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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Sunday, August 31, 2014 3:04:34 PM UTC-4, Danny D. wrote:
Oren wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:26:45 -0700: Ordinarily, the whole house fan is mounted in a hallway ceiling. I don't think that would be the best option. There is one of these in most rooms... https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3896/1...e81f083e_c.jpg Is that a 'whole house fan'? Yes, it's just missing the 3 ft round hole above to push air into the attic. Get a saw and cut that whole all around the fan. |
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:04:33 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote: https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5574/1...ef7ef803_b.jpg That looks like a bathroom ventilation fan to extract moisture from the bathroom. It's mounted in the ceiling in the bathroom? Going out a soffit vent... Yeah, that isn't supposed to be, but I've seen it before. Proably not the worst thing, but I think it's a code violation. Also, maybe it's just the perspective, but don't those rafters seems kind of far apart? And he did say it's a tile roof. I'd be concerned with moisture collecting in the ducts. Pooling in low spots for potential leaks later. I can't tell if the duct lines are rigid or flexible. How they are pitched or why the use a soffit vent for exhaust? |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:09:08 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote: There is one of these in most rooms... https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3896/1...e81f083e_c.jpg Is that a 'whole house fan'? Yes, it's just missing the 3 ft round hole above to push air into the attic. Get a saw and cut that whole all around the fan. Giggle. Don't tell Danny that. You and I almost had to fly out there and fix his pool pump |
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Oren wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:33:23 -0700:
I think the only ventilation is what these little openings provide. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5574/1...ef7ef803_b.jpg That looks like a bathroom ventilation fan to extract moisture from the bathroom. It's mounted in the ceiling in the bathroom? Going out a soffit vent... Yes. That was connected to the bathroom. I hadn't even known that but when you said this, I turned it on, and then went to the attic two floors up, and noticed that it was humming. So, you know what it is, better than I do! |
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On Sunday, August 31, 2014 5:21:20 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:04:33 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5574/1...ef7ef803_b.jpg That looks like a bathroom ventilation fan to extract moisture from the bathroom. It's mounted in the ceiling in the bathroom? Going out a soffit vent... Yeah, that isn't supposed to be, but I've seen it before. Proably not the worst thing, but I think it's a code violation. Also, maybe it's just the perspective, but don't those rafters seems kind of far apart? And he did say it's a tile roof. I'd be concerned with moisture collecting in the ducts. Pooling in low spots for potential leaks later. I can't tell if the duct lines are rigid or flexible. How they are pitched or why the use a soffit vent for exhaust? Typically they are flex, very easy to install. The easy part is also why a lot of them wind up run to soffit vents, though as I said IDT that's code. |
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trader_4 wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:04:33 -0700:
but don't those rafters seems kind of far apart? And he did say it's a tile roof. The roof is definitely tile, no doubt about that. I just measured, center to center, that they're 24 inches: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3884/1...c946f1ca_b.jpg And that they're six inches tall: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3842/1...3cd7acaa_b.jpg Is that not normal? NOTE: We don't get snow. |
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Danny D. wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:04:51 +0000:
I just measured, center to center, that they're 24 inches: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3884/1...c946f1ca_b.jpg And that they're six inches tall: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3842/1...3cd7acaa_b.jpg oops. 9 inches tall, 24 inches apart. Is that not normal? |
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Oren wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:54:46 -0700:
You and I almost had to fly out there and fix his pool pump Yeah, and my garage door rube goldberg plate metal to hold the supports, and my sister's garbage disposal, and her bathroom toilet cooties, and my alarm system ... and ... and ... |
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trader_4 wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:08:03 -0700:
There's only a vent in one gable? Nothing in the other ends? Depending on how it would look, what those other sides face, you could put another gable vent in. That would double the exit venting. And also help even more, maybe, depending on the prevailing winds. There are about five of those gables. All of them meet in the middle of the house, so, they all kinda combine at different levels. One time I drilled between floors, and it took 5 feet of drill just to get from one floor to the ceiling of the other floor, so, they have all sorts of secret passageways (all closed off) between the floors. Dunno why. I'm not the original owner. But the point is that the five attics all kind of meet in the middle, but not really. You can only crawl between two of them. The rest are totally self contained. |
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On Sunday, August 31, 2014 7:05:46 PM UTC-4, Danny D. wrote:
