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<\/p>\nWe’ve been struggling to dry in the structure for the last few weeks as we continue to get hit by weekly storms.\u00a0 The last one, five days ago, dumped 1 3\/4 inches of rain overnight and we again had to pump, squeegee, and vacuum out the water.<\/p>\n
The problem is this:<\/p>\n
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Part of the exposed beam ceiling sits up against the roof joists, and there is very little space between the top of the ceiling and the underside of the roof.\u00a0 We have fire sprinklers and lighting that had to go in there (circled in red above) as access will be difficult after the roof sheathing is on.\u00a0 From the top, it looks like this:<\/p>\n
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You can see how little space there is. That entire space has to be filled with spray foam insulation.\u00a0 For the rest of the roof, we can spray the insulation on from underneath, but in a couple of places, like this one, the exposed beam (false) ceiling prevents access, so the spray foam has to go on from the top.<\/p>\n
The problem is, as I understand it, it is bad if the spray foam insulation gets wet.\u00a0 So, this is what we need to be able to insulate:<\/p>\n
But we keep getting hit with storms every 5-10 days; great for the severe drought our area is in (our local reservoir Cachuma Lake is down to 8% of capacity<\/a>), but bad for trying to get a roof on.<\/p>\n With a storm rolling in tomorrow night, we missed the windows this week, but are hoping for next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’ve been struggling to dry in the structure for the last few weeks as we continue to get hit by weekly storms.\u00a0 The last one, five days ago, dumped 1 3\/4 inches of rain overnight and we again had to pump, squeegee, and vacuum out the water. The problem is this: Part of the exposedRead more about Rain rain go away<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roof"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t