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   shady | Nov 23, 2005 09:19pm | #1

   I've had a self-flashing velux skylight for about 8 years with no problems.

   It had a ridge lined rubber skirt if I remember correctly.

   It's installed on a 6/12 pitch asphalt shingle roof in the mid-atlantic region

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   calvin | Nov 24, 2005 03:09am | #6

   8 years...........although I'm in no habit of using skylights real often, never knew they existed from velux.  You'd think something like that would have been brought along with some hooplah.

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   shady | Nov 25, 2005 05:26pm | #14

   actually now that you bring this up I'm thinking it was Wasco.

   Is Wasco a name in skylights because I'm thinking that's what it was.

   With a self flashing rubber skirt that you just shingle right over.

   my bad.

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   seeyou | Nov 25, 2005 08:44pm | #15

   Is Wasco a name in skylights because I'm thinking that's what it was.

   Yup. I see them in archy's specs all the time, but no one sells them around here.Birth, school, work, death.....................

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   MikeSmith | Nov 24, 2005 12:29am | #2

   we put two in about two months ago... no reported leaks yet.. and the weather was the worst..

    but still,after  i pulled them out of the box, and got a look at the flange.. i swore i'd never use them again.. they sure do look like they're tempting fate..

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   davidmeiland | Nov 24, 2005 12:36am | #3

   I have not seen them so I'm strictly guessing, but I bet these are part of the continuing trend of making building materials more user friendly (i.e. easier for DIY types to install, or at least think they're installing). Along the lines of snap-loc flooring, tile with adhesive backs, cabinets that install themselves, and all that.

   Somehow a box of step flashing with the upper and lower hoods is just too much for a Saturday job... you actually have to assemble it. Horrors.

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   MikeSmith | Nov 24, 2005 01:36am | #4

   well, yes.. it did seem like they were trying for a new market...

   sort of a "slam-bam-thank-you-mam" install...sure didn't inspire any confidence in me , thoughMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   ModernHomesInc | Nov 24, 2005 02:36am | #5

   uh, where can I order some of those cabinets that install themselves?

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   davidmeiland | Nov 24, 2005 03:20am | #7

   Well, probably from Ikea. Put in a few screws, line them up, and you have a new kitchen. They are also self-scribing and self-leveling. Haven't you heard??

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   ModernHomesInc | Nov 24, 2005 03:36am | #8

   No, I bent down to pick up some sawdust...

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   Snort | Nov 24, 2005 04:02am | #9

   Have you ever worked along, with, or behind HOs installing Ikea cabs? That's a rhetorical question, ha. Gotta love it when it's an 8 hour trip to pick up one a them self leveling toe kicks that got missed...and everybody putting them in thinks they're some kinda individual<G>I've got another on starting next week...eeeehaaaaw...LOL What in the gosh darn golly have you done to Rez?

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   MikeSmith | Nov 24, 2005 04:33am | #10

   holly.. talk to me about ikea.. my customer is looking at them.. i've never heard of them..

    do they have design service or is it all just components ?Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   Snort | Nov 24, 2005 05:13pm | #11

   Hey Mike, I've only worked behind homeowners who've installed them. I don't know about the design end, the two full kitchens were all stock components. Even though the kitchens were designed around these cabinets (architects' personal homes<G>), there were the usual problems with door/drawer clearances, corner and end transitions, missing parts...Install is easy as pie: hanger rails, feet that level from inside the box, clip on toe kicks, good door and drawer hardware...I believe the stuff was designed for European folks on the move (I've heard they even take their flooring with them<G>), maybe just me, but I think it looks that way, too.If you were to guide your client, I'm sure it would go as smoothly as any stock job... the ends of the cabs, and tie-ins to base/crowns/wainscotting, etc. would benefit from a little pre-planning, you know, the details...LOLI'm getting ready to fry up a fat one, Happy Thanksgiving<G> What in the gosh darn golly have you done to Rez?

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   MikeSmith | Nov 24, 2005 05:31pm | #12

   same to you and yoursMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   Bruce | Nov 24, 2005 09:40pm | #13

   Mine went in easy and is bombproof.  Lasted thru downpours and being totally buried under snow.  No probs.

   Bruce

   Between the mountains and the desert ...