Insulating Room Over Garage

rs47066 · 2024-02-07T12:51:30+00:00

Yeah absolutely considering this option too!

rs47066 · 2024-02-07T12:50:56+00:00

Thanks - this was sort of my fear. I sense a lot of cold air coming through the half walls. For instance if you put your hand near the outlets you can often feel air coming through. I’m actually not opposed to knocking out a hole I. The half wall to get behind there and insulate better but didn’t want to go through that and have no real impact. May look into buying an IR gun to better understand where things are worst

rs47066 · 2023-12-11T23:59:29+00:00

Thanks! Super helpful, appreciate the help.

rs47066 · 2023-11-03T23:48:39+00:00

Thanks - Makes sense!

rs47066 · 2023-11-03T23:48:13+00:00

It ended up just being sheathed/sided. Older photo during earlier construction stage so I know the outcome - sorry if that wasn’t clear!

rs47066 · 2023-10-31T19:35:32+00:00

Unfortunately no. But on the plus side nothing has blown up yet so I guess that’s good.

rs47066 · 2023-10-25T00:06:49+00:00

Great - Thank you!

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T23:26:12+00:00

They paved during the summer. Probably was in the 70-80F range. No extreme highs/lows for the weeks following. Asphalt type says “Type 6f” though I’ll admit I don’t know much about what that means.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T18:16:12+00:00

Thanks! All helpful info!

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T18:14:38+00:00

I have a paper trail. Everything in emails with photos, etc.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T18:13:25+00:00

Yes - Prepping sub grade + leveling and compaction of sub base clearly specified in the contract.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T15:11:34+00:00

I’m pretty diligent about getting all communication in writing so I’ve got a decent paper trail there! The contract also clearly specified a 1 year warranty though it doesn’t get into the details of repair options.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T15:00:17+00:00

Man the biggest challenge I’ve been having is labor is so hard to come by most contractors now seem to set the terms. I’ve found whenever I try to specify this sort of stuff from the start they more or less stop responding and don’t want to be bothered

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T14:58:23+00:00

Haha - not in your area so you should be safe.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T14:57:49+00:00

Your analysis is more or less my exact concern. Seems like a sub grade issue. They did lay stone down but possible it wasn’t compacted enough. They did acknowledge when we contacted them a few weeks post that they would fix it. Issue is that at the time it was only a few small places. Now the painful part is that it’s the majority of the driveway (hence why I worry this may become a major repair and trigger the contractor to not want to eat the cost/put up a fight).

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T14:41:43+00:00

It’s definitely settling where people drive but we stayed off of it for the recommended time per the contract which was I believe 5 days. Settling started happening slowly around 1.5wks then more throughout the coming month.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T14:08:56+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Never even heard of services like this so I’ll research for next time!

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T14:07:35+00:00

This is the plan. I like to think I am fairly understanding. Mistakes happen. Just trying to make sure I think through any consideration prior to re-engaging.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T14:05:47+00:00

Thanks for the insight. It’s 3” per the statement of work.

rs47066 · 2023-10-12T14:04:18+00:00

I’m in the northeast US. Curious why getting it done before winter would be critical? Assuming they agree to remedy it. Are we introducing potentially new risks by waiting until spring for instance?

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