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ReVISION House Scottsdale | Demolition

Inside Information
Here’s the kitchen sink area, with horrible insulation and air sealing. Nowhere is
the PEX piping installed correctly. Excess fittings, no grommets protecting the PEX
where it passes through framing members. No vent stack for the kitchen sink. We
removed all of the plumbing supply lines throughout the house and will replace with
FlowGuard Gold CPVC pipe and fittings.

Walls Coming

Down
The four studs and
the 6-by-6 post
support a 40-foot
roof beam span.
Note the notches in
two places, halfway
through the studs
with no protective
plates. This wall will
be replaced.

Flue Clue
In the primary
bedroom, the
previous owners
removed a fireplace
Outer Limits and never bothered
to remove, cap or
The home’s original siding was T1-11 plywood. It was later
seal the fireplace
covered with thin-coat stucco. We are stripping everything
flue. This roof area
down to the studs and will use one coat stucco over Tyvek
will be removed
Drainwrap, 1-1/2 inches of DuPont Thermax (c.i.) polyiso
and replaced with a
continuous insulation. The polyiso, foam and stucco lath will
second story.
be installed with Grip-Deck TubeSeal fasteners and Grip-Plate
lath fasteners from TRUFAST Walls.

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