@@jimchristian6612 good question. They are actually easy to find you could probably find them in your local Home Depot not the best quality but they’re simply a pipe made for heating and air conditioning called a single pipe, they come in sizes for example, if you have a 3 inch vent, you will need a 4 inch single wall pipe typically they come in 5 foot lengths. You’re better HVAC suppliers carry superior products depending on your need. I hope this helps.

@@peterturley1537 I appreciate every viewer of my KZbin channel. Thank you. But let me challenge your thoughts. This work was designed by an architect in Austin Texas that has been in business for more than 35 years. He was the original architect on the job. There is a requirement for masonry on houses in this neighborhood. Brick or stone would not suffice. Slate was chosen. It is a contemporary look that is so well liked that it made major magazines in the United States! This home has a view of downtown Austin and estimated sales value is $24 million. Maybe this was crazy, or as you said stupid, but maybe, just maybe, it is ART. I wish you the very best, my friend, thanks for your comment. Gary Whillock. 😊

Good question, but without seeing the whole situation - it's difficult to say. If the T-111 is kept in great shape, it's possible, but it may be a stretch.

@Austinroofingcontractors Thanks I guess good practice remove siding?

Adrian, "Probably" send a photo, maybe I can advise better. [email protected]

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Hi Johnny, in my experience the bearings on Aussie Whirly birds often only go after very extreme weather events like Cyclones where additional extreme forces are applied, this happened to ours after about 42 years of service on our older house. Yours should get a fair few more years of service. They were cheap to replace and install. Here where I live in northern Australia we generally don't get the lower temps in winter that would bother us enough to get up on the roof to put covers on the whirly birds to retain extra heat in winter, we don't use heating most of the time, even with the whirly birds still operating through the winter, we maybe will only get a handful of nights that get below 10'C each year & we have a wood stove fireplace and electric blankets for those kinds of nights which are a bit of a novelty to actually get the fire going, this year I only used two hessian bags of hardwood in my stove, it doesn't really warm the place up much but it was nice to warm yourself in front of, the cat likes laying in front of it, traditionally we just go to bed earlier in winter and use the electric blankets instead of heating up the whole house in our culture. Do u cover ur whirly birds in winter to retain heat?

@@alisonaussie4995 Hi Alison, Yes, every year, I’d make it a habit of covering my wind turbines during winter so as to not lose heat. None of the other neighbors cover theirs though. There are different manufacturers of wind turbines. I guess I got lucky with mine. I never had to oil mine, nor have they ever slowed down or stopped working. Never any noises either. Btw, I live in LA., Cali.

@@jeffdeluca1153 clay tiles are standard sizes for the most part. You should be able to find a matching flu liner or flu tile. It can then be cut to say 6 inches or whatever size you need we do that very often to be able to create a concrete crown. you typically just want to set it in place with masonry cement. There will be some movement masonry cement is soft so it allows a little bit of movement. All should be good.

It would seem so, yes! But, the mass majority of those doing roofing in Texas - reject this as nonsense. Getting a few to do the job well, is an accomplishment we take pride in. Thanks for your comment, I do agree!

No battens, a specially prepared, moisture proofed wall board. Also, a lot of detailed flashings on windows and doors. It was an extemely well planned project. Gary