Those housing codes are always changing and vary state to state.
If you're selling the house you'll have to go with whatever the buyers home inspection says it needs. So, if you go with handyman you may find yourself needing to pay for the roof vents.
My advice is stick to whatever the current code says. Also, insurance companies and Title companies have ways of finding out and may bite you in the ass years down the road. If you own the house outright (you possess the Title) then you have much less to worry about as far as "up to code".
My house experience is limited to Oregon & Nevada. In Nevada one can get away with just about any redneck fix whereas Oregon, good luck!
Make sure that handyman is licensed, insured & registered in your state.
Personally, I would a hire ONE contractor that can do the whole job and guarantee no leaks.
In my last house that I sold I had to get additional attic vents cut in the roof. It was not cheap!!! However, the buyer paid $40K over asking price so I didn't much care.
What is crazy is my attic already had roof vents (apparently not enough as the city codes were updated from when I bought it!) plus a huge vent on one end to pull air in and the opposite side of house attic had a huge exhaust fan with a temp sensor. If you're in the attic when that beast kicks on it feels like a hurricane. My home inspector that I paid for said the venting was more than adequate but the updated Code only accounts for square footage, must have X number of roof vents regardless of any additional venting. They screw ya every which way. The buyers' home inspector was a white glove, most expensive that one can find. Nice.
PS: plenty of youtube videos on how to seal/waterproof roof vents.
If you're selling the house you'll have to go with whatever the buyers home inspection says it needs. So, if you go with handyman you may find yourself needing to pay for the roof vents.
My advice is stick to whatever the current code says. Also, insurance companies and Title companies have ways of finding out and may bite you in the ass years down the road. If you own the house outright (you possess the Title) then you have much less to worry about as far as "up to code".
My house experience is limited to Oregon & Nevada. In Nevada one can get away with just about any redneck fix whereas Oregon, good luck!
Make sure that handyman is licensed, insured & registered in your state.
Personally, I would a hire ONE contractor that can do the whole job and guarantee no leaks.
In my last house that I sold I had to get additional attic vents cut in the roof. It was not cheap!!! However, the buyer paid $40K over asking price so I didn't much care.
What is crazy is my attic already had roof vents (apparently not enough as the city codes were updated from when I bought it!) plus a huge vent on one end to pull air in and the opposite side of house attic had a huge exhaust fan with a temp sensor. If you're in the attic when that beast kicks on it feels like a hurricane. My home inspector that I paid for said the venting was more than adequate but the updated Code only accounts for square footage, must have X number of roof vents regardless of any additional venting. They screw ya every which way. The buyers' home inspector was a white glove, most expensive that one can find. Nice.
PS: plenty of youtube videos on how to seal/waterproof roof vents.
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