Mad Mike
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I always install the drip edge and first row on a ground ladder.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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I would if I could. Often Doesnt work for side walls as you cant get enough angle on the ladder.
48Connor
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I just ended up using a plastic box with a gasket , and tuck taped it to the vapor barrier.
Ugh. Falling 25ft from the roof or from the ladder…the hit is the same.
Mad Mike
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Almost. A 2 story eave sits about 18' off the ground, that puts your feet at 13'. If you work from the roof, you're probably closer to 20'.
The splat off the roof is would have 75% more energy than the ladder at the ground.
Gravity hurts.
Acceleration at 33 feet per second per second. The calculations I saw indicated 22 to 25 mph. A straight drop vs riding the arc of the ladder as it slid sideways might be less. The speed of the drop is far less important than the deceleration at the bottom.
How much is that? We will need to do it eventually.
Tightened up a few spots that were leaking and it's better...but still needs some work.
Get lots of quotes and book them in very early or you’ll be waiting forever. Our quote for a side split house full evestrough replacement and just two downspouts (upper roof feeds into lower roof evestroughs) was about $2k, we previously had a quote for $4k. The difference in prices is nuts. In Kingston we got a recommendation from a friend and this guy is a small contractor and this is all he does. Did an excellent job super fast.
Nice. I was expecting 5-7k so that's a nice touch.
We're in a side split also with 3 downspouts. So fairly similar.
Our neighbourhood is 3 to 5k.
The good guys get booked up really fast. We got in touch with this guy two weeks ago and shook hands on the spot with the quote. He’s now booked up until later Summer at least.
Yes, we've noticed this a few times. The postal code markup is real.
My house could be 4-6k, and my sis' house would be 10-12k (just off Mississauga Rd.).
Mad Mike
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Gentek (aluminum supplier in Scarboro) recommended a small contractor to me, he charged me $1.50/ft to install and $1.50/ft for the material.
I had 90' of trough, 36' of downspout, 150' of soffit, 100' of facia, and 100' of window capping. The total was about $1900, I stripped the old stuff before he got there, that would have cost another $500.
I had 90' of trough, 36' of downspout, 150' of soffit, 100' of facia, and 100' of window capping. The total was about $1900, I stripped the old stuff before he got there, that would have cost another $500.
You are lucky you have a townhouse. A friend got a few prices over 70 for shingles. She's still getting more prices.
I would do a new roof, but with the chimney still in an unsure state...I don't want to install new shingles and then have to redo it once the chimney disappears.
For now it's in fairly good shape still so I'll do other things, but I would expect 20k for our house as a minimum.
Hell I'd do it myself if I wasn't terrified of the heights lol.
This seems like a decent price for my needs....
I assume the basket has to stay within the footprint of the legs? That's a lot of setup and relocate time. It's nice that you can pull it home instead of needed it delivered though. I've never used a towable one.
20ft horizontal reach...that means 40ft of movement (even 30) would allow me to do an entire area in a single shot.
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