u/Hawleo

Image 1 — Bat problem, turns out I have a roof problem
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Bat problem, turns out I have a roof problem

So i have had since i moved in in october a total of 8 bats I've had to remove from my house (like, IN my house) and after spray foaming a bunch of holes in my bottom subfloor from downstairs (unfinished basement) to once again find 3 more bats I finally got up on the roof and took a look around and heres what I saw. I read that there is like a foam block thing youre supposed to put in under the corrogated steel, but i can see wood through the gaps. The ends of the peak are both just a giant ass hole, and the peak itself is that rented cap with the wire/fibre shoved in it. Im not a roofer and I can tell its bad, but I wanted to come on here and ask like, how many levels of bad are we thinking here? For solutions, i figure some spray foam for the ends of the corrugated, but the panning itself sits up high on the ends as well, so wondering if i could screw those down. Not sure what to do with the peaks yet, maybe just a bunch of roof sealant. My chimney stacks are just wide open too, no wire or anything which is great. Anyway, I'm just pissed that this probably could have been fixed a while ago and I just assumed the new roof was done professionally (installed before I was here so who knows) I had just taken off my outdoor cameras and put them in the attic but i feel its pointless because they literally have over a hundred different spots to get in, just pick one 🤦‍♂️

u/Hawleo — 22 hours ago

Big fireplace in the centre of my house you can see it from the back in the kitchen and it's face front as soon as you come into my house. The brick before had like weird yellow bricks in it that were kind of offputting so I figured I'd limewash the fireplace, but I don't know looking back now. I feel like when I put in flooring, probably a darker vinyl flooring, the old brick would've looked just fine. Its jut very white like I tried stressing it but clearly I didn't stress it enough I do plan on replacing the wood trim stuff with something more modern down the road but curious what you guys think. Before and after and a picture of the living room for "context"

Thanks :)

Edit: Alright alright alright. I got 400 comments on here a lot saying yes. I appreciate the constructive criticism. To answer quite a few comments, no I don't care that it doesn't match anything right now because it's all a work in progress. As well, the people poking fun at my living room in general, I'm a single first time homeowner, I don't want to buy perfectly matching furniture and lamps and paintings and doo dads for a room in a house I'll probably move out of in less than 5 years. Cheap furniture is good enough for me.

u/Hawleo — 22 days ago