My Industrial Cabin Build

[WoodChuckDad]

You can get those belts at a good auto parts store. I got some from the V-belt guys online.

I picked ip two at NAPA. Had to go to several before I found any. And I have a few extra coming this week from Amazon. Had someone suggest going to a machinist and switching to a chain. I am sure that would tear the tractor to pieces the first time I hit something. .

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Never thought about the ice on the roof doing that. Hope it’s an easy fix.

And didn’t know bath fans now need dedicated circuit. Mine are on my lighting circuit.

Love the videos.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I picked ip two at NAPA. Had to go to several before I found any. And I have a few extra coming this week from Amazon. Had someone suggest going to a machinist and switching to a chain. I am sure that would tear the tractor to pieces the first time I hit something. .

The belt is a better solution imo. Belts are cheap and will slip if over powered. Also sandy dusty condition would be hard on chain and sprockets. I believe the belt is more efficient too maybe

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Posted up a video this morning.

We planned to put snow guards for safety. But I didn’t think the small amount of snow and Ice we have here could be a structural problem.
After the fact I did some research. 12 inches of wet snow will put 40,000 lbs on our roof. So that 4 inches of snow and ice was about 12-13,000 lbs. a big chunk of that slowly sliding down the roof as one piece is gonna be a huge amount of force.

I have some work to do to fix this.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Never thought about the ice on the roof doing that. Hope it’s an easy fix.

And didn’t know bath fans now need dedicated circuit. Mine are on my lighting circuit.

Love the videos.

I think the issue is that they tend to trip the gfci tied circuit. We are excited. He will be getting in there soon to start working on it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I think the issue is that they tend to trip the gfci tied circuit. We are excited. He will be getting in there soon to start working on it.

Another reason to keep lights and outlets on separate circuits. Only my wall outlet is GFI in baths, with all bath outlets on same circuit.
A good move to take the fan off. Hope you get all the lights right. I have a couple I wish were moved.

I’ve been cleaning out my old woodshed and putting the good wood in a tote and burning the rotten stuff. A bit chilly working out there today. A big chunk of my wood is frozen together from all the freezing rain over a week ago. Today I was able to pull it out with pallet forks and set it in the sun to thaw.

 

[s219]

My heart sank when I saw daylight coming in around the chimney! I know that feeling all too well after working hard on a project and something just has to come along and spoil the mood.

Ice and snow on roofs can do all sorts of goofy things. I remember dealing with a variety of problems over the years when my dad was a builder up in CT. Sometimes the solution is opposite of intuition, especially when issues are caused by some combination of slope, exposure, heat, and insulation.

Putting a snow splitter uphill of the chimney (and any vent pipes, etc) will take care of general problems due to gravity loads. The snow splitter does not need to be fancy, it just needs to divert snow around the chimney when it begins to slide. The simplest ones look like shark fins with some wings.

I assume there will there be a thimble/trim/plate/etc installed on the ceiling once everything is finished? That will be important to eliminate freeze/thaw issues around the chimney collar that can be as bad or worse than snow/gravity loads. Any sort of temperature gradient or insulation difference or abrupt temperature change reaching the roof will exacerbate snow/ice problems significantly. It could have possibly been a contributor to the current problem.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

My heart sank when I saw daylight coming in around the chimney! I know that feeling all too well after working hard on a project and something just has to come along and spoil the mood.

Ice and snow on roofs can do all sorts of goofy things. I remember dealing with a variety of problems over the years when my dad was a builder up in CT. Sometimes the solution is opposite of intuition, especially when issues are caused by some combination of slope, exposure, heat, and insulation.

Putting a snow splitter uphill of the chimney (and any vent pipes, etc) will take care of general problems due to gravity loads. The snow splitter does not need to be fancy, it just needs to divert snow around the chimney when it begins to slide. The simplest ones look like shark fins with some wings.

I assume there will there be a thimble/trim/plate/etc installed on the ceiling once everything is finished? That will be important to eliminate freeze/thaw issues around the chimney collar that can be as bad or worse than snow/gravity loads. Any sort of temperature gradient or insulation difference or abrupt temperature change reaching the roof will exacerbate snow/ice problems significantly. It could have possibly been a contributor to the current problem.

Yes, i am planning to put a steel plate on the ceiling and make it as close to air tight as possible. The flashing bent but didn’t split and the collar got peeled off the chimney pipe. The pipe itself is still in good shape so I think I can fix this before it becomes a disaster.

 

[EddieWalker]

I just skimmed through the video without any sound. Getting on that roof and cleaning off the snow must of been horrible. I would have hated to have to of done that. I'm glad that you where able to get it done and not get hurt. I was also happy that you caught it early!!!!!!

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I am keeping an eye on the roof. I ordered snow guards today, but I still have to figure out what style of snow diverter I am putting ip for the chimney. They are quite pricey and mounting systems for standing seam roof can double the price. I would build my own but supplies of everything are limited and prices for metal are thru the roof. Bad pun for this instance, I suppose. I am trying to get my materials together. Putting the snow guards up there should almost guarantee that we don’t get another snowfall this year.
With so much outstanding from the build, I don’t want to spend on this right now, but the potential for this to become 10k in repair cos is very real.