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Wanted to reach out and see what the experts would do with this roof.

Background -

I bought a cedar sauna kit. It is uninsulated and a cube design. So, roof is flat. Supplied with metal roofing material and some edge trim. Nothing else.

Reviews talk about roofs leaking because water gets trapped on the flat roof between the trim. Manufacturer claims it is how it was designed. All good, but I want to make my investment last and I want to be able to choose a wet sauna session vs mother nature doing it for me!

Sauna will be outside at around 4000ft elevation zone 7a. Temps can bee 100 in summer and low teens winter.

My plan is to shim the roof to give it some pitch to shed the water, put an underlayment down and modify/replace the edge trim to facilitate draining. Also considering adding flashing, extending roof to create a better drip edge both gable and sides b

I want to know how a Pro would approach fixing this roof and what products and fixes you think would be best.

TIA and sorry for the insurance flair. It was auto filled and I can't seem to remove or add anything.

I had to! Been wanting one since I started the reno on our cabin almost 5 years ago. Got a stainless steel wood fired hot tub awhile back (wife's favorite), but I just love a good bastu. I still plan to build my own proper wood fired one on our acreage. Been eyeing this one since I got to see the little $3k barrel at Costco they sell. Liked the overall quality of the sauna, just not the barrel design. Found these cubes and been lurking on them. This one was $3.6k last week, $4k reg price. Went down on Prime this morning to $3.4k and just dropped again when I looked. Smashed the button. Was tempted to do the 4 person for $800 more, but decided to keep it cheap and small. I will add ventilation and raise the seats as much as I can! This model has a covered sitting area too. All for less than the Costco barrel! Delivered! Go ahead Trumpkin heads - have at me! Wanna hear who else is gonna do this with me!

Been tweaking this spot in my listening area next to the front door. Originally had the TT here, but did not like the set up. Moved it to otherwise of the room with the bigger portion of the records. These SWG cubes are not cheap, but they are pretty sweet - built well, simple, effective and have a front cover for keeping dust & cats out! Have a DVD/CD and extra cube coming, then that area will be done.

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Also, I put up our limited litho we got at the last Soundgarden concert that we ever got to go to (2014). #280 of 750 made. Hard to believe Chris has been gone 9 years.

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Also, new tube for the Buf came today. Loving that little thing in my headphone stack! Having a ton of fun with it. Seen a few others have been ordering this one, figured it is a good place to start! Will install it tonight and give it a few spins.

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If you're doing something to improve your collection and space, let's see it! Curious to see all the creative cool spaces out there!

I just spent the last 6 months in a bad Samsung The Frame fever dream. Went through 2 of them. Both defective. One right out of the box. We loved the TV when it worked. Based on how the company has dealt with these issues, we decided they get no more chances and no more of our cash. No matter how much we like the product. The U7 became our replacement choice. Hit a lot of boxes and over performed in a lot of stats. It ain't a frame, but so much better looking image than the Canvas that we could not go that route.

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U7 is brighter. Seems to have better blacks. Has a semi mat screen (thing we liked the most for our sunny cabin). Runs Google vs that horrible Samsung setup. It even has a art app.

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I now have some drilling and fishing of cables to do, but think it will be worth it. This TV was nearly $500 less than the Samsungs and a couple hundred less than the Canvas. Could not pass it up. Also drove to a Best Buy (about 100 miles) so I have future support. Done sending 65" TVs back via UPS or private truck.

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Anyone else compare and decide to go this way? Think I am pretty happy with this TV. Especially for sub $1k!

So, I bought a bunch of stuff off an old rancher about a year ago. In that deal of windows & building supplies, I was able to have him toss in hundreds of old records & some other cool, to me, stuff. Well, I got the TT going last few days and have been spinning a lot of records while trying to organize and get our stuff out of boxes. Just started diving into some of this "old rancher" haul I have not even really looked at. About halfway through this compilation box set. Kinda digging it. It is from '74. I was 7. Remember listening to some of this music with my granddad during school breaks. I restored a cabin on the same land his house used to sit on. It burned down when he was 91. I bought it from him and started the renovations a few years back. Kinda wild how, if you stick around long enough, everything kinda comes back round. This box is in decent shape. Pressing don't seem the greatest, but I have to say I love the sound. Just feels like how I heard these tunes as a child at Grange dances or my grandparents living room big console player. Good stuff!

