The Roof That’s Actively Destroying the Homes | EP1 | Holmes Makes It Right S1A

[00:00:01]Brian and Claire, beautiful couple. I hired a contractor to come in and do a new roof.

[00:00:05]>> Just two months after the job's done, it's leaking.

[00:00:08]>> This whole area is completely wrong.

[00:00:10]Ooh. Okay. We have an awful lot of mold.

[00:00:13]>> I would say thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars damage has been done to our house.

[00:00:19]>> Tell me you're not doing this electrical. Who did this?

[00:00:21]>> We did it. There's a couple of little things that I added.

[00:00:24]>> Couple of little things. There's a lot of little things.

[00:00:26]>> If you were to shower and touch this, you can be killed.

[00:00:30]That's ridiculous. I would hate to take a part of my work cuz when we're done, let's see how long it would take them to take it down.

[00:01:02]Look, he's here. Hi. Hi. You must be Claire.

[00:01:04]>> I'm Claire and I'm really pleased to meet you.

[00:01:06]>> Pleased to meet you. You know, it's Brian Brian. I'm Brian.

[00:01:10]>> Nice to meet you.

[00:01:10]>> We met in my girlfriend's house.

[00:01:13]>> The first words out of my husband, "If your father has any money, I will marry you." Before we ever went out, >> that was my first mistake.

[00:01:20]>> That was the first mistake. a few other mistakes I made after that.

[00:01:24]>> We got two of the cutest people in the world. I swear husband and wife that are so full of love. Every person on the street knows them, loves them.

[00:01:31]>> We love our house here. We have no intention of moving. We were we were contemplating moving at one time, but we decided to buy the house next door.

[00:01:38]>> We decided to buy more trouble next door, which was a great idea at the time. At the time, >> how long you been here?

[00:01:45]>> 40 years. We're the original owners and we've had a problem since the day. The first day it was we moved in here, we had a problem. So, we had and we are so happy to see you. We know you'll do it right.

[00:01:58]>> We paid $500 in this house as a deposit.

[00:02:02]It cost us $15,000. And the only problem we've had with our house since the day we moved in is our roof. Water has come in everywhere. It's come in the side. It come in both the walls. It come in in the basement. It come in in the bathroom. I heard that you brought in a roofer about a year ago and you saved all kinds of money.

[00:02:20]>> Yes, we did.

[00:02:21]>> Yeah, we did until now.

[00:02:23]>> And now it's going to cost all kinds of money.

[00:02:24]>> It's going to cost a whole lot of money.

[00:02:26]Yes, >> it was a lot of money out of our pocket to put out there and then find out just two months after the job's done. It's leaking.

[00:02:33]>> Thank you. Have a good day at school.

[00:02:36]>> Hi, Mom. How's it going?

[00:02:37]>> We're a very close-knit family. I have two daughters, one Paula, one Kellyanne.

[00:02:42]Kellyanne lives across the street. Paula lives next door. It's attached to our house. And she's exactly the same problem as we have. Leaks coming in everywhere.

[00:02:52]>> Let's go.

[00:02:53]>> The roof is definitely worse than it was before. I don't know if they didn't nail it in the proper spots, but a lot of water came in after they fixed the roof.

[00:03:03]>> Where are we leaking in the house?

[00:03:04]>> Okay. You want a tour?

[00:03:05]>> Sure.

[00:03:06]>> There's lots of places.

[00:03:07]>> I'm going to follow you.

[00:03:07]>> We'll start off the front door. I come in through the front closet. I pull the walls right down. directly off at the front closet. We had a major disaster out here in the kitchen. It come in through the bathroom vents. So I said to Brian, "What are we going to do?" I says, "There's water coming in." I says, "It looks like the roof was leaking again." And we got a big uh turkey roaster right up in the attic. So there is still there.

[00:03:31]>> It's still there.

[00:03:33]>> And there was water coming in here. See in here?

[00:03:36]>> So you had a screw. That means there's enough water that it's running across the drywall and it's finding all the spots. your your vent in the bathroom.

[00:03:43]You had a screw. I guess you had a hanging lamp there or something.

[00:03:46]>> I put shoe polish up there to try and >> shoe polish.

[00:03:49]>> White shoe polish. You know, you know that's cosmetics, right?

[00:03:53]>> I know. I know. I know.

[00:03:54]>> Just tell me you weren't on the roof.

[00:03:56]>> Oh, I've been on the roof lots of times.

[00:03:58]On the roof.

[00:03:59]>> Really?

[00:04:00]>> Yeah. I've been on my high heels and all.

[00:04:02]>> Why would you in your high heels? You're on the roof.

[00:04:05]>> We look into everything. We check both of us check everything out. She's >> Sounds like you've been in the attic.

[00:04:11]been on the roof. And how far has the water run to the basement?

[00:04:14]>> Oh, yes.

[00:04:14]>> Yes.

[00:04:20]>> I'm going to follow you.

[00:04:21]>> You're going to follow me? Okay, sir.

[00:04:22]>> This is about the fourth. As you can see, the ceiling is two different ceilings because we really every two or three years. We had to replace this part.

[00:04:30]>> Every two or three years. But the roofers were here a year ago. So, it's been leaking for a long time, >> which is not a good sign.

[00:04:35]>> It's not a good sign. We had a hole over here and we had a bucket sitting here.

[00:04:39]This carpet has been wet a dozen times.

[00:04:42]>> I don't smell it, which is really good.

[00:04:43]>> Thank god.

[00:04:44]>> Yes. Yeah, we keep it.

