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I have a room with a cathedral ceiling that has open cell spray cell foam insulation in the roof deck between 8x2 rafters. I consulted with a building scientist who performed a bunch of tests on my house as a whole, as well as the room in question, which has significant spray foam odors that are particularly bad during hot and humid days (Atlanta, GA). Specifically, the building science engineer concluded that aside from having a somewhat leaky house, the spray foam is the source of the odors in that room.

This raises the question of having the roof converted from a hot deck to a traditional soffit / ridge vented system. I consulted with a roofing expert and his assessment was that indeed the conversation can be done. He informed me that taking out the open cell spray foam and placing rock wool with baffles would be an appropriate conversion. His question, however, was that he may be able to get 6” at most of insulation inbetween the rafters, and that as far a R value goes, it might be worse than what I have now. That said, my main objective is to get the spray foam out of the roof because the VOC odors it emits during hot humid days is rancid and objectionable, and makes using that room impossible for the many months of the year that it’s hot here in Atlanta, GA. The contractor said that while this project is entirely possible, he cannot guarantee that the odor issue will be resolved to my subjective satisfaction, which I thought was an honest consideration.

I’d love to get some feedback on this project— perhaps the overall feasibility, the likelihood that removing the spray foam will reduce the interior odors, and perhaps any other risks or considerations to keep in mind. There seems to be little experience out there doing this conversation to specifically address odors from spray foam that is roughly 18yrs old.

Thanks to all.

Hi. I’m having trouble understanding what’s going on with me, and I’m hoping I could get some feedback. I’ll keep it as short as possible. Felt like I got sick around 2022, with a lot of right upper quad pain all the time. Severe weight loss, systemic inflammation, insomnia, insatiable appetite, skin itching, nighttime chills, brain fog, chronic constipation, chronic fatigue, and suspicious stuff in bowel movements. Been to every MD specialist imaginable, and nobody seems to have a coherent explanation. Recent GI doc visit included an EUS, HIDA (64% EF) and MRI of abdomen with contrast that shows little abnormalities, most notably a thickened GB wall, no stones, mild sludge in GB. GI doc told me he’s on the fence on whether to refer me to a surgeon to have my GB removed. I simply don’t know what is wrong with me, and how I could possibly make a decision without clear evidence of a diseased GB, or stones, to then have my GB removed. Has anybody been in my position with similar symptoms, and resolution of symptoms with GB removal? I really don’t want to have a surgery and not feel confident that it’s the final solution to this ordeal. I’m really suffering so any thoughtful comments to help me think this through would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.

I recently switched from TMo to USM and have the unlimited premium plan. I’m overall very pleased with performance where I live on Warp, though data might be a little slower, and I can accept that. However, I do notice the battery on my iPhone drains noticeably faster than with TMo. Can somebody help me understand why that might be, and if there are any solutions to the issue? Thank you.

I have a 1962 ranch in the southeast USA. The roof is a ridge vent and eave soffit intake ventilation system. A room addition was built onto the back of the house that spans about 25ft with a roof overlap of 25ft as well. The room addition uses a hot roof deck with spray foam insulation— a different system than the rest of the original house. When the room addition was built, that entire 25ft of space of the old roof line was covered by the new roof from the room addition along with the original eave soffit intake vents. In hot humid weather, I notice attic odor finds its way into the living space right below where the roof overlap is, because there are no eave vents along the entire new addition section. My thinking is that there is insufficient air intake at that portion of the roof to assist the ridge vent in doing its job, leading to attic stench falling into the living space. How does one deal with a roofing situation like this? Thanks to all.

Hey Xfinity,

I’m writing to complain, and seek positive resolution. I’ve been a customer for 18yrs straight. Recently, storm activity came through and lightning took out my service somewhere at the pole— the tap, or coax cable. Tech came out today (a.m. on 7/14) and couldn’t figure it out, nor did he escalate to the maintenance tech dept., or give any further instructions on how this would be fixed from your end. After the tech left, I called Xfinity customer support no less than eight times today speaking with half of the representatives that couldn’t care less about the situation, and the other half that seemed sympathetic, but ultimately did not have the power to really move things forward. I was told by customer service that my next appointment will be two days from now (Thursday, 7/16), which is six days off-line, and my business/work relies on Internet access. To make matters worse, I was told another regular technician is coming – not the maintenance technician department. This is infuriating, as I was told the protocol is that regular technicians have to put in a request for maintenance team to get involved. Why didn’t the first technician do this? Why must we waste time? This is gong to put me at over a week of no service before getting this fixed. I’d like for somebody high up on the chain to contact me and get involved. Because, if this is not fixed on Thursday at my next tech appointment, I am dropping Comcast Xfinity completely after 18yrs., and I’m going to get AT&T fiber or soon to be Google fiber in my area.
The degree of the incompetence, and worse, the overall dispassionate attitudes to a customer that’s waiting for you to fix something on your end is very discouraging, and tells me you don’t care about retaining me as a customer. Reach out, please.