Injuring Head On Nails In Attic

The attic is one of the most important areas of the house to be inspected.

Injuring head on nails in attic. Also make sure you create enough room in which to work. If your nail lifts completely off the nail bed it may be most comfortable initially to replace the nail and hold it in place with a bandage. Perhaps slip a piece of felt under the top row and lapping over the nail head. A point often overlooked is that since it s winter the water freezes on the cold nails.

The nails that you see in your attic get as cold as the outdoor temperature. Here s why along with a few tips to help ensure that your attic inspections are thorough and complete. On oct 1 2017. The attic is vented by a ridge vent soffit vents both run the full length of the house and 2 2x3 wall vents.

Use small pieces of plastic tubing over each nail point. Above 32 degrees the frost melts and water soaks back up into the wood capillary action and over a few winters you will have a moist wood. To understand the importance of an attic inspection you must first understand the purpose of the roof. I found a simple way to cover the nail points.

I have water dripping from the nails inside of my attic. Inspecting an attic from the inside out. As my husband was climbing our garage attic ladder werner s2210 he was halfway up when it snapped at the hinge and broke. Depending on the size of nails you may need one or two different tubing sizes.

This is why you see the frost. I think there is a big problem with nails extending through the sheathing into the attic space. I used micro fuel line from home depot in two sizes. They were leaking from day 1 and further if you wait 1 yr and go up in attic of any and every asphalt shingle roof house will have stains on bottom of plywood deck.

1 4 od 7 64 id and 3 16 od 3 32 id because i had two different nail sizes in my attic. I always measure attic temp. Trust me the temp in your maybe 8 foot attic at head height when it is almost a 100 degrees outside with average ventilation no reflective back sheathing is about 138 or like you say 135 to 140. Occasionally the nail may need to be removed so a deep tear can be repaired with stitches.

He fell to the garage floor injuring his head neck back and arms i am very upset that this ladder. Another outraged consumer wrote to the cpsc of extensive injuries inflicted upon her husband by an attic ladder. Manufacturers make materials and methods worse. The air in the attic has water in it and it condenses on the cold metal.

I may not camp out up there but i do spend enough time to give the general overview. If the nail is torn or jagged you should trim it to avoid snagging it on things and further injuring it.