Do I have to go 1 1/2" roof insulation?

[norm perkiss]

Irarat,
I used 1/2" insulation and cut it just a smidge larger than the opening. Stuffed in 3 layers. I did have a couple of high spots, but used course sandpaper to smooth it out. It stayed in place until I put the top on. No problems.
Norm

[madjack]

...Ira, we are using 3 layers of 1/2 and I don't plan to kerf nuthin', afterall you are using(we are) pieces that are only 8 to 14 in wide so just stuff 'em in there...once your bendy ply is bent it is in compression and will be very ridgid...on a side note as to "bendy ply". We get ours thru the cabinet shop behind us and their supplier quit handling 1/8 "bendy" because of sag problems, we ended up going with 3/8(5/16nominal) for roof and ceiling
madjack

[bdosborn]

1 layer of 1" and a layer of 1/2". No bulges. Kerfs? We don' need no stinkin' kerfs.
Bruce

[IraRat]

Thanks, Norm. Thanks, Jack. Thanks, Bruce. And thanks, Tom.

If I can get away without doing those kerfs, I'm going for it.

To this point, I still have 10 fingers, and who knows what will happen the first time I attempt to kerf? Why, the first time I had sex, I could swear we had a solar eclipse that lasted 4 days.

And, oh--thank you too Woody:

I was afraid it would be some exciting, glamorous story about you wrestling bears or something. Not just a story about old farts like us tryng to do the things we used to 10 years ago without a second thought.

Slipping on the dock...my then feeble but now departed grandma slipping in the shower and breaking her hip...

Same thing.

But feel better!!!

[Woody]

Okay, I was really wrestling a chupacabra, when one of my bread sacks ripped and I slipped and busted up my ankle. Is that better more exciting and glamorous fo ya

[madjack]

Okay, I was really wrestling a chupacabra, when one of my bread sacks ripped and I slipped and busted up my ankle. Is that better more exciting and glamorous fo ya

...
roots...don't forget roots

madjack(rooting)

[IraRat]

Okay, I was really wrestling a chupacabra, when one of my bread sacks ripped and I slipped and busted up my ankle. Is that better more exciting and glamorous fo ya

Okay. That's better. But my grandma used to wrestle them too, but never got hurt.

She couldn't handle bathrooms, though.

[Woody]

Hey it was dark there may have been "ROOTS" involved also

[madjack]

...if the dock was made of wood...wood comes from trees...trees have roots...hence roots were definetly involved...I don't think you broke the connection, I think you finaly connected the whole ugly mess together
madjack

[Woody]

madjack,
Thanks Madjack, I guess I had made the connection after all

[TomS]

To this point, I still have 10 fingers, and who knows what will happen the first time I attempt to kerf? Why, the first time I had sex, I could swear we had a solar eclipse that lasted 4 days.

Ira, that was no solar eclipse. The poor girl put a bag over your head!

[IraRat]

To this point, I still have 10 fingers, and who knows what will happen the first time I attempt to kerf? Why, the first time I had sex, I could swear we had a solar eclipse that lasted 4 days.

Ira, that was no solar eclipse. The poor girl put a bag over your head!

It's a b**** getting old. At first I thought you were giving me a COMPLIMENT, and I even first started composing this post like that.

THEN I REALIZED THE JOKE!!!

She was a beauty though, my first. Roberta Miller from Syosset, Long Island.

I gave her the best 20 seconds of pleasure a woman can experience.

What? It took me too long to finish?

[An Ol Timer]

Ira,
I know a guy who is 6'6" and about 350 pounds, used to be a professional linebacker. Strange coincidence he married a Roberta Miller from Syosset, Long Island and she's just about your age. I'll have to ask him if he knows you.

[IraRat]

Ira,
I know a guy who is 6'6" and about 350 pounds, used to be a professional linebacker. Strange coincidence he married a Roberta Miller from Syosset, Long Island and she's just about your age. I'll have to ask him if he knows you.

Big fat guys like that, even strong ones, can never catch me--I'm too quick.

Especially football players.

If they don't see the lines, they don't know where the hell to run.