[00:04:46]>> And I didn't spray over today either, but we have a shop back very handy. So that we use it all the time.

[00:04:52]>> You two are a firecracker.

[00:04:55]This is too cute here.

[00:04:56]>> I am pretty talented where where construction's concerned. Claire's got great ideas. There's nothing we wouldn't put our hand to. Nine times out of 10, it's a good job.

[00:05:06]>> Did you finish the basement, Brian?

[00:05:07]>> Yes.

[00:05:08]>> Yeah, we did it all. That's your shower.

[00:05:10]>> You know that's not allowed. Eh.

[00:05:12]>> Well, >> well, if you can stand Put the light off.

[00:05:14]>> Yeah. If you can stand in the shower and flick a switch and you have an exposed bulb, this is not the pot light to use inside the shower. If you were to shower and touch this, you can be killed.

[00:05:24]>> There's a couple of little things that I added.

[00:05:26]>> Couple of little things. There's a lot of little things that There's a lot of little things.

[00:05:30]>> A lot of little things.

[00:05:31]>> Who's doing this electrical? Tell me you're not doing this electrical. Who did this?

[00:05:34]>> No, we did it. He's going to find all the problems I created.

[00:05:38]>> The family is really sort of a jack of all trades. Master of none.

[00:05:43]>> That's not how you wire lights.

[00:05:44]>> So the switch upstairs turns this light on.

[00:05:47]>> Yes.

[00:05:47]>> Yes.

[00:05:49]>> Guilty is charged.

[00:05:51]>> It's not dangerous. It's not >> It's not safe. It's not very dangerous.

[00:05:56]You have to accept it's very dangerous.

[00:05:59]>> Maybe that's what he said. And it's not quite up to >> It's very dangerous, you know.

[00:06:03]>> Mhm. I come in to fix the roof and I find out that Brian has not only rewired pretty well his side of the house, but his daughter's side of the house with all kinds of funky connections and different wires. Truth is, I'm worried about the rain coming in. I just can't believe the house didn't burn down.

[00:06:22]We seen this gentleman down the street.

[00:06:24]He was they were they were doing the roof down there and Claire said, "They seem to be doing a great job. Go talk to them." He looked at my roof and I told him I have the other house as well. So, it'll be a one concept, a one roof type of thing. He says, "Hey, no problem.

[00:06:39]It's an easy enough roof."

[00:06:40]>> I can clearly see the issues we have in between and there's no doubt in my mind where it's coming in on both houses.

[00:06:47]>> We also told him about the problems that we have on the roof, you know, and he said he was going to replace all the plywood up there. It was never done. We feel that was never done. He also said he was going to put a nice little shield, but it was never done either.

[00:07:01]>> The biggest problem I see is the structure. Go ahead, Stevie. Explain this.

[00:07:06]>> Well, basically, this whole area of the roof should not have been covered in shingles. It's too low of a slope.

[00:07:12]>> Yes.

[00:07:12]>> And typically, this should be treated as a flat roof, even though it has slope.

[00:07:16]>> What I mean by flat roof is flat roofing materials.

[00:07:19]>> Oh, I see.

[00:07:19]>> It shouldn't be shingled at all.

[00:07:21]>> No, the slope is about a 112 pitch. It's a very low slope. So what happens is that driving rain that comes down here is washing right underneath the shingles. It's going to continue to trickle down and drip in the house here, drip in the house there. Like this whole area is completely wrong. Not so just for the rain. It's also with the snow and ice. Especially if there is venting or insulation issues. This just gets covered in snow.

[00:07:45]>> Yes.

[00:07:45]>> With any heat loss, it's going to melt and then it's going to refreeze once it gets to an exterior or cold area and it just starts backing up.

[00:07:52]>> Right. That location right there, >> ice dams >> was a major major major problem.

[00:07:57]>> I even made a pick at work that I would have to chip away and get the ice off that particular area there.

[00:08:03]>> So, you would have ice dams here and ice stands in the exact same location there.

[00:08:08]>> Exactly the same thing over there.

[00:08:09]>> I wouldn't doubt that you have mold glor inside your attic. Number one. Number two, I wouldn't doubt it that the sheathing here is completely rotting because we're seeing all kinds of soft spots.

[00:08:18]>> It's it's vine.

[00:08:19]>> Here's a big soft spot.

[00:08:22]The roof design is wrong. You're losing heat from your house. So, that's what's causing the ice dams. I can't even right now. I can't wait to see the inside of your attic.

[00:08:30]>> Oh, I'm afraid to show you it.

[00:08:31]>> I'm afraid to look at it.

[00:08:35]>> And this is the crawl space.

[00:08:37]>> Okay.

[00:08:38]>> This is where we go up into the attic.

[00:08:39]>> Man, that's a small hole.

[00:08:41]>> That's what I'm wondering about.

[00:08:42]>> Okay, this is very small hole. So, you only have about an R12 insulation. Not even. You've She got about an R8 insulation up here.

[00:08:55]Okay, we have an awful lot of mold.

[00:09:02]Well, I've seen everything. Mold, ventilation issues, not to mention the roof line's wrong. Not to mention there's no insulation or there is insulation, but you might as well not have any. There's a couple problems.

[00:09:15]So, I can see that we have a whole lot of love in this house.

[00:09:18]>> Yes. Now, you just need not a whole lot of help. You just need a whole lot of professional work coming in here. So, I don't want you to fix it. Let me fix it.

[00:09:25]>> You supply the whole lot of work and I'll supply the whole lot of love.

[00:09:29]>> Deal.

[00:09:29]>> Okay.

[00:09:30]>> Deal.

