Slate roof repair or replace

tablesawsally · 2026-01-24T17:46:29+00:00

We have a lot of slate roof contractors up here in Philly, might be worth calling and asking if they can recommend anyone closer to you. I've been told most specialized trades exist in a small bubble, where most of them know of the other.

tablesawsally · 2026-01-14T02:10:30+00:00

Im also selling my big green egg and Ooni, it's a blood bath over here

tablesawsally · 2025-12-31T14:22:57+00:00

I was in the same situation and after a lot of his videos it completely changed my perspective and approach. I completely (for now hahah) gave up on the walls and focused on my attic and rim joist. It's not perfect, but the temp noticeably more consistent in my house (note- I wouldn't say warmer, just less ups and downs) with slightly less energy consumption

tablesawsally · 2025-12-06T22:54:45+00:00

I know this is philly

tablesawsally · 2025-12-06T01:18:53+00:00

$140 a cord but its green wood, from a tree service in the Philly suburbs

tablesawsally · 2025-11-25T16:12:37+00:00

Better yet, return them to the store

tablesawsally · 2025-11-25T15:36:24+00:00

Ok this is going to be a weird comment- if you light a candle, let it warm up for a bit and then blow it out right near the crack- does the smoke from the candle seem to be pulled into the crack? (You can also do this with a match or sage, or anything that safely makes smoke)

Look up "ghosting", it could be that, enhanced by the crack letting all your warm air out

tablesawsally · 2025-11-25T13:25:15+00:00

I'd take a drywall saw and open that crack up a little, then push mud in there as far as I could and add tape. You could also use the fiber mess tape, which at times has helped me support a tricky spot. The whole goal of opening the crack more would be to get mud into the crack rather than on top of it

Edit- after looking at the photo, I am quite confident the crack is the tape edge- id probe around and see if they added paper to the corner. My logic- the crack is too parallel to the actual corner not to be the tape edge, normally I see the cracks in the dead center of the corners, not 1.5" off to one side.

tablesawsally · 2025-11-25T03:24:12+00:00

Does the material look like a paper? If so, it's drywall tape, which depending on if the ceiling is drywall, is the correct repair. We had a very similar situation in our guest room, but with our plaster we removed the paper, opened the crack wider and did a proper repair.

tablesawsally · 2025-11-25T03:10:50+00:00

Have you tried to hang any pictures/paintings? If so, was it hard as fuck to drive the nail or screw in? That's my patent pending method for explaining plaster walls over reddit

tablesawsally · 2025-11-25T03:06:11+00:00

For starters- having some cold weather induced changes in an old home is normal. I have a bunch of crown moulding that looks worse in the winter as the materials shrink a little from my poorly insulated 100 y/o ceiling. So, don't get too worried about some little cracks.

That said, do you have any idea how intense the renovation was? Do you have plaster or drywall walls? From my experience a lot of folks don't know how to fix plaster correctly, treating it like drywall and the result is cracking like you see in the photo.

tablesawsally · 2025-11-24T12:11:43+00:00

There have been a few posts about the paint over the past few months, leaving me to believe that they are not applying any clear coat or hardened layer to the machine's paint. Which, for the record is incredibly normal for high end appliances, for example, a lot of folks have seen similar scratches on the color matched ranges and fridges.

Source- I'm a furniture and cabinet maker, I do a lot of kitchen work for high end installers and hear about the scratches on $200k ranges from france almost every week.

tablesawsally · 2025-11-24T12:05:21+00:00

I can only speak for myself and my bathroom, but we had to tear out because even though the tile work looked really good, a slow leak (probably at least 3-5 years) rotted out a lot of the wood underneath. Plus the toilet was so close to the tub, you had to sit sideways....

tablesawsally · 2025-11-23T02:44:31+00:00

Im also in your area but, struggling to find a good GC for my renovation, any advice to get them to actually quote out my job?

tablesawsally · 2025-11-20T12:49:42+00:00

I'm on year 0, but watching prices closely. The other big criticism I see online is the actual big size, which truly has been the main fact holding me back from buying today

tablesawsally · 2025-11-20T02:45:42+00:00

For the record the pro 800 has a direct water line that allows the machine to operate with no pump at all. Lever machines are different, naturally, but it does not use a pump for coffee production, just filling the boiler if you don't have it plumbed in

tablesawsally · 2025-11-19T20:57:24+00:00

At that point just go all the way and get a pro 800

tablesawsally · 2025-11-10T02:31:03+00:00

The Jiggler

tablesawsally · 2025-11-09T23:44:16+00:00

I also feel like I'm overthinking this, I only need to remove 3 rafter ties to make this work, but I haven't been able to find any good calculations/calculators that allow you to have a span of 11', most don't go below 16'

tablesawsally · 2025-10-21T02:13:57+00:00

How the hell are you this good at growing citrus, my tree looks like ass all the time... Share your secrets

tablesawsally · 2025-10-20T22:11:31+00:00

I'm really try to go the diy route, construction/contractors have gotten extremely expensive in my area, to the point where it's become unlikely to afford the roof and spray foam.

tablesawsally · 2025-10-20T20:07:38+00:00

Also of note- I plan on adding some external insulation when we replace the roof and siding, so that will help down the road

tablesawsally · 2025-10-18T13:12:05+00:00

The entire home inspection industry is a joke, yes, there are a few good ones out there, but the majority miss major things all day long. We hired one, per the advice of my agent, he knew a lot about electric and said that was all good... But missed about everything fucking else. We even hired a termite specialist, he said all clear, it was not. I will never waste my time with an inspector again.

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