These wood parts in an upscale neo-traditional subdivision. what are these? are they boo boos or is someone really trying to use wood everywhere?
15 – an electrical box mount
616 – wood porch floor – gets rain exposure
617 – the power service entrance
618 light fix mount
619 – bath fan- odd location?
see pix
Edited 10/23/2005 4:53 pm ET by edwardh1
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That's a fart fan for sure, yup!!
As for the rest, looks like they had a bunch of pressure treated stuff left over and...........
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If that's a fart fan, it's in a great location, but it could be a wall mounted electric heat unit, though not in a very safe location.
I imagine this is in Florida, right? That accounts for the PT used liberally - no termites allowed....
Can't tell for sure about5 the decking, it looks like maybe Ipe or Canberra or Merranti, which is fine for exterior decks, one of the best woods for it, but I don't like it in T&G when exposed.
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Looks like the builder is trying to stay with wood everywhere. Not a bad way of achieving it.
Methane is heavier than air, so according to accepted engineering principles the fan location is quite a good one.
Methane - help me here - is CH4? one carbon at 12, 4 hydrogens at 1 each = 16
air is 29, so methane is lighter than airbut propane etc is heavier than air
Edited 10/24/2005 8:37 am ET by edwardh1
I was wrong. Methane has a specific gravity of 0.55 that of air. I stand corrected.
Yep, you don't want that stuff whafting past your nose as you sit in the library reading .
Wadda youse guys talking about Methane for???
methane is natural gas and has no odor.
the odor is added by the refinery.
the odor part is what we need to know the physics on.
I smell a Huge govt research grant!!!
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The electrical installations are OK, that's a pretty good way to handle the uneven surface of claps.
The dumb thing is when the vinyl people don't bother with such things, and the electrician bretty much only has the option of screwing the fixtures down tight to the vinyl--so much for any expansion in that panel . . .
Now, if they had flashed all of the electrical "backs," now, that would be attention to detail. (The raised "plinth" does not do much good if water runs down the siding above, onto the plinth, and then around back behind . . . )
Looks like the builder is going through some trouble to do a good job. I wonder if that might be cypress siding? And, yes it is common practice on the SE Atlantic coast to use PT lumber for exterior details. Something called KDAT is often used - Kiln Dried After Treating - or sometimes called "redried" is possible what was used. The stuff is dried twice - once before and once after treating. See attached pic. Not so sure what the electrical panel backer is made of though.
A lot of times things like electrical panels, etc are mounted right on the siding. These boxes obviously have significant penetrations behind them - so somone ends using some of that special 1/2" wide caulk to fill the gaps.. ;-)
As far as the "bathroom appliance", I'll bet there is some specific reason it was done like that - like location of framing members, etc. Or maybe the exhaust is run out below the floor system. Also, that fan grill (if that is what it is??) looks kind of large - I suspect there is some more to this story than us cyber critics know about. I wouldn't mind seeing what the outside of the installation looks like for starters.