[00:09:30]>> Thank you.

[00:09:31]>> The best man for the job, Mike. Let me tell you, best man for the job.

[00:09:34]>> Here, sweetheart.

[00:09:36]>> You're putting Kellyanne up there. She She's definitely wants to learn.

[00:09:40]>> I think Kellyanne knows a lot already.

[00:09:42]You know what I mean?

[00:09:43]>> Not good jeans.

[00:09:44]>> But she needs to know how to do it right, Brad. I hope you don't teach your electrical though.

[00:09:50]>> Quiet.

[00:09:56]>> Water. Water everywhere. And you've had it so many times. We're sort of used to it now. But it would be nice when Mike maybe finishes this place and Paula's place and not to see a rainy day outside and not a rainy day inside.

[00:10:16]Brian and Claire, I think they got in the habit of putting that turkey roaster in the attic to collect the rain.

[00:10:22]Buckets in the bedrooms, holes in the ceiling because the two roof lines meet down just like this. Not a really good structure. Not a really good way to keep the inside of your home dry.

[00:10:34]I'm here to restructure the roof to bring it from this to this and have a simple peak from the front to the back and making sure there's not a dip in the center collecting snow, rain, ice dams, etc. >> Good morning.

[00:10:48]>> Hello, folks.

[00:10:49]>> How are you this morning?

[00:10:50]>> I've heard a lot about you.

[00:10:51]>> You have?

[00:10:52]>> Was it good or bad?

[00:10:53]>> It was all bad. I'm sorry.

[00:10:55]>> How are you?

[00:10:56]>> Are you ready?

[00:10:57]>> I think everyone's excited actually. You get everyone together and the whole crew and they're like, "All right, it's a nice day. We're going to rip the roof off." And they're all waiting, you know.

[00:11:04]It's like, "Can I can I go? Can I start?" It's almost like that dog going for the walker actually throwing the ball, right, Charlie? My dog. Soon as I hold the ball, he's like, >> and he looks at me. He's like, he's waiting. He's waiting for me to throw the ball. That's what's happening right now. I just want to make sure everyone's safe here. Making sure they got the rope grabs.

[00:11:22]>> That's hilarious.

[00:11:30]>> Come on, carry your stuff. Let's go.

[00:11:34]I'm going up.

[00:11:38]>> Look at this. This is amazing.

[00:11:40]>> Absolutely amazing.

[00:11:43]>> Okay, this is really simple. What we're going to do is continue this peak line which is going to continue right up to approximately this point. We will then extend the other side of the roof line to the point where the two sides meet and create a peak. This will give them a simple roof line that will allow water to shed easily and keep it from entering the home. Today, we're going to open up all of this.

[00:12:07]All right, the boys are here.

[00:12:09]>> The roofers.

[00:12:12]Look how easy they come up. That's a bad sign, eh? Is it nailed properly? That's coming up way too easy.

[00:12:24]Mate's up there doing the work himself, too.

[00:12:26]>> Oh, yes. He's doing a great job.

[00:12:32]>> We got about 10 guys here right now cuz we want to open this up quick. Set up what we're going to do for structure cuz we need to order material for tomorrow.

[00:12:43]>> So, it's just running, planning as we go, and running at a a good speed.

[00:12:50]I always found that roofing was one of the hardest of the craze. You're not only dealing with elements, you're in the middle of the sun, but you're ripping off black pitch.

[00:12:57]I mean, everything's reflecting up in your face. It's a heavy load. That's why I got out of roofing and became a carpenter.

[00:13:08]You can see just how bad the roofing is here. It really shows that we've had a lot of moisture underneath that underneath the shingle.

[00:13:17]Look at the valleys in between. Don't use 38 of an inch. This is just ridiculous.

[00:13:23]Like you could literally fall right through the roof there.

[00:13:28]Come on, let's go. Woo. Well, if I took this on a scale as 1 to 10, how soft this roof is, especially if I go into areas that are in between, that's just, you know what, you can see that wood just jumping up there. It's just not a safe roof. So, I'm going to give it around a 2.5, which is really not good. You know, I say it a million times. How many people actually spend all their money on the cabinets inside of their house, on the kitchen floors, tile, I don't care, hardwood, and they forget. Put money on the roof to protect the cabinets, the hardwood. Put the money up here first.

[00:14:10]>> All right, come on up. Ever been on a roof before?

[00:14:13]>> I've been on this roof many, many times.

[00:14:14]>> Many times. Yes.

[00:14:17]>> Just step this way. That's it. I got your back. Okay. So, let me give you my gloves cuz you're going to be using what we call our our shingle shovel.

[00:14:25]>> Okay.

[00:14:25]>> And you're going to be pulling out the shingles.

[00:14:30]Now, just grab those shingles with your gloves. Rip them up. Look at that. Hey, keep peeling. Pass it to me. Look at that.

[00:14:43]We have a Jill of all trades here. Jill, meet Jack. He's up there.

[00:14:48]>> Hi, Jack.

[00:14:49]>> Hi, Jill. How are you?

[00:14:50]>> Don't fall down that hill on me.

[00:14:52]>> I won't. I'm I'm harnessed off.

[00:14:54]>> Okay.

[00:14:58]>> I've learned it's hot up on this roof and it's a lot of hard work. Somebody call water break.

[00:15:05]>> We're almost done.

[00:15:14]So, this area has never been seen since the house was built.

[00:15:19]>> Look at your sheathing.

[00:15:20]>> Yeah.

