I gotta say that if I owned that house...no, wait...before I even _bought_ the house, I would have seen the 3rd floor window, gone up to the 2nd floor, not found a 3rd floor and been curious. I would then have grabbed a ladder and climbed up to find out what the window was for.
I find it hard to believe that the current owners, and the owner before them, weren't curious about the window and never knew there was a third floor. What did they think the window was doing there?
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Ashley Fabian Neri: My mom and I love your show; we watch it almost every time it is on! I am wondering the same as most people do on here, who covers the expense of fixing what people have had messed up?
Mike: The show is paid for in a lot of different ways--really depending on the situation. If the homeowners were lucky and actually have some of their construction budget left, they kick in. My crew is paid for by the television production--my company. And we get a lot of materials donated by sponsors. We have the subtrades volunteering their time?and that?s worth a lot. They are great people. If the homeowner has no money left, we find it somewhere in the budget. It all works out in the end.
As noted, I am new to this site. I will learn, how to more accurately post my questions.
Answers to some of the comments received:
1) I just became aware of this Usenet site, as a result of a "mis-post" to alt.windows7.general. His "doorbell install question" was obviously NOT a Win 7 question. When I inquired of that poster, he noted this site was the intended posting site. 2) My house is not a hut ! Iindeed it if I wanted to sell it, I could easily get over $1M. It is a 3 story house (inc referenced, unfinished attic) that is situated ~ 15 feet from Long Island Sound. 3) A major mistake that I made in my initial post, was NOT noting that our attic is now basically a large, but unfinished room. There is no ATTIC roof or wall insulation. There is existing attic floor insulation (unknown depth??) between our attic floor and the second floor living area.-4) The attic has 3 windows areas - each with 2 to 4 window panes - that open and provide summer cooling/ vent openings. I also use a fan to increase the air exchange. In the winter, that un-heateed attic is obviously real cold (CT).
-5) We get a LOT of solar heating, from the sun reflecting off the ocean. That solar heating often, on sunny days, can raise our living space temps by well over 25 degrees. (This second floor room is now 68 degrees, and the only heat is from "waste heat" from my PC. The Branford outside temp is
See my earlier post.
I also thought that
If the intent is to reduce the heat/cold going into the living space, then the most effective solution is to add insulation, eg blown in cellulose. If the intent is to make the attic a finished liveing space, then that's a whole different matter.
Oops! My bad. Wrong guy.
So let's say your attic has 200 square feet over which the ceiling is at le ast 5 feet high. Your window area must be at least 8% of 200 square feet (1
6 square feet). Meanwhile, the 4% openable area requirement means you need 8 square feet (4% of 200, that is) providing access to the outside.HomeOwnersHub website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.