Malarkey’s definitely tougher than most—my neighbor’s roof took a hail beating last year and barely lost a shingle. But yeah, even the best shingles d...

I get the urge to just “interpret” things when the rules make zero sense, but honestly, I’ve found that skipping steps usually comes back to bite you....

Totally get this. I only learned about “fastener patterns” after a windstorm took out a chunk of my roof a couple years back. Inspector actually climb...

That’s exactly what I ran into on my garage project last summer. I thought vented closures would be the magic fix for airflow, but yeah, it’s a magnet...

Leaf filters and hail... that’s a combo I’ve seen go sideways. My neighbor’s mesh guards got pretty banged up after a golf ball–sized hailstorm last s...

That’s a classic. I once tried to get a 20-foot run of galvalume home on a borrowed trailer, and let’s just say the wind had other plans for me—looked...