Thursday, November 20th, 2008
By William Kibbel, Old House Inspector
In response to an e-mail, you were kind enough to explain how to best insulate our old house attic. We are now seriously considering finishing the attic. I'm guessing this would change how to insulate. Would we just put the insulation between the roof rafters, ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
By William Kibbel, Old House Inspector
Never heard of a pent roof? That’s okay, my spell check doesn’t even recognize it. They were rather common on the early homes around my area. Now they’re almost extinct.
A pent roof is a small single-slope roof that is attached to a house just above ...
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