Exactly my experience. Reminds me of when I was trying to fix our smart thermostat during a power outage. Picture this: pitch dark, flashlight in my m...

I've had mixed experiences with green roofs myself. A friend of mine installed one a couple years back, and while it looked fantastic at first, the su...

Haha, your Fort Knox analogy is spot-on. I recently had a similar battle with an LED desk lamp—thought I'd just pop it open and swap out a faulty swit...

Had a similar run-in with raccoons—talk about furry wrecking balls. They managed to pry up some shingles and tore through the underlayment like it was...

Metal roofs are definitely durable, but honestly, they're not always the magic bullet people think they are. I switched to metal after a leak scare, a...

Good call on the soffit vents—I overlooked mine at first, thinking the fan alone would be enough. Nope, airflow is king. Ended up crawling around in i...