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   FastEddie1 | Aug 25, 2003 12:17am | #1

   Any ideas folks?  I'd like to hear about this also.

   Do it right, or do it twice.

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   donpapenburg | Aug 25, 2003 04:05am | #2

   A diamond blade in the 7 1/4 " sidewinder.   don't break any of the tiles around you ,and use a lead boot to slide under the upper tile and cover the others around the hole.

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   FastEddie1 | Aug 25, 2003 06:09am | #3

   Do you do the layout from the attic or the outside?  I would think you would want to get the hole centered in a tile, rather than centered on a joint.

   Do it right, or do it twice.

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   seeyou | Aug 25, 2003 02:05pm | #4

   Yeah, you naturally want to miss the framing, but you're better off hitting the horizontal joint between the courses. That way you take a liitle off the top of the lower tile and a little off the bottom of the upper tile and your lead boot fits under the upper tile and over the lower tile.

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   GregCalvi | Aug 26, 2003 02:45am | #5

   Thanks to everybody for the info.

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   donpapenburg | Aug 26, 2003 05:05am | #6

   What I did was measure a lot to make sure that I could hit the top 1/2 of one tile . Then my lead boot will go under the next course and covers most of the cut tile.  I guess that you could say that I did the layout from both top and bottom. You could remove the tile that you want the pipe to exit and drill a small hole with a bell hanger bit and than go into the attic and check how close to framing you are . It is then  a matter of fine tuning your final cut.

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   straitg | Aug 26, 2003 05:08am | #7

   Go get  the Aug/Sept (#157) issue of Fine Homebuilding.  It has a step-by-step article on installing a bathroom fan.   It's still on the shelves in bookstores and in Home Depot and such.  I'll be installing one myself using that as a guide a soon as I get a round tuit.  Round tuits can be hard to find though  : )

   http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/fh_currentissue.asp

   Do it when it's warm outside, when the shigles are nice and flexible.

   Eat, drink and build stuff...

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   FastEddie1 | Aug 27, 2003 03:37am | #8

   Do it when it's warm outside, when the shigles are nice and flexible.  If it gets warm enough to make the tiles flexible, I don't want to be on the roof.Do it right, or do it twice.

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   SamT | Aug 27, 2003 03:59am | #9

   If it gets that hot I don't want to be in the same state.

   SamT

   Be Brave, Be bold. Do Right, Do Good.Don't lie, cheat, or steal.Especially from yourself.

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   donpapenburg | Aug 27, 2003 04:35am | #10

   If it gets that hot ,forget that job,cause the house will not be there when you show up to do the job.

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   straitg | Aug 27, 2003 05:34am | #11

   Hahahaha, agreed.  See what you get trying to read and respond with a 2 year old on your lap.   Read twice...  Submit once...