Archive for the ‘obsolete design elements’ Category

How to Insulate a Finished Attic

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, ...

Pent Roofs — An Endangered Species

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 ...