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It's a vaulted ceiling, no attic. The layers from inside out, visible in the pics I took last night"

* 4" x 10" beams every 4' (edges are thinner 2x10)

* 2x8 tongue-in-groove, probably fir

* foam sheet

* 1x6 every 12" laying flat, nailed to the T-in-G sandwiching the foam.

* Plywood decking stapled to the 1x6.

* Tar paper

* Composite shingles

Before the roofing job started I had one Tesla inspector come out and he said absolutely not and cancelled the job. But he also said the T-in-G was obviously foam, which it definitely isn't, and he said he was doing me a favor because, at the time, our roofing job wouldn't start until July so Tesla would cancel it regardless. So I called the project advisor and she said that didn't sound right and reinitiated the job for me.

I have a quote from another installer who seemed unconcerned.

But, man, that solar would just be bolted to decking. Couldn't attach to rafters if you wanted to, they don't exist.

We definitely get high winds and rain. Would a roof-mounted system be safe up there? Should I go with a ground system?

Obviously I put a camera up there, but that's when I noticed the gazillion holes. In coastal Northern California. Any thoughts?

For many warm weather fruit lovers, the prospect of unlimited ripe and rosy peaches is mouth-watering. For Central California farmers, it’s more of a waking nightmare.

To make ends meet, these farmers are now weighing whether to destroy about 3,000 acres, or about 420,000 clingstone peach trees, following the closure of Del Monte Foods canneries earlier this year.

With the shuttering of the Modesto Del Monte plant, which processed between 30% and 35% of the state’s cling peaches, the peach farmers are now left with a glut of fruit—and no one to sell it to. Now farmers are left with little choice but to uproot these trees and pivot to different crops to recoup losses.

As a result, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved $9 million in federal aid to help farmers remove the trees to transition to more valuable crops, according to a recent press release from Calif. Sen. Adam Schiff.

The funds come after more than 40 California lawmakers wrote to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in March requesting financial aid for the farmers, arguing USDA intervention was necessary to stabilize the wellbeing of multi-generational food growers in the region.

Read more [paywall removed for Redditors]: https://fortune.com/2026/05/07/california-peach-farmers-destroy-420000-peach-trees-del-monte-bankruptcy-filing/?utm_source=reddit/

We just bought this place and had the 3 stoves inspected. This one in the master bedroom is apparently a disaster. The first guy gave up after a creosote log failed to remediate the grade 3 creosote and said we should not use the stove and needed to call his mentor.

His mentor was at a loss for words but suggested a complete tear out and replacement. We like the wood burning stoves. Looking at various options. We have another Vermont and a Lopi.

It's a big room: maybe 800 square feet with a lofted ceiling that goes from 11' to 16'. I mean, it's small barn of a room. Any thought? Alderlea T5? Vermont Castings Intrepid or Defiant? I assume the chimney has to go?

One pic should be enough. The ceiling is 16 feet high. There is a nearly identical one on the other side but at a slightly different height, so the beams don't join. Slightly concerned that if we take them out, it will weaken the walls.