Pokin' Holes in the Roof

Doesn't sound like a good idea, does it?

When Doug suggested this, I wasn't so sure. He was talking about roof vents, which ideally would have been added during construction. They weren't. The guy who built the house acted as his own general contractor (GC), and skipped out on a few things...some important, some not. This was one of the more important ones.

We spent an evening looking at our options. Ridge vents, along the top of the roof, are the best option both for looks and function. Retrofitting that to an existing roof was a little more than we wanted to take on, so we            passed on that. We also looked at electric options - we'd only need two of those, but they would need to be wired, wouldn't work without electricity, and would actually cost us money to run. Scratch that. Then we looked at the basic roof vents. We'd need eleven to vent the house and the shop, but they don't require electricity and they work no matter what. Sold.

So Saturday morning, Doug went up in the attic and marked where he wanted those suckers. Jack wanted to go up, too.

Then he spent the morning putting in the vents.

Bonnie kept him company.

The benefit was immediate - without air conditioning, our house only warmed up to 74 degrees in the time it usually took to get to 78. Hopefully we'll see the difference on our A/C bill, too.

Here's what the roof looks like now:

The back of the house

The shop

A very productive weekend. Hope you all have a a great week saying goodbye to August and hello to September!!!

PS - again, no new blooming plants this week. My delphiniums are reblooming, though!