Hello again,
I had a thread around here about the roof replacement and ridge vent. The ridge vent was in the estimate, but the installers didnt have it here and went ahead and installed the new roof without it. Most of the advice here was to have the contractor do what was agreed on, instead of trying to get him to remove an appropriate portion from the bill. I had spoke to the contractor and he appoligised for the mitake and assured me it would be installed as described in the estimate. They also had to order one spigot trim box to complete the vynil siding job. I paid him for the work and had a slight uneasy feeling that it would be like pulling teeth to get him to come back and finish the job. We then had 2 full weeks of rain and wind, so nothing was accomplished. On the first sunny day, last week, the siding guys came back and installed the spigot trim. Siding is now complete and looks great! 2 days later, Saturday, the roofing crew was back and was installing a Cobra ridge vent. I asked him about the potential of leaks and he said he's been installing this same product without incident for years, no leaks or other problems. I did not realise there were so many different Cobra ridge vent products, so I dont know the exact one they installed. I took a peek up into the attic to see what the cut looked like. I can tell the cut was probably not done with a straight edge or guide, but overall it is relatively straight. I would guess that the width of the cut is about 1.5-2". The one thing I noticed that I am not sure about is that it appears they did not cut 3/4" off each piece of sheathing to achieve the 1.5", they took the full cut off of one side of the roof sheathing. I hope I explained that right. I dont know if this is standard practice or just a "shortcut". The good thing about it is that the side they did not cut from is where we get the strongest wind gusts during big storms.
I had a thread around here about the roof replacement and ridge vent. The ridge vent was in the estimate, but the installers didnt have it here and went ahead and installed the new roof without it. Most of the advice here was to have the contractor do what was agreed on, instead of trying to get him to remove an appropriate portion from the bill. I had spoke to the contractor and he appoligised for the mitake and assured me it would be installed as described in the estimate. They also had to order one spigot trim box to complete the vynil siding job. I paid him for the work and had a slight uneasy feeling that it would be like pulling teeth to get him to come back and finish the job. We then had 2 full weeks of rain and wind, so nothing was accomplished. On the first sunny day, last week, the siding guys came back and installed the spigot trim. Siding is now complete and looks great! 2 days later, Saturday, the roofing crew was back and was installing a Cobra ridge vent. I asked him about the potential of leaks and he said he's been installing this same product without incident for years, no leaks or other problems. I did not realise there were so many different Cobra ridge vent products, so I dont know the exact one they installed. I took a peek up into the attic to see what the cut looked like. I can tell the cut was probably not done with a straight edge or guide, but overall it is relatively straight. I would guess that the width of the cut is about 1.5-2". The one thing I noticed that I am not sure about is that it appears they did not cut 3/4" off each piece of sheathing to achieve the 1.5", they took the full cut off of one side of the roof sheathing. I hope I explained that right. I dont know if this is standard practice or just a "shortcut". The good thing about it is that the side they did not cut from is where we get the strongest wind gusts during big storms.