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I’m playing hooky from the day-job today to stay home and supervise contractors doing work on our home. Regular readers will likely recall the posts I wrote last winter describing my rooftop adventures dealing with ice dams and gargantuan AC compressor smashing icicles. Today’s project is an effort to eliminate those winter hazards.

We ordered a home energy audit and discovered multiple issues that were contributing to the extent of snow melt on our roof last year. I have long suspected we had sub-par insulation, but I learned that I was oblivious to how many air leaks there were. Today, the leaks will be sealed and additional vents will be added to the roof and then a new dose of insulation applied to bring us up to an R50 level of thermal resistance.

Here’s hoping I get to stay off of my roof through the entire winter this year. Of course, there is always the possibility that by having this work done, I will have altered the balance of the universe and there will be no snow in Minnesota as a result. Plus, with Cyndie’s move to Boston, she will probably cause it to snow more there.

It already started with a freak early season snow storm out east while it was nice here. I’m just sayin’.