[00:15:21]>> Talk about water signs. Water always shows the path. This is all trapped air in here. But you can see all the signs of the condensation, dripping, etc. Not good. Wait to see the other side of that sheathing.

[00:15:33]>> Can we see the underside of that one?

[00:15:35]Just take a look just to see if that's molded. And it is molded.

[00:15:38]>> So if you think that's molded, it's starting starting to grow fur. Wait till you see under here.

[00:15:48]>> Why do you think it's moldy?

[00:15:50]>> Cuz of the water getting in and then the heat rising from the house.

[00:15:52]>> Yep. You got the heat rising from the house, but your sophets are blocked off.

[00:15:56]So if we're not breathing inside the attic properly, we're not exhausting that hot air is you start to have moisture on the underside of the sheathing. And by doing that, everything gets molded.

[00:16:06]introduce you to Frank. He is the best.

[00:16:09]Uh he's going to bring you around. I want you to first show them all the wonderful things you did in the house.

[00:16:13]While everyone's working on the roof, I figured you guys can be inside.

[00:16:17]>> Okay. And then I'll go back outside.

[00:16:19]>> Just no shortcuts. Okay.

[00:16:22]>> Thank you.

[00:16:22]>> Shortcuts. No pun intended.

[00:16:26]>> Okay. So, electrical panel, you going to guide me through straight through here, I'm guessing.

[00:16:30]>> That way.

[00:16:31]>> Good stuff.

[00:16:33]So, the panel >> is right there. right underneath here.

[00:16:36]So, >> yes.

[00:16:37]>> All right, >> there's a picture.

[00:16:40]>> Let's see. Do I have any surprises underneath here?

[00:16:44]Oh, there's one big one.

[00:16:46]>> What I did there was when a fuse blew.

[00:16:49]>> Yeah, cuz you got a lot of them that blow, don't you?

[00:16:51]>> Sometimes I have. Yes.

[00:16:52]>> Yeah, I think you've got a lot. And I'll tell you why. Fully finished basement.

[00:16:55]>> Yes.

[00:16:56]>> A lot of wiring that you did.

[00:16:57]>> A number of wiring that I did. Yes.

[00:16:59]>> But I don't see any new wires to the electrical panel. So, what do you think you did wrong so far?

[00:17:04]And I'll give you a hint. It starts with an O. It's over.

[00:17:08]>> Overlooked.

[00:17:09]>> Overloaded. You overlooked the permit because I'm pretty sure you didn't pull one out. Did you pull out a permit for any of this?

[00:17:15]>> No, I didn't.

[00:17:15]>> Did you even know that you needed a permit?

[00:17:17]>> Didn't know I needed a permit.

[00:17:18]>> That's good. So, we want people to understand that they need permits. And this is why the first sign here is we need a cover because if anybody touches anywhere near here, 220 if your hands go across both bars. Very dangerous. Those both are live. They're all 15s. So, you have protected the wire with a 15 amp fuse. Yes.

[00:17:37]>> Now, what ends up happening is the fuse is a 30. Then the wire is only good for >> 15.

[00:17:43]>> The wire will get hot. It wants to trip the fuse. And the fuse says, "Hey, I'm good for 30. I'm good."

[00:17:50]>> What's the wire do? Say >> it's going to find another spot.

[00:17:52]>> I'll find another spot. Just a break.

[00:17:54]>> Right.

[00:17:54]>> And when it breaks, you better hope it's a clean break. Cuz if it's a a break where it it could still arc >> arc Uh-huh.

[00:18:01]>> there's your fire.

[00:18:02]>> Uh-huh. I knew a little bit about electrical. So I I I decided, hey, I can I can run lights here and no problem.

[00:18:09]>> If you would have taken a little bit of knowledge that you had, pulled out the proper permit, the inspector would have probably end up giving you some advice and say, "Buy a how-to book, and you would have been able to do this properly 110%." If you would have obtained the electrical permit, >> every day you learn something, even doesn't matter who you are.

[00:18:27]>> That's the attitude. Let's get this cover back on, and then we'll get to work.

[00:18:30]>> That's great. Damon, can you go further?

[00:18:32]Can you give me some more string?

[00:18:33]>> Yep, for sure.

[00:18:35]>> Okay. And you're pretty good there. So, that is showing me a peak right at this rafter here. Okay. So, that's that's where our peak is going to be. Okay. So, drop her down a bit.

[00:18:45]>> Okay. Now, you can easily see the peak.

[00:18:47]We're going to have our ridge beam here.

[00:18:49]So, we're going to continue truss up to here, a truss across here. This section will be our mid our mid wall. That is going to be what we call a knee wall.

[00:18:56]And it's going to pick up the load of the structure. We're going to use 2x8 this way, 2x8 that way. And that way you can clearly see now how that roof line is going to work. Nice and simple. It's going to be one one ridge beam pitched all the way down from front to back. And we never have to worry about water sitting in this area again. I can't wait to pull up the rest of this to see the crap.

[00:19:18]>> You know what? That's ridiculous. Don't need tools to pull off the sheathing.

[00:19:23]Don't really need tools to pull out the trusses.

[00:19:28]Anytime it's not done right, it comes up really easy.

[00:19:33]Hey, that's ridiculous. I've always said I would hate to take apart my work cuz when we're done, let's see how long it would take them to take it down.

[00:19:57]One house on this side, one house on this side, daughter, father. Very rare we see that a firewall must be in in between the two houses to give a burn time. If this house caught on fire, it needs to do a fire stop so it doesn't light this one up. Here's the problem.

[00:20:12]When you have such a dry, terrible roof like this, burns right through it.

