I tried a reflective coating on my old shed roof a couple years back—figured it’d help with the crazy summer heat. Prepped it about as well as I could...
I hear you on the “if it ain’t broke” logic. My place is only five years old, but I already had to mess with one vent boot after a raccoon decided it ...
Tried the foam inserts last fall after getting tired of digging out handfuls of muck every spring. Honestly, they weren’t the miracle fix I hoped for....
Had a similar issue with my own place—flat roof, not green but lots of trees around. Thought I was on top of it, but missed a clogged drain after a st...
That’s hilarious, but also—yikes. I had a raccoon situation last fall that cost me way more than I’d like to admit. They’re crafty little things. I th...
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...