat where a mini split would just add to the power bill. But yeah man I’m so over all this.

Also found out the prior owners used non pressure treated wood for the fence they replaced 2 years ago. I know this because 3 panels are getting absolutely ranked by wood destroying insects. And the water drainage “upgrades” they did are routing rainwater directly onto the deck support legs so those are rotting at their bases.

AND as if that wasn’t enough. They had the contractor who installed the fucking idiotic tongue and groove decking concrete over the foundation stones under the deck. With type S. Over schist and lime mortar foundation. So inside the basement it’s a fucking shit show of blowing out sand, mortar, finishing material etc because the old foundation is designed to soak up water and breathe it out. Type S doesn’t do that so the wall is saturated and water is finding its way out. It previously blew out 3 rows of mortar on the brick wall above the foundation.

I fucking hate these boomers we bought the place from.

[Johnny_P]

Really I’m inching closer and closer to identifying this place as a tear down. But I paid too much to do that to it and can’t afford that.

[golftdibrad1]

daym man. shitty, but sounds like you are on track to fix the problem.

If its still too hot this summer just bite the bullet for a ductless system for the top floor.

I’m going to try all this before that route. My utility bills were $800/mo in the middle of winter. This should help that somewhat where a mini split would just add to the power bill. But yeah man I’m so over all this.

Also found out the prior owners used non pressure treated wood for the fence they replaced 2 years ago. I know this because 3 panels are getting absolutely ranked by wood destroying insects. And the water drainage “upgrades” they did are routing rainwater directly onto the deck support legs so those are rotting at their bases.

AND as if that wasn’t enough. They had the contractor who installed the fucking idiotic tongue and groove decking concrete over the foundation stones under the deck. With type S. Over schist and lime mortar foundation. So inside the basement it’s a fucking shit show of blowing out sand, mortar, finishing material etc because the old foundation is designed to soak up water and breathe it out. Type S doesn’t do that so the wall is saturated and water is finding its way out. It previously blew out 3 rows of mortar on the brick wall above the foundation.

I fucking hate these boomers we bought the place from.

Its pretty typical to not do pressure treated fence boards; posts, yeah.

800 bucks is nuts. Really should have gas in the winter in your climate.

I dont understand the foundation woes but it sounds terrible, sorry bro.