[00:20:21]Come here and take a look at this. Adam just pulled up the first sheet, brother.

[00:20:25]Look at the wiring.

[00:20:26]>> Oh dear.

[00:20:27]>> It's even worse down the side.

[00:20:28]>> Look at the lights. Come on. That electrical is an absolute no no. Not only is our roof line wrong, forget the shingles. The roof line's wrong.

[00:20:37]>> Our insulation, it looks like an R8.

[00:20:39]Heat loss. Massive heat loss from this house.

[00:20:45]>> Oh my god, there's all kinds of stuff under here. Hey, Holmes, look at this bud. They were cooking up here.

[00:20:51]>> That was our homeowner. That was her turkey roaster. That's how she collected the water. You know, they got in there to collect the water. That's funny.

[00:21:00]>> This is where they kept the baby.

[00:21:02]>> This is where the nursery was.

[00:21:06]>> They're either keeping their kids up there or that storage. I'm going to hope for the ladder, but I'm going to start talking to them. There's all kinds of weird stuff in there. Tell me you're not keeping the kids up there. That was yours as a child.

[00:21:16]>> Yeah.

[00:21:16]>> You're kidding. So, you got to keep that.

[00:21:19]>> No. Toss it. I DON'T FIT IN IT ANYMORE.

[00:21:24]>> That is too funny.

[00:21:29]Like >> you have no fear of heights, do you?

[00:21:31]>> No, not at all.

[00:21:32]>> Is that was that a part of the roof that we couldn't see before?

[00:21:35]>> You couldn't see in here, but you could see in there because this is where I found your You must take that back in the house.

[00:21:41]>> Thank you very Hey, that stopped all the water from London.

[00:21:44]>> We do know you have nowhere near enough insulation in your attic. In many areas, no insulation, right?

[00:21:49]>> Well, it's been there for 40 years. What do you expect? Yeah, but >> okay.

[00:21:57]>> Sorry.

[00:21:58]>> Don't be sorry.

[00:21:59]>> Well, you're hurting my neck looking up at you. So, why don't >> you want me to come down?

[00:22:02]>> No, no, no. You got your high heels on.

[00:22:05]Don't you worry about that. You just stay up there, Carito. Take her back down.

[00:22:09]>> She's so cute. She's so cute.

[00:22:14]>> I want to set up for the tarp right now, you know, because we've done it. We've done a lot today. If I tarp up, I know everything's good. We'll order the wood that we need tomorrow. Watching the rain. We'll continue to open up more.

[00:22:25]See about how we're going to structure from one side to the other since we have the lumber. Maybe I can start it tomorrow. Okay. The sooner you're done, the sooner you go home.

[00:22:54]So, you got me curious here. You brought your living room outside >> and you're watching TV.

[00:23:02]>> Okay, you ready? Here we go. All right, it's back on.

[00:23:05]>> We're going back.

[00:23:16]>> We'll just pile everything in here. We got all the healthy stuff.

[00:23:22]>> So, the tarps are off. We got no leaks, so we're good to go. Uh oh, careful, Tom. We're going to start our day and get working in this crazy heat.

[00:23:30]>> Well, there's seven timelines. You got to guess five.

[00:23:36]something. I never tell you how much I hate pulling in.

[00:23:42]>> Wow. So, that's their waterproofing job.

[00:23:45]It's old school. I love it. This is what people used to do, eh? Take care of their own homes and royally screw them up.

[00:23:51]>> Yeah. Over there, he used some corrugated plastic, like old signs to divert the water.

[00:23:56]>> You know what? I got to give them credit, though. I mean, they probably didn't have a lot of money. They did whatever they could to, you know, to make waterproof their home. Necessity, eh?

[00:24:03]>> Absolutely.

[00:24:10]>> Oh, you can feel it coming.

[00:24:13]>> What's the temperature right now?

[00:24:14]>> I don't know, man. It's got to be like in the 30s.

[00:24:16]>> I can feel it. It's just roaring in. It feels like 37° C.

[00:24:22]>> It's only 10:00 in the morning.

[00:24:24]>> This is what almost 100° F.

[00:24:26]>> Yeah.

[00:24:28]>> And it's only 10.

[00:24:31]That's nice.

[00:24:39]Beautiful. This speaker wire, the issue we got so far with this pot light is that the pot light should be an icy pot light. It's clearly not. So, what ends up happening is heat builds up around this pot light and escapes through these holes and now you got the hot air that's dissipating in here. If you've got insulation, it's all going to be on top as it was. The pot light doesn't breathe properly. So, you're supposed to have a can all the way around this and insulated.

[00:25:07]Also, the pot light should be 25 mm away from the wood. It's clearly not. More I look around, I'm doing two houses here, not one. The safety concerns we have to deal with no matter what. Like, these are serious. And the scary part is is that the homeowner understands a little bit of electrical enough to get it to work. Because it works doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. If you decide to do some plumbing at home and you make a mistake, it's going to leak.

[00:25:35]You clearly know you made a mistake.

[00:25:36]You're tampering around with your plumbing with your heating and air conditioning. It's either not cooling, it's not heating. Again, you know you made a mistake. With electrical, you can get it to work, but it can be very, very dangerous and have an electrical hazard, fire hazard even, and not even know it when you know it's too late. Your house is gone.

[00:26:00]>> Okay, you guys are in shape. Totally comfortable. I'm getting in my comfortable zone. I hear you were in the hospital last Thursday getting four stints in.

[00:26:09]>> Yes, sir.

[00:26:10]>> To open up your You had two minor heart attacks. Is that right?

[00:26:12]>> That's what I had.

