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Yesterday, I finally ventured to the final frontier in my house. In the living room there is a vaulted ceiling from 1st floor to roof. In the roof in

Posted by HdnAgnda (aka HDNAGNDA) Nov 17 '08, 09:13

a 'cove' of sorts is a skylight. I have always been suspicious (based on cobweb movement) that this was a place where, in the winter, heat left the house fast.

Finally, with a lot of work by my wife and I to position an extension ladder into the cove I got up there. Draft is an understatement. Used lots of spackle where splits in the corners of the cove exposed areas beneath drywall and weatherstripped the hell out of it. It may not look pretty but no one else is going to see it so time will tell if my efforts bring about a good result. Don't intend to go back up there anytime soon if I can help it.

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"based on cobweb movement" You live in a haunted house? -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 17, 09:32
SPIDERS! -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 09:30 1
- I think even they would be like "No, too cold up here." It was fortuitous that it was a windy day yesterday. Gave me a real good feel for where the - HdnAgnda Nov 17, 09:36
This is how I solved a minor leak in my new roof above the garage. Got up on it and injected a full canister of caulk into a very small crevice - oblique Nov 17, 09:19 9
- why not use the expanding foam insulation stuff. -- nm - tRUMAN Nov 17, 09:21 5
  - doesn't sound as dirty. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 09:23
  - You speak as if I have knowledge on home repair -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 09:22 3
    - well, hmm. true. - tRUMAN Nov 17, 09:23 2
      - hey. I fixed it -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 09:24 1
        
        well, true. but did you use the right type of caulking? -- nm - tRUMAN Nov 17, 09:31
- injecting caulk? -- nm - loosilu Nov 17, 09:21 1
  - It's a euphemism. -- nm - Dano Nov 17, 09:23
- like the back of a volkswagon? -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 09:20

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