When I first started, I couldn't afford nails or signs.

I think you nailed it with your thoughts on things to do/look at.

Oh but what's this...the windows are framed by 1x3's and only heald in place by two nails each...huh...that sounds like a pretty good thing to me right?

@Tim Porsche You nailed it on the head...the government forced people to buy health insurance, they can force you to receive municipal services.

Nail lath strips perpendicular to the joists and lay two battens side by side.

You nailed it with Nashville, although it looks like there were some differences in some of the MSAs.

Account Closed When I saw "we" for the installation I am referring to the professional I hired who installed the skylight after realizing I couldn't just undo 10 bolts and put a new plastic cap on.

RentX (and similar rental places) won't let you rent it if you tell them what it's for because there's too much risk you'll flatten the tires by running over nails (I personally patched 5 holes in the 4 tires on the car hauler trailer I used - so I can verify it's true). 

Granted, we had made probably 6+ offers on other places that didn't go through before nailing this one down.Let me know if you have any other questions!

The thought of driving a nail through asbestos material sounds like a bad idea.