[00:26:13]>> I think you saved his life. Let me tell you. I really believe you saved his life.

[00:26:18]>> I didn't save his life. You guys saved his life.

[00:26:20]>> Yeah. But you helped because you stopped it right there and then. Otherwise, he'd have been still working over there.

[00:26:25]>> I'm telling you right now.

[00:26:26]>> It just became It just became stressful.

[00:26:29]You know what I mean?

[00:26:30]>> Just tell me ahead of time. Did you do the pot lights in the attic?

[00:26:34]>> Yes.

[00:26:34]>> In the attic?

[00:26:35]>> Yeah, I probably did.

[00:26:36]>> Okay.

[00:26:37]>> I did most things.

[00:26:38]>> Okay. We're We're not going to worry about that.

[00:26:39]>> That's good.

[00:26:40]>> Yeah. Excuse me. The break's over.

[00:26:45]>> Are you telling me I got to go back to work?

[00:26:47]>> I think so.

[00:26:48]>> Okay.

[00:26:48]>> All right. Take it easy.

[00:26:49]>> Thanks, man.

[00:26:50]>> Thanks, Mike.

[00:26:50]>> You got it.

[00:26:51]>> Thanks a lot.

[00:27:04]Uh, >> it's the hottest day of the year so far.

[00:27:08]and go figure. We're all stuck on a roof. That's Murphy's law for you. I want everyone cycling in and off the roof. Okay, let's keep an eye on each other. If you stop sweating, we got a problem. That means your body's shutting down.

[00:27:23]This is like a bottom plate of a 2x4 wall. Only it's on an angle. Looking at this peak right now, we need to continue this peak all the way up. We'll do a bottom plate, which is going to pick up really good structure to come off of this. We'll run our next rafter up in line with this one. Directly up to our ridge. Meanwhile, in between it, holding it.

[00:27:47]First cut. 89 and 15/16.

[00:27:50]89 and 1516.

[00:27:57]First one's in.

[00:28:01]Don't realize how hot you are until you step into that pit right there. got the walls blocking you and all of a sudden there's no breeze cooling you down.

[00:28:15]>> Now bring it right to the edge. No. No.

[00:28:18]>> That's it. This doesn't feel right.

[00:28:20]Something's wrong.

[00:28:21]>> It's not.

[00:28:25]>> I can tell by the angle.

[00:28:27]>> Ah, see who marked the line.

[00:28:30]>> We did.

[00:28:30]>> It's That's the top of the line.

[00:28:34]I know.

[00:28:35]>> That's why it doesn't look right. Okay, stop. Guys, from where I'm standing, this does this, right?

[00:28:42]>> Yeah, >> we didn't take out this distance, >> right?

[00:28:47]>> Okay, that means that we got to drop this down 7 and 1/2 in. Our wall's too high.

[00:28:55]>> So, it's that's the top of the line. Okay, that means that we got to drop this down 7 and 1/2 in. Our wall's too high.

[00:29:13]>> Sometimes you need to know when to slow down.

[00:29:16]>> We're working on top of a roof in record-breaking temperatures, and you push your body beyond its limits. And that's when mistakes happen. That's when tempers flare.

[00:29:25]All we needed was a break. Just my head, Mike. Just my head.

[00:29:31]Whoa, that's really your neck, too. Get that actually.

[00:29:35]>> That really did help him.

[00:29:36]>> I know. Yeah.

[00:29:44]>> It's amazing how fast you can get things done once you've cooled off. We lowered that wall. We're off to the races.

[00:29:50]>> All right. So, Jesus, that's excellent.

[00:29:52]I am flush right there. And I just want to double check it.

[00:29:54]>> Okay. Bring it to me right there. Oh, right there, bud. You're good. Right there.

[00:29:58]>> Okay. So, let's tag that in place. Okay.

[00:30:00]I want you to take that angle at the end of every one of them. Cut me 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nine pieces, please.

[00:30:11]But now that we have our set height, you can see how fast the rafters get to go in place now because once our walls up, it's bam. One after another. It's 10 minutes we get these in. It really kits stuff.

[00:30:25]So, uh, we're just taking all the lines out of the old electrical panel. We're going to be installing a brand new one.

[00:30:31]In this area, we have to have the local utility come out, and they need to disconnect the power up on this side here by removing the power either at the transformer or at the meter base. Once these lines are dead, then I'm free to touch these lines, take the panel off, put the new one on. So, I just got to work away cuz we've got two of these to get done. And, uh, it's a lot of work.

[00:30:52]So, a customer ends up having a problem with a fuse. Fuse keeps popping. It's clearly telling you there's a problem.

[00:30:57]It's a wiring problem, not a breaker problem, not a fuse problem. But what what the homeowners do, we go up to the store, we say this is 15 amp. Do you sell 20s? And they buy the 20 and they come in and they put it in. When you oversize, what you actually get is this.

[00:31:12]Now, everything's off. So, it's nice and safe. See all the charring that's happened here? That's from putting in the wrong fuses and overloading lines.

[00:31:21]We're putting in a new panel because we want to make sure it's expandable. We don't want homeowners to be putting in 20s or 30s even. And it's going to clean this area up. This one didn't have a cover. There's so many reasons why we're changing this one. So, we're going to be able to get this done, but it's going to be a real sprint to the finish, let me tell you. It's a lot of work.

[00:31:44]I'm here to restructure the roof to bring it from this to this.

[00:31:51]Okay. Uh, we're not paying attention to the ridge, guys. Look down it. I want a string. Get a string. String it from one side to the other. I want to double check it. Okay. Double check it.

