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BajaGringo
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My 3 story A frame up in Sequoia was built using 1 1/2" T&G. It was put in by the original owner, Hal Aaron who owned the biggest lumberyard in
Bakersfield at the time (1964). He went first class including 36 foot long kiln dried pretreated 6X12"s underneath. Can't even imagine what they would
cost today if you could even find them.
I special ordered the T&G for our new place vs translape which is what I think you are referring to Dennis. Cost a little more but I really like
how it came out. Nice to look up at first thing each morning...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
Your rough one side shiplap would be spruce which is used here (states) for overhang sheeting.
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Never seen spruce here either. All cheap pine. Maybe spruce in the states, but not here.
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Thanks, Dennis. Fixed the URL.
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baja gringo that is like an insulation and will help to keep it warm and all your heat won't escape. on the bay it is cooler than Vicente Guerrero so
summer will be pretty nice. keep that heat out too.
our pitch on the roof was always to low for shingles. paper does not last at all here.
nice ceiling. nice house.
there is a hardware store here in Vicente Guerrero who can get you anthing you want even from the States. It is Cofema and the guy to talk to is Lalo.
phone is 616 166 2656. Tell him Posada Don Diego sent you.
no kick back darn.
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How about South of you Shari?
Here are 3 lumber yards in Cd Constitución:
Madereria El Pino de Los Cabos 613-132-8251 (The largest stock on hand most of the time, probably the best prices of the three
lumber yards but they're all pretty close in price)
Maderas Madero 613.132-0255 (no personal experience)
Madereria Y Ferreteria San Francisco 613.132-4931 (moderate stock on hand, good with special orders)
Nomad CP has a master woodcraftsman husband who makes all their gorgeous furniture, doors, moulding and trim out of Alder which he special orders from
Maderas San Francisco.
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by irenemm
baja gringo that is like an insulation and will help to keep it warm and all your heat won't escape. on the bay it is cooler than Vicente Guerrero so
summer will be pretty nice. keep that heat out too.
our pitch on the roof was always to low for shingles. paper does not last at all here.
nice ceiling. nice house.
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The pitch is one of the keys to how long a roof will last. It is tempting to go with a low pitch as it is much easier to put up and less cost. The
obvious problem with the low pitch is that roofing shingles will just not hold up over time very well. You will be up on the roof doing repairs after
each strong wind as the low angle allows the air to get underneath them quite easily. The bigger and more expensive problem is that it puts a lot of
extra stress on your support beams. To keep them from bowing after a season or two you have to go with very short spans or much larger beams.
I also just happen to like how the higher ceilings look as it adds a lot of space to the interior...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
I also just happen to like how the higher ceilings look as it adds a lot of space to the interior... |
And a lot of space to heat when it's cold.
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add fans to push the heat down in the winter and reverse when it's hot
it works for me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
We used 3/4" T&G |
... 3/4 T&G + 3/8 ply? hope the tar paper nails were not 1-1/2". ruins the look of a nice T&G ceiling
Bob Durrell
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
We used 3/4" T&G |
... 3/4 T&G + 3/8 ply? hope the tar paper nails were not 1-1/2". ruins the look of a nice T&G ceiling |
No, it was 3/4 T&G + 3/4 ply + roofing tar + tar paper + shingles. When I measured the roof thickness it came out to just over 2".
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Soooo......if you stacked a 6x6 inch piece of 1-by with the same of ply, one layer of tar paper and two layers of shingle....then weigh the sample and
multiply that by four......you would have the weight of each square foot of your roof.
Muitiply that by total square footage, add about five pounds for clavos, and you have the weight of your roof less the weight of the structure
supporting it.
You can do this with your whole house, Ron. Who wouldn't want to know these things. Contractors should build by weight. That way, you wouldn't be
paying for square feet of air. 
Yep....that's the way it oughta be.
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And deduct all my hours of labor from their bill...
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