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I don't think I have problems with my roof.
Sometimes I have a couple of elephants dancing on it ,but I heard that metal roofing does it.
My question at this point is for educational purpose.
How did the inspector inspect it?
You can not see the roof on the lifted(5+feet) P&P.
There is no ladder or other roof access on the house.
And how the thermal barrier can be seen if you get on the roof?
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Can you call the county and ask to speak to the inspecter that signed off the roof?
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For how the inspector inspected, check with the inspector (our house inspector had a couple of really NICE ladders - along with the little ones he needed for our house) on his roof racks when he inspected our house prior to sale. If the scaffolding or ladders were still up from the installation, I imagine they could have used those...
ETA: For educational purposes only, the way an inspector could inspect a roof that is high are: Climb up (ladder, scaffold, tree, elevation, whatever), fly, lie. Only way to know for sure is to ask...
Did you have a separate 'thermal barrier' (what is the wording you are quoting from? ) such as reflectix, insulation or whatever, that is under the roofing material, but above your ceiling - if so, an attic access port or removing the roofing or ceiling is the way to see it - or are you asking about a metal roofing with a radiant barrier that is on many of the newer metal roof products (check the product mfg - I know that all HPM metal has it & think Aloha roofing does, too - if so, check the manifest for that)?
You are asking very general questions for things that I suspect you have very specific questions about. It is impossible to answer them with any semblance of accuracy, much less to meet your expectations (on quite a few questions already, people have taken the time to try to answer your question, only to find out you had quite a very specific question that you were hedging... like the rain gutters) If you have a specific question, ask it.
I know quite a few people have already suggested this, but it really seems like you have a lot of questions that:
- should go to the craftsman you hired and/or the county
- should have been asked prior to closing
I also suspect that quite a few here may not answer questions that you should ask to the ones involved in the building.
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Thank you,Carey.
I do understand that asking the inspector is he best way to do get the information.
Whether or not it is a good idea is a different question.
I don't have any other "hidden questions" on this subject.
The purpose was as I said -to learn.
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Eightfingers,I didn't know that it was a special inspector for the roof.
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On your plans and permit is the required inspections.
Do you believe something is wrong with your roof? Tech shield or variations of it, are very easy to see as they are going up. They are usually 4 x 8 sheets, and reflective. Weren't you on site a large portion of the time? (I thought you were?) Did you see them go up? And yes you can peek in the attic and see the underside of the roof structure.
Are you questioning the roofing material itself? or the installation of the roofing material? or just the sub-roof?
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Cat,I was not there.I actually came several months after the final.
I don't know if anything wrong with the roof.
The elephants don't come often.[
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I've just looked at the plans after your post (I was not questioning
anything).
It says "alum-zink", nothing else.
The thermal barrier I believe was supposed to be the material inside.I mentioned it to the drafts person.
I am sure it is there.
When I am in the loft and the elephants come I thought that would be interesting to take a look sand see what they are doing..
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The elephants will come and go with the sun and clouds. The heating and cooling of the metal makes the elephants dance up there.
If you are in the loft, you will be able to see if you have a thermal barrier.
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The Elephant dance is the expansion & contraction of all metal roofs due to temperature. It is very evident here when there is a drastic change from sun to no-sun (like clouds or rain coming on a very sunny day... even one very dark cloud can bring in an elephant or two. This is very normal for metal roofs here.
Pre-planning ways to really diminish all metal roof noises would be to not have a metal roof, or go with a very heavy roof deck (some of the very quiet systems I have seen here use a roof deck of T&G 2x4's , 3/4 plywood, then the roofing metal... this is a very heavy & $$$ way to go, but it is pretty quiet....) most of us just go with the flow of the elephants (how else do you know when to quickly pull in the wash that WAS hanging on the line in the sun???) Thermal insulation is not designed for limiting acoustics, and most just dampen the thud of the elephants paws & the dance of the lead footed rain fairies.... to eliminate the noise of their dance you would need to add acoustic insulation, which might not be that easy & would cost a bit...
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Wow, Carey. Great extended elephant metaphor!
StillHope: Don't make me come over there with a needleful of Demoral. You are as jumpy as I was right before (and after escrow). Make a list of the things that you suspect may be awry (not quite right) at the home, and then have a conversation about those with the right person.
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in keeping with the holiday season:
up on the rooftop elephants paw(se)...............sorry, couldn't help myself.
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"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
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