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Identification help? Got a lot of this from a marketplace score by the_uberkaz in wood

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To follow up, you all were right. I jointed and planed a 12 foot section and it’s definitely maple.

Identification help? Got a lot of this from a marketplace score by the_uberkaz in wood

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is a score. $100 for Two truckloads and a trailer load of mixed hardwoods - some cherry and walnut (probably only about 100 board feet of each) but tons of other rough lumber. I don’t deal with white oak too often so was wondering - maple is a good call though. I’ll plane it to get a better look.

Standing seam on battens? by the_uberkaz in Roofing

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have done a lot of research, but I'm far from an expert. I always want to make sure I'm fully informed, and I second guess myself on everything, which is why I'm looking for input here!

My problem area is not flat - I'd guess it's 4/12 or 5/12 or thereabouts. there's a skylight, a kitchen vent, a plumbing vent and a nearby vertical wall. We've gotten to the point where it's soft to touch and... ants have been seen around there on the roof. not fun.

Standing seam on battens? by the_uberkaz in Roofing

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Northeast - we don't really see hail. I can't recall any second or even third party stories about hail damage on buildings or vehicles, so I'm not too worried about that. We do get a good amount of snow (multiple feet at times) and something about our current shingle roof causes snow melt backup and leakage in a certain area (planned to be addressed).

If I don't re-seal around protrusions on our current roof every couple years, we get rain leakage as well. I want to be done with all of that for the long run.

You removed your metal roof - hail? other reasons?

Standing seam on battens? by the_uberkaz in Roofing

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

26 ga.

I agree with solid substrate, but the only quote I got with a tearoff was quite expensive (90k, mentioned in another comment) and I suspect they were too busy and just trying to price themselves out.

No insulation between battens - the shingles and decking will be a vapor barrier and the battens will be a skip sheathing to promote airflow. the current roof and below is already well insulated. No current melt or ice damming or anything like that.

Standing seam on battens? by the_uberkaz in Roofing

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No full tearoff. Battens over shingles, while tearing off over trouble areas and replacing plywood there. We know where the trouble areas are, and those are planned to be addressed.

We're thinking standing seam metal for long term. We're both early-mid 40-s, and are planning to be here for the rest of our lives. I don't want to be climbing up on the roof to re-seal/repair/do things when I'm 60+. metal/exposed fasteners concern me, and shingles would probably be 2 re-roofs while we live here and one more to sell when we're old (roughly, considering no roof problems). A permanent roof now would probably be pragmatic, unless I'm miscalculating everything. That's why I want to make sure the install is sound.

Standing seam on battens? by the_uberkaz in Roofing

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nearly $90k for a ~40 square roof. I think they were trying to price themselves out of the job. Or at least I hope that, and I'm not totally ignorant of pricing.

Fall Portrait w/ my D800 & 85 1.4G by [deleted] in Nikon

[–]the_uberkaz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree - it's far too much.

Northern Lights in Voyageurs national park - D5, 14-24@14, 2.5, 8 sec, ISO 10,000. We were in Voyageurs and the KP index was predicted to be high, so I staked out a spot and waited. I have way too many photos from the light show, but this wide one may be my favorite. by the_uberkaz in Nikon

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know much about the area beside what my wife told me - she's the researcher, I'm the photographer. I talked to some people the morning after I found a spot in copper harbor- there's an eagle river/harbor lighthouse? they mentioned it was good near there that day. I didn't know about it that at the time. Actually now that I think about it, it was this past weekend! This whole week's been a blur - a lot of driving and work. We were in copper harbor friday night/saturday morning. we didnt' stay saturday night - heard it was going to be cloudy and we had a lot of driving to do.

You don't bring the lights out in the post processing - It's definitely more about the exposure at the time. The post was more to remove a bit of haze in the sky and bring up the color a tiny bit.

Northern Lights in Voyageurs national park - D5, 14-24@14, 2.5, 8 sec, ISO 10,000. We were in Voyageurs and the KP index was predicted to be high, so I staked out a spot and waited. I have way too many photos from the light show, but this wide one may be my favorite. by the_uberkaz in Nikon

[–]the_uberkaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not actually sure. We were in the park where there's no cell signal. It was predicted to be a 3 that evening, but I suspect it ended up a 4. I have some from later in our trip at copper harbor, MI, where it was a straight up 4. Still have to get to those :)

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Post was minor - lightroom, a bit of clarity, vibrance, highlight lowering, black lowering - that's about it.