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(Dave Martindale) wrote in
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Wayne Whitney writes:

It is conceivable that when the shingles were removed from the
packaging at the time of installation, the cellophane strip, instead
of sticking to the underside of the shingle above in the packaging,
stuck to the tar strip on the shingle below. This scenario requires
a manufacturing defect and a really clueless installer.

Stupidity abounds. The house inspector we used when we bought our
house told us a story about a guy who has a "home handyman" radio
show, who really ought to know something about roofs.

Apparently, somebody installed shingles on a house with the courses
starting at the peak of the roof, not the eaves. It looked good,
but leaked. The show's handyman couldn't figure out what was wrong.

(For people who haven't looked at a roof closely, the problem is
that water flows downhill, and with the roof installed as described,
the water flows off one shingle and *underneath* the one in the next
lower course, thus soaking the roof deck instead of reaching the
eaves. On a properly-installed roof, water flows off one shingle
onto the *top* of the next lower course, repeating this all the way
down to the eaves.)

Dave


Sounds fishy. No one is that damn stupid.


Wrong. I've seen home "improvement" things which prove otherwise.




You're right Joe. Someone posted a link once to a site where a home
inspector posted pics of massively stupid **** he found over time.


Last year, a friend of mine had her furnace replaced. When the contractors
cranked it up and began checking whatever they like to check, they realized
something was really screwy about the air flow. The previous owners of the
house had stuffed tightly packed chunks of foil backed fiberglass insulation
into the cold air returns. Over the years, they'd slid down just far enough
so nobody could see them. Fortunately, she replaced the furnace because it
was an ancient rusting piece of junk. If it had been a reasonably modern
unit that just wasn't working well, hopefully some smart contractor would've
noticed the air flow problem.

In both of my homes, prior owners have painted door hardware, sometimes 2-3
times, based on the colors I found while scraping it off. Some may consider
this to be minor stupidity, but it's not. It's the home improvement
equivalent of having anal sex with a goat with toddlers watching.