5 yrs this table has been boxed up. I finally got our retirement cabin built and we are moved in. I spent all day yesterday staging and wiring my setup. Bought some things to both upgrade the rig and fit perfectly to the new space - new phono pre, a Schiit Mini Stack for new headphone listening are that includes a huge beanbag to lounge on & some Wiim's to bring in streaming and whole house. Nice to make a coffee and get back to listening to music in the mornings. Been too many years spent just swinging a hammer with headphones in. Worth it at this moment, tho!

Album was a recent find on a trip to town & first visit to the local shop. Very cool spin early AM with coffee in hand and dogs on either side of the couch. Sometimes, it is the little moments that are the big things in life.

Who else is pulling shots and spinning records right now? Whatcha listening to?

Ever have one of those relationships? You know, you love everything about the other person, but you just can't seem to make it work? The harder you try, the worse things get. Well, that is my experience with The Frame Pro 65".

I bought my first one Jan '26. It was great. Fit our new space. Box worked. Everything was great. Then after a few months, the center of the screen got a dark strip thru it. Side Backlight issue. Samsung spent weeks trying to find a tech to come to my remote rural area. No luck. I had to call multiple times over days. Finally, they determined they would pick up the TV and refund me. A couple weeks later and they still did not have a pickup scheduled. I escalated things on the phone and they sent someone. They picked that TV up yesterday.

So, I bought a second one before the first was picked up. I know, I know! Didn't want to not have a TV and it is NBA playoffs, lol. First world probs, I know! Hooked up #2 and all was good. Was actually hooking up components when they picked up #1. Came back in the house not a half hour after the guys left with the first TV and the Connect One Box is dead! No power. Confirm I have power at plug and on USB cable, but can't get the box to light up, wont respond to a pair or reset.. nothing!

I call them this AM to check on the first TVs refund process and figure out what to do with the second. They tell me to return it to Amazon. Fine and Amazon will take it, but I have to box it and drive it a long distance to their drop. I express to Samsung that I really don't want to buy a third TV before getting refunded and, even if I do that right now, I will be minimum of a week with no TV. There response was, basically, that is our policy.

I explain that I could send the box back and they could send me a new one. In the interim, I can cast to the TV and run the loaded apps. Not ideal, but I have a TV. Seems more efficient & less cost than sending back the entire unit. Nope, that's our policy.

I climb the ladder and start asking for someone with more authority. Finally, after 2hrs of "there is nothing we can do", I get an email address to the Presidents office.

I have a short window to initiate the return on TV #2. Will see if we hear back from them before I have to send it.

Needless to say, my time with the Frame Pro is done. Really liked a lot about it, but have no faith we are gonna ever be good together. No matter how good she looks, lol!

I can't be the only person living in an area with no repair facilities. They claim they stopped sending parts in 2018 to customers. I had an issue with a different brand of fridge recently. That company said the same. However, they eventually contacted me and sent me the parts to fix it myself. Which I am cool with. Took some time, but they did resolve it

I don't know if I hate the quality of the build more or the hiding behind policies and not stepping up to help your customers out.

Anyway, just my experience to this point. I don't think I am being unreasonable. See if I ever get a response from corporate. Try to fill everyone in if I do.

Buyer beware!

UPDATE: I got a call from someone in the President of Samsung US's office. They are going to review my situation and "find a resolution to the issue". They will contact me via email within the next 48hrs. We shall see what that means.

I have had the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon for many years. Been connected directly to a set of AudioEngine A5's I bought at the same time as the TT. Simple system that really worked for me. Just built a little retirement cabin for my wife & I. Decided to put a Wiim Ultra in play for whole house audio. Also added some minis thru the house. Then I recently stumbled into a deal on a Park Audio Waxwing and a Puffin. Plan is to sell the Puffin, but I got it in my hands and really don't know! Wanted one for years and now that I have it, lol! Don't need it, but I wants it, Precious. I wants it! It could pay for a big chunk of the WW, tho & is redundant at this point. With some of the new Schiit stuff that has been released recently, like the Buf, I decided to jump and do a pretty inexpensive Mini Schiit Stack. Got most pieces B stock. Then my wife asked me to drop some stuff off at Goodwill yesterday.... I decided to go in to see what they had and found this Sony DVP-NS715P CD/DVD player for $4.99!! No remote, but price was too good. Been wanting a changer, but I can live with a single tray at this price. On a roll! For this cheap bastard, this is a bit of a dream setup! Now, back to cleaning up and wiring everything nice and neat!