[00:32:05]Okay. So, what we have here, it's it's a minor bow. It's a minor bow. Well, here's what I'm going to encourage. Got the string. Thank you.

[00:32:16]Okay. Okay. So, what I would like to do is we'll perfect that out, that part that's out by pushing some of these raptors up and tagging it in.

[00:32:29]Can you see a bang on?

[00:32:33]>> Yeah. Put a screw in.

[00:32:36]>> Okay.

[00:32:39]Well, >> the master >> Well, I want to say this really clearly.

[00:32:44]We have all the tools you can imagine, but this is the string that has been in old ages to new ages. And if you run that string across the top, you can easily perfect it. It all comes down to a piece of string. A little bit of common sense.

[00:32:59]Oh my, my guys are incredible. They know what they're doing. And this is really good. And as a team actually working together, everyone everyone else is learning something new. Especially when we do something like this, tying in a custom made to a trust made. You notice every single piece has a mark, a pencil mark. Every single one of them. Because one thing I did teach them right from the beginning is anytime you pick up a piece of lumber, look down at first, mark the crown, put it down, measure it, cut it. So that tells us by looking at the crown's up. And we want the crown up. If you were to put the crown down, much like the floor of your house, your floor will sink into a crown motion.

[00:33:35]crown up, it locks it nice and tight and will settle and never bypass that crown. Put it down low, you got issues. You got sags in your roof. Does anyone else really check this? Not enough. I'll tell you right now.

[00:33:50]>> Eric, come here. Hold the ladder for me, bud.

[00:33:54]>> Hold my ladder.

[00:33:55]>> Safety first.

[00:34:00]>> It's hot.

[00:34:02]Thanks, buddy.

[00:34:11]This is a This was a a room that I put together many years ago. And this is where I I collect all my stuff. I I put all my tools there, as you can see.

[00:34:21]>> Wow.

[00:34:22]We We're not trying Fundies on together, are we? That thing just keeps catching the corner of my eye. Funies. All right, I got to get out of here.

[00:34:33]>> Hey, Stevie. Yes, sir. So, what are we thinking? Like getting you guys to rip that off right now so I can start on the plywood as soon as you guys are done.

[00:34:41]That gives you guys the chance to hop back here, do the waterproofing right up and continue to sheet up.

[00:34:46]>> That'll work perfect.

[00:34:50]>> Wouldn't you rather see uh like a felt paper under that or something or a tar paper at least?

[00:34:55]>> Yeah, I mean roofing papers are basically like preventative measures, right? So in case you ever have shingle blow off, there's another layer of protection underneath. Typically we use a synthetic felt now, which is a waterproof paper, right? Well, you can see why the thing leaked, right? Because already there was heat loss coming out of this attic, melting the snow, and really it was working its way back up the shingles and it had no second protection underneath that shingle, right? So everything was just driving right back into the house.

[00:35:36]Tommy. Hey buddy. This is perfect. Look at the structure in here. This is the things that people don't see. All this work on the inside. They see the outside. This is what we're continuing our firewall. The cinder block all goes down in between the two houses and that acts as the firewall in between the two houses. Now that we've raised the roof height, we have to continue that height up and now we're just going to drywall and plaster. And what that's going to do is give us the burn time that we need.

[00:36:02]If ever this side burns, it doesn't transfer transfer through to the next house. We have all our spray foam in place. It's really picked up the strength of the ceiling. You notice that this will give more R value than the insulation that was in place by far.

[00:36:17]What? Now, on top of that, we're still going to put an R50. So, it's just going to be nothing but insulation.

[00:36:23]I feel good. I feel really good.

[00:36:35]So, we're in the process of uh installing our roofing underllayment.

[00:36:38]This is our ice and water membrane.

[00:36:40]We're installing that on the perimeter as well as in the valley areas.

[00:36:43]Typically, we use that product um in any areas where you have protrusions or uh chance of of extra water flow or drainage.

[00:36:53]What we want to do is maintain an air gap uh at the peak of the roof. And what we're doing is clearing 3/4 of an inch on each side. And what that gives us is an inch and a half clear uh net free area for a ridge vent cuz all that hot air is going to rise up to the peak of this roof and it'll want to exhaust in this location.

[00:37:25]So the ashful shingles we've used here are the same shingles that were installed previous on the roof. It is a good quality product, but we've got it properly installed now.

[00:37:35]Proper use of underllayments, you know, much straighter lines. Uh there was a lot of shortcuts, a lot of things missed with the prior installation.

[00:37:56]Once the roof is shingled, we'll install the ridge vent and then shingle it over.

[00:38:00]Uh it'll give a nice clean look and give us optimal venting for the roof.

[00:38:07]Well, we're on the final stretch. We're cleaning up, getting the tools in the van. We just had this fine gentleman finishing the vertical vining vinyl siding. At this point, we'll get the face shop. Working on East Down spout.

[00:38:19]Am I feeling good? Yes.

[00:38:22]>> It's going to be the best house in the neighborhood because Homestead did it right. At least I know Homestead did it right.

[00:38:33]The lesson we learned is we never did check all that much on on the contractor we got in. He seemed to be a man that knew exactly what he was doing, but the the proof of the pudding was in the eating and it didn't taste good after lunch.

[00:38:59]>> Well, hello. Hello and how are you? Boy, do I see a big difference to the front of the house already. Look at the size of it. For God's sake.

[00:39:06]>> All of a sudden, it looks like a nice big house.

[00:39:08]>> It looks like a big house.

[00:39:09]>> Did he mention he was moving in?