Danny D. wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:04:51 +0000: I just measured, center to center, that they're 24 inches: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3884/1...c946f1ca_b.jpg And that they're six inches tall: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3842/1...3cd7acaa_b.jpg oops. 9 inches tall, 24 inches apart. Is that not normal? Those are some whopping big uns, 2 x 10s. I wouldn't have thought they were that from the pic. So, yeah I think they're fine. |
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:15:36 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote in Last I checked, the 520 foot well was producing gray water, which is water that I saw myself (they wouldn't let me photograph it so that picture is from across the neighbor's yard). For two weeks, they had pumped the water out of that new 520 foot well, but it was *still* as gray as paint! I saw it with my own eyes. The guy showed me a white 5-gallon bucket with the water in it and he said the gray is part of the water. It doesn't settle out. Well, that doesn't sound good at all. I hope it clears up, and it should have after two weeks of pumping. Let us know how it works out. -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one. Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those newspapers delivered to your door every morning. |
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CRNG wrote, on Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:07:05 -0500:
Well, that doesn't sound good at all. I hope it clears up, and it should have after two weeks of pumping. Let us know how it works out. I'll try. The problem is that every house is gated, so, I can't just walk up to anyone's property. Also, the neighbor I help is the next-door neighbor to the one who did the drilling. Up until this new well, they shared a well; but now they're divorcing from that contract, so to speak. I'll see what I can find out, especially if/when I see the drillers, I'll pump them for information. |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:55:16 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: Oren wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:33:23 -0700: I think the only ventilation is what these little openings provide. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5574/1...ef7ef803_b.jpg That looks like a bathroom ventilation fan to extract moisture from the bathroom. It's mounted in the ceiling in the bathroom? Going out a soffit vent... Yes. That was connected to the bathroom. I hadn't even known that but when you said this, I turned it on, and then went to the attic two floors up, and noticed that it was humming. So, you know what it is, better than I do! Remember, I told your the story about huckleberries and baskets wink Now you know! |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:05:46 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: Danny D. wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:04:51 +0000: I just measured, center to center, that they're 24 inches: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3884/1...c946f1ca_b.jpg And that they're six inches tall: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3842/1...3cd7acaa_b.jpg oops. 9 inches tall, 24 inches apart. Is that not normal? My roof trusses are 2X4 construction with a tile roof. I'd not worry about the spacing. The truss engineer figured it all out. |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:09:46 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: Oren wrote, on Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:54:46 -0700: You and I almost had to fly out there and fix his pool pump Yeah, and my garage door rube goldberg plate metal to hold the supports, and my sister's garbage disposal, and her bathroom toilet cooties, and my alarm system ... and ... and ... ....because we love you G |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:20:33 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote: I just measured, center to center, that they're 24 inches: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3884/1...c946f1ca_b.jpg And that they're six inches tall: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3842/1...3cd7acaa_b.jpg oops. 9 inches tall, 24 inches apart. Is that not normal? Those are some whopping big uns, 2 x 10s. I wouldn't have thought they were that from the pic. So, yeah I think they're fine. Notice the 2X10s have no knots. Nice wood. |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
Oren wrote, on Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:20:35 -0700:
Notice the 2X10s have no knots. Nice wood. What size are "normal" rafters? |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
Oren wrote, on Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:14:38 -0700:
...because we love you G Well, there was that one guy from southern California, who didn't ... |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 00:04:15 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: Oren wrote, on Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:20:35 -0700: Notice the 2X10s have no knots. Nice wood. What size are "normal" rafters? Depends on what the truss engineer calls for from the blueprints, best I can tell. Mine are 2X4, your's are 2X10. I've seen some 2X6 inch. I'd image a lot goes into it the calculations, like roof loads, etc. It's outside my pay grade |
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Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 00:05:13 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: ...because we love you G Well, there was that one guy from southern California, who didn't ... Did it take any beans off your plate? |
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Oren wrote, on Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:16:56 -0700:
Mine are 2X4, your's are 2X10. I've seen some 2X6 inch. Well, I guess with mine being larger, I shouldn't worry; but someone had said they thought the framing was funky so, I was just a bit worried. Thanks, as always, for your insight! |
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