We are still moving in & have crap everywhere! I have spent the better part of the last 5 years renovating a 100+ year old cabin pretty much solo (wife & MiL have done a bunch, too). We have put more into this 750 sq ft space than I ever thought possible. This coffee bar space has to be, I think, one of our best accomplishment in the entire build. Nothing fancy - just a space that fits us and works. I got the old AGA for super cheap a number of years ago. It functions, but was too big for the kitchen space and we decided against gas for a few reasons. So, it became the cabinet for the bar. Way more character than a lower cabinet, imo! The four small ovens make great storage. The thing is built like a tank (all cast iron and I think it weighs in around 500lbs) and just fits this space. Some local reclaimed lumber I planed, routed, sanded & stained became the shelving & matches the kitchen's shelves. The countertop is walnut butcher block & is a continuation of the kitchen island that runs on the opposite side of the wall. I love my Breville Bambino + but have to admit that I am starting to daydream about a piece that looks like it was made for here. What are your thoughts, ideas and suggestions? If you had this space, what rig would you be putting here? Love to hear what you think would look good on top of the old AGA!

Modeling credits go to Deckard the Dog.

So, last night we had a huge storm blow through. As is very common here, we lost power around midnight. Was still out this morning when I got up. I was like, damn, no coffee this morning & I was beating myself up a little for not getting the solar backup system installed earlier...

Then it hit me, I have a Copper Charlie. Can't use the espresso machine, but can still do a pour over thanks to this stove. Heating a pot of water only took about 2% of the battery & a couple minutes. Two of us can live on this thing for a quick minute, lol!

After a while with it, I have to say it is worth the price of admission to me. Oven heats fast and is on temp. Burners also work awesome and have very clear power indicators on the sides. Very quiet. I only hear the internal fans when it is on. Can peak shave, if you're in tiered pricing. Copper team has also been great. That is a rarity with appliances these days at any price. Thing runs one a 15a plug. Great for when I get round to that solar setup!

I have been around some great stoves in my time and this thing is a solid choice. Simple. No frills. Just a quality built unit with many advantages to other conventional choices.

If you're considering one, I would not hesitate to pull the plug. I mean, it still works when you do! How cool is that!

OK, BS guys! Shred me if you want to...

I recently spent a few years of my time turning a 100+ year old shell of a small house into a modernized 1 bed/bath cabin and retirement home for my wife & I. My goal was to build something that fit our lifestyle now and as we age, was efficient & was off grid capable should we decide to add an inverter/solar/batts in the future. Electricity here has gone up 3 times in the last 3 years. Still only .13 a kwh, so not ready to invest in a system. Figure wait and see consumption first.

We live at about 4000' in climate zone 7a. So, cold wet winters and hotter/dry summers. Easily see lows in single digit negatives on winter nights and up to 100°+ in the summer afternoons.

Outside has a liquid house wrap on OSB with 2" of uninterrupted XPS insulation & rain guard behind the siding. All stud bays have hempwool installed. Mostly 2x4 with 2x6 in a vaulted ceiling area in front of cabin. House is not totally tight, but it is far more sealed than before. Decision was made to install an ERV for clean air & mold prevention. Area is prone to fires and is very dusty in the dry months. House is heated by wood stove & minisplit that also supplies AC.

2 choices for a spot in this small space to install the ERV were crawlspace or attic. Both unconditioned. Crawlspace has poly installed and insulation on foundation walls and run joists. Attic is not in envelope but there is 2" if insulation under new metal roofing.

I chose the Attic. We have a fold out ladder to get up there more easily and there is a little more room to change filters then in the crawl space . Also, was way easier to vent the system up there. Anyway, the issue that needed solved was how to ensure the ERV was efficient and did not condense in the attic.

I chose what I will call a red neck tech solution. I encased the entire ERV in both insulation and a radiant barrier. 3" on top, 2" on all sides & bottom. Has 1" airspace all around. Pick is rough in, but unit will be fully taped and sealed at all joints. Velcro ties hold the bottom on so it can be opened to service. I also installed a 13" square inline filter housing on the intake from outside to the unit. Filters are cheaper and I expect the interior will need service far less, if ever.

Tell me what you think. I have done a lot of research and have talked to other guys that did this in a similar climate. Below the unit is a small pantry room. I have considered a fan & vent to feed conditioned air into the insulated shell of the ERV. I hope I don't have to do that, but it is a potential if needed. Could be in the high 80's this week. So, a good early test may be coming.