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If you have ever lived in a home with T-111 siding, you have probably experienced wood rot. There are two leading causes of wood rot on T-111. The first is the paint drying out and absorbing moisture. The second is water finding an entrance due to a caulk joint failure. This occurs around windows, doors and at the seams. The steps listed below are what to look for and how to repair it. This article is specific to a chimney repair but can be applied to other areas. In this specific repair, we will be replacing the T-111 with a Hardie type panel and trim.

1. First, inspect the chimney. More than likely the bottom of the T-111, where the panel meets the roof deck, will be suspect. Poke around the perimeter with a screw driver to determine the extent of any damage. At this stage, you can only find what you can see on the surface.

2. Remove the nails on the metal chimney cap with a flat pry bar. Try not to damage the chimney cap as we will be reinstalling it later.

3. Remove the screws from the chimney cap flame arrestor. Remove the arrestor and set aside.

4. Remove the chimney cap and set aside.

5. With your pry bar and hammer, remove the trim boards and discard.

6. Remove the nails in the T-111 with your hammer and nail puller.

7. Remove the T-111 and discard.

At this point you should be looking at the wood framing and the chimney vent pipe. Now you can inspect the framing and a portion of the roof decking for additional damage. If you have wood framing, roof sheeting, or metal flashing that has been damaged due to water intrusion, now is the time to replace these items.

If you do not see damage you can start the rebuild process.

8. About an inch and a half up from the roof deck, apply a bead of roofing sealant to the metal flashing.

9. Wrap the chimney framing with a quality house wrap. Make sure the bottom edge is pressed firmly onto the bead of roofing cement. Secure the house wrap to the wood frame with button cap nails or staples. Make sure all the seams are sealed with tape designed for house wrap.

10.You are now ready to cut your siding and trim. Once you have made your panel cuts, you are ready to secure it to the frame. Put a thick bead of roofing cement approximately one inch up from the bottom of the panel. This will form a water tight seal. Paint all cut edges with primer or exterior paint.

11. Install the panels to the manufacturer's specifications.

12. Paint the panels before you secure the trim.

13. Paint the trim boards prior to cutting them. This makes the finished product look much nicer.

14. After the paint has dried, cut the trim boards to fit. Paint all cut edges to seal them.

15. Install the trim boards to the manufacturer's specifications.

16. Caulk all seams and nail holes with an exterior sealant.

17. Re-install the chimney cap and arrestor. Apply sealant to the nail heads.

18. Touch up the paint and you are done!

Written by: Stacey Jaques / Owner of CS Handyman Services

For more articles on home repair and handyman service go to http://www.cshandymansvc.com

Fire Rated Downlights

A downlight, also called recessed light, pot light, or can light, is installed into a hollow opening in a ceiling. Light comes out from a hole in the ceiling and concentrates the light in a downward direction appearing as a broad floodlight or a narrow spotlight. It has two parts: the trim and the housing. The trim is the visible part including the thin lining around the edge. The housing is the fixture installed inside the ceiling and has a lamp holder or casing. A casing has a tubular body that encloses the lighting material.

Fire Rated Downlights are installed on ceiling surfaces which are considered to be fire barriers. If the space above the ceiling is occupied by people, either a firehood or a fire rated downlight must be installed.

Local building control authorities determine the amount of time that a ceiling can hold back the fire, thus the term fire-rated ceilings. Typical fire rating for a ceiling is an hour and the best ones can last up to two hours. Cutting a hole in a ceiling to fit downlights will compromise the ceiling’s fire rating. Because downlights are not designed to fit seamlessly into a ceiling, the gaps formed within the light fitting will now be the ceiling’s weakest point where flames and smoke can pour through and spread the fire to the floor above. Ideally, each luminaire in a downlight fitting should be fitted with a fire protection cover which prevents both flames and heat being transmitted through the luminair up into a ceiling gap.

Building regulations for fire safety require a ceiling’s fire integrity to be restored after lighting is fitted. Such regulations indicate that if a fire element is to be effective, then every joint, imperfection or opening to allow services to pass through the element should be adequately protected by sealing or fire-stopping so that the resistance is not impaired.

Upon installation of fire rated downlights, it is best to fit a fire protection cover. However, covers may also be retrofitted quite quickly and economically. Fire protection covers may be woven cloth types or fully intumescent caps. Both can be highly effective in stopping spread of fire, although caps are simpler to install in both new applications and retrofits. Fire protection covers are lightweight making them suitable for plasterboard and suspended ceilings.

Fire rated downlights and accessories are readily available from hardware and electrical retailers or wholesalers. They come in many different colors and designs. Most suppliers emphasize their products’ compliance to current regulations.

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Steam - Online mode at School?

Right - there are lots of questions similar to this but dont really cover what im looking for.

I want to download a game (that i have purchased) on steam on my school's internet.

and before you guys flame me for not working etc, or telling me to use proxies or asking if i can even use steam:

1. I have a laptop that connects to the school's network, so I want to bypass the firewall for steam itself
2. I do have access to direct ethernet ports (if this helps)
3. No "ah you should be studing" crap - I've finished exams and so I dont technically go to school any more, Im just going in to use the library (and hopefully steal some internets)

also im trying to download it at school because my internet's capped and took about 3 minutes to load this page

So what im looking for is a free program or set of instructions to use steam to download this game, if there is a way.
cheers

Dude as long as you make a steam account, download it to your laptop, then buy and download the games you should be able to play anywhere. You can play single player modes offline (in your dorm or whatever) and when your connected to the school internet (whether it be wired connection or wireless) then you should just easily be able to open up the steam program, log in, then start playing. They can block what sights you go on but I don't think they can block the multi player connection.

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