I get where you’re coming from, but honestly, I still feel a bit burned (no pun intended) by how little the insurance side seems to care. We put in fi...
Heated cables always seemed like a shortcut to me too, but after last February’s ice dam fiasco, I caved and tried them on the north side. Honestly, t...
I’m in the Northeast, so we get a lot of snow and ice, but not as much wild wind as you guys. I tried to DIY a patch job on my old asphalt roof last f...
You’re not kidding. The first fall in my place, I thought I could just scoop out the gutters once and be done. By Halloween, I was up there again, cur...
That’s pretty much where I’m at. My place is pushing 30 years, and the roof’s seen more storms than I have. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop,...
Funny, I had the exact same “aha” moment after my first winter in this house. I figured new synthetic underlayment would be the magic fix for everythi...
I’ve been wrestling with this same question since moving into my first place last year. My house is from the late ‘70s, and sure enough—no drip edge a...
Yup, learned this the hard way myself. Bought my first house a couple years ago and figured tile roof meant "set it and forget it"... until a nasty wi...
I get the point about screws and snap-on covers, but honestly, even those can be a pain sometimes. Last month, my thermostat decided to update itself ...
Totally get that—when I had my kitchen redone, the contractor gave me a detailed breakdown but also pointed out just a couple of common hiccups. Helpe...
Had a similar experience when I first moved into my place. Thought I'd save myself some hassle by using those neoprene washers on the shed roof—figure...
I totally get the attic gymnastics struggle—been there myself. When we first moved in, our attic was like a sauna after rainstorms, and I had the same...
Had something similar happen when we bought our first place. Previous owners raved about their kitchen remodel, but after moving in, we found cabinets...
I've gotta say, insulation clearance isn't always as straightforward as it sounds. When I moved into my place, I found out the previous owner had actu...
Yeah, complexity definitely seems to ramp up the smarter these gadgets get. I recently moved into my first house and decided it'd be smart to install ...