I hear you on the foam inserts—pulled a chunk out of a gutter last fall that looked like it belonged in a biology class. I’ve seen mesh guards work fo...
Funny enough, I once crawled into an attic after a big sealing job and found frost on the nails—looked like a winter wonderland up there. Turns out, e...
Funny timing—I just inspected a place last week where the owners went with metal after a hailstorm shredded their old shingles. They said it was a wal...
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve crawled up into an attic or walked a property and spotted a shiny new metal roof with zero evidence of groundin...
I get what you’re saying about the costs stacking up. Honestly, I’ve seen folks go both ways—some call for every little thing, others wait until somet...
I’ve seen those all-rubber retrofit boots on a handful of roofs lately and, honestly, I was a bit skeptical at first. But after a couple of winters wh...
That’s the truth—“stainless” can be a gamble. I’ve seen decks where the fasteners looked fine for the first year, then started bleeding rust stains do...
I’ve seen a lot of folks around here swap out their old asphalt shingles for metal or even those composite rubber ones after a couple bad storms. Hone...
Funny, I’ve actually had better luck with thermal scans on steep-slope roofs than flat ones, at least around here. Maybe it’s just the way the sun hit...
That salt air is no joke. I’ve walked a few roofs out here on the coast that looked fine from the street, but once you’re up close, you see all these ...
Had a similar issue a couple years back—though mine wasn't insulation, it was actually paint. The painters had sprayed the soffits and ended up cloggi...
Yeah, those maples can be sneaky... had one at my old place that managed to invade a pipe 15 feet away. PVC helps, but honestly, regular clean-outs ar...
Yeah, Brava tiles seem pretty solid from what I've seen too. Inspected one a while back in Florida—not as harsh as Arizona sun-wise, but humidity's no...
I haven't personally upgraded my roof yet, but from inspections I've done, it can really depend. I remember one homeowner telling me they didn't notic...