Skylights
Today we installed 1 of 2 skylights, 21x46 in 10 invh thick open beam roof.ceiling of mountain cabin. Aprrox time 6 hrs. Tasks: CHOOSE OPTIMAL LOCATION (IN KITCHEN) above main work counter Seal the inside ceiling with tape and drop cloth to catch all the debris from sawing and cutting ceiling and roof hole. Drive a large spike from the kitchen inside thru the roof. This was pehpas the most disconcering thing..driving a nail thru the beautiful knotty pine t & g! Next we measurd off precisely where we wanted the SL mounted using the nail as the reference mark...ie, everythign was measured WRT the nail. After triple checking....we made our final marks on the roof and with a carbide blade made our first cut about 3 inches deep,. Then we drilled some holes and followed up with the Sawzall.. 20 minutes later we were thru. We pounded toenails in to keep the chuck of roof fromfalling thru... After removal of the piece we cleaned up everything, checked and fine tuned the square of the opening. next we calked the opening andplaced the skylight and screwed it down. And hen applied flashing aand tar and new shingles. I uses MUCH EXTRA tar,...as this pupppy aint't gonna leak on my watch!!! Total time abuot 6 hours.