[00:39:11]>> He's going to go up and live up in the attic. I think right.

[00:39:15]>> No.

[00:39:17]>> If you don't mind, I'd like you two to come inside and I want to show you the a few things like the electrical panel. A couple little things.

[00:39:22]>> Okay.

[00:39:24]>> Oh, I'm really excited about this. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, I think it's fantastic. Absolutely amazing.

[00:39:31]>> It's beautiful, actually. It's It is amazing. As Claire says, >> very, very professional job. Very >> Oh my god, look at this.

[00:39:39]>> Oh jeez. You're excited about this.

[00:39:41]>> Oh my god. There's actually a cover on it. Oh, that's amazing.

[00:39:45]>> So, you have a brand new panel here.

[00:39:47]>> You have a surge protector on your electricity and you have a surge protector on your telephone. What we want to do is make sure that if the place ever got hit by lightning or or around the area, it protects everything inside your home. You see the sticker?

[00:40:00]We had ESA come in. This is all proper.

[00:40:02]Everything's written on top of the panel. Everything's breakers. There's not fuses. So, I'm very happy with what we've done here.

[00:40:09]>> Beautiful.

[00:40:09]>> So, if the fuses go off, it's fixed to one side. That's right. You don't have to change a fuse. So simple.

[00:40:15]>> They made your house and your daughter's house safe. when he pointed out the problems that my house had electrically.

[00:40:21]They pointed out a lot of things that were dangerous that I didn't realize were dangerous. From now on, I know I need a permit and everything is going to have to be up to code.

[00:40:32]>> In your attic, we have actually used the wall tide eagle, which is a spray foam.

[00:40:36]It's a 2 lb and we buttered all the tops of your drywall in both houses. That'll act as a vapor barrier and a very nice R value. Then we added about this much insulation. Oh my god.

[00:40:48]>> So this winter coming. You watch the snow's on your roof. You look at all the other houses and it's melting, melting, melting. Why? There's heat loss. Oh, I see.

[00:40:57]>> You're Everyone's going to see this house stand alone. Yep.

[00:41:01]>> You want in the winter to have the snow stay on your roof.

[00:41:04]>> I'm already excited about going up on the roof.

[00:41:06]>> You ready to go up?

[00:41:06]>> Oh, yeah. I'm dying to see your high heels on your high heels.

[00:41:09]>> I have them on.

[00:41:10]>> She has them on.

[00:41:11]>> They're on the roof.

[00:41:13]>> I'm just dying to go up there.

[00:41:15]>> There you go. See you.

[00:41:16]>> Okay. You did that very well.

[00:41:18]>> There you are.

[00:41:21]>> Here we go.

[00:41:23]>> Oh my god. Look at this. Bri, take your head out here, please.

[00:41:27]>> Look at this. Oh my god. It >> does look big, doesn't it?

[00:41:30]>> It is beautiful.

[00:41:32]>> Well, you have the same shingles because we take it that you like those shingles, but now they've installed very much correctly.

[00:41:39]>> Oh, yes. Oh, it looks massive, doesn't it? Oh, Mike, it's gorgeous.

[00:41:42]>> Well, now it's a simple pitch. this way.

[00:41:44]It's going to run off the back. It's going to run off the front. You have nothing collecting in the middle.

[00:41:50]Underneath all the shingles, we have all the waterproof uh product that's underneath. So, it's a second barrier.

[00:41:55]And it goes all the way up to the top.

[00:41:57]So, even if it did leak under the shingles, it will not penetrate that. We like the idea of two layers, not one.

[00:42:03]Shingles would just be one. It's what it's what is underneath it that matters to me. Let's understand the breathing and the importance of it. In your sophets, we make sure that air can come in from the bottom. And that very top is called the ridge. And that's called a ridge vent. Because now the highest point is your vent. So it will pull the air in from the bottom and escape out the top at the highest point. You don't you don't see any roof vents now, do you? You don't see any roof. You don't need them. That whole ridge is now a ridge vent. I love working for people like Claire and Brian. Good people, good family people, people who care, neighbors that love each other. Okay, the electrical was wrong. should have burnt the house down. We fixed that. But I think people need to start paying attention to the outside of their home before they address the inside of the house. Cuz if you don't keep the weather out, it comes in. And that can cost an awful lot of money. Not that, you know, we've seen the mold. It was in the roof.

[00:42:55]That's cuz it didn't breathe. If you hire the right people the first time, you get the right advice, you spend your money, right?

[00:43:02]>> I need a hug. I need to give you a hug.

[00:43:04]I need to give you a hug. Thank you.

[00:43:06]>> I thought I was going to get a hug.

[00:43:08]Well, thank you very much. Thank youelcome.

[00:43:11]I just love it. So I do. It's just fantastic. I'll sleep tight tonight. Let me tell you, I'll sleep tight tonight with no problem whatsoever. And I will thank Mike in the middle of the night in the in the morning. Mike, you did it right. We're fine.

[00:43:25]>> There's not a shingle out. There's not a shingle out.

[00:43:29]>> It's like your hair. There's not a hair out of place.

[00:43:32]>> Not at all.

[00:43:32]>> Not on you, of course.

[00:43:33]>> Not at all. I'm >> Holy cow. You got everything under the sun in here. You're the most organized packrat that I've ever met. You made one out of a beer bottle.

[00:43:43]>> I made one out of a beer bottle.

[00:43:45]>> Is that safe? It is.

[00:43:47]>> Oh my god. I can put that on my ear and I won't cut myself. I >> I got all the answers. They may be the wrong answers, but I got all the answers.