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Architectural Fiberglass Columns by Devereaux Designs, Inc.

Bob Jackson — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:05:14 +0000

This project illustrates the replacement of deteriorating wood columns with custom fiberglass columns made by Devereaux Designs, Inc. on this Federal-style architecture house in Virginia. The Federal-style house was built in 1980 using wood columns salvaged from a much older building in South Carolina. Over the past 30 years, the old wood columns were infested [...]

How to Repair a Leaky Chimney – Part 6

Bob Jackson — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:53:26 +0000

This project is continued from Part 5. View of the ice and water shield, new step flashing and shingles as the roofer works his way around the chimney corner. HardiPlank Lap Siding – Chimney Installation I bought several 12 foot x 8.25 inch x 5/16 inch HardiPlank® primed boards in the Cedarmill© style to replace [...]

How to Repair a Leaky Chimney – Part 5

Bob Jackson — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:51:32 +0000

This project is continued from Part 4. The Owens Corning WeatherLock® Mat Waterproofing Underlayment (ice and water shield) is installed against the chimney and the roof deck. Notice how the roofers slipped water shield behind the first piece of step flashing and under the shingle to shed water. Chimney Leak Repair with Ice and Water [...]

How to Repair a Leaky Chimney – Part 4

Bob Jackson — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:50:02 +0000

This project is continued from Part 3. I decided to pull off and replace the damaged HardiPlank® where it met the roofline on the west face of the chimney. Recall that the siding on the north side of the chimney was previously removed in Part 3. HardiPlank Chimney Siding Removal The last four rows [...]

How to Repair a Leaky Chimney – Part 3

Bob Jackson — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:48:07 +0000

This project is continued from Part 2. The leak is near the corner of the chimney box, which is located at the narrow end of a roof valley. I can see how this could be a problem with water splashing and piling up against the corner of the chimney during a heavy rain. The valley [...]

How to Repair a Leaky Chimney – Part 2

Bob Jackson — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:46:04 +0000

This project is continued from Part 1. The leak in the attic is coming from the bottom corner of the chimney box, but before going up on the roof I decided to take a closer look inside the chimney for evidence of the leak since water flows downhill and the leak has to be originating [...]

How to Repair a Leaky Chimney – Part 1

Bob Jackson — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:44:58 +0000

Several water stains appeared on the drywall ceiling above the fireplace after recent torrential rains and high winds the last week of April. The attic is directly above the ceiling and there aren’t any pipes in this area, so it meant I have roof leak. The water stains were small and somewhat faint, but [...]

Bullnose Rain Gutter Covers – Part 3

Bob Jackson — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:47:37 +0000

This project is continued from Part 2. The bullnose style gutter covers work by wicking rain water into the gutter while tree debris falls over the side, keeping the gutter clean. However, gutter covers can’t make up for an poorly installed gutters that are uneven and lacking sufficient pitch, or slope, to drain properly. The [...]

Bullnose Rain Gutter Covers – Part 2

Bob Jackson — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:44:47 +0000

This project is continued from Part 1. Before installing the new bullnose metal gutter covers, I cleaned most of the tree debris from the flip-up screen gutter covers that will be replaced. The flip-up gutter screens do a good job of keeping the gutters clean. The problem with the screens is tree debris is caught [...]

Bullnose Rain Gutter Covers – Part 1

Bob Jackson — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:44:21 +0000

This article explains how to tune-up your rain gutters and install a bull-nose metal rain gutter cover. The gutter is cleaned, remounted with a proper slope for drainage and metal gutter covers installed. Bullnose gutter covers are probably the best solution for keeping debris out of the rain gutter to minimize difficult and expensive gutter [...]