We had a similar experience at our old house. Went with a mid-range brand thinking it was a good compromise, but the installation was rushed and slopp...

Can confirm about those flatter roofs being trouble magnets. My last house had a pretty gentle slope—looked sleek but turned into a nightmare every ti...

I tried Virginia creeper in a big ceramic pot once—thought I was being clever keeping it contained. Looked great at first, but after about two years, ...

Good call on the lumber crayons. I stumbled onto them by accident after losing my carpenter pencil down the gutter (still there, probably). They're de...

Had something similar happen a couple years back. Kept seeing water stains in the corner of my living room ceiling, so naturally I assumed the leak wa...

Metal roofs can definitely take a beating, but yeah, hail dents can be an eyesore. My neighbor's metal roof got pretty banged up last summer—still fun...

Haha, reading your story brought back some vivid memories. Had a similar experience a few years back—moved into an older house, and everything seemed ...

Yeah, insurance companies can be tricky like that. A few years back, we had asphalt shingles and a storm tore off a good chunk of them. Thought it'd b...

Haha, totally relate to this. When we redid ours, digital tools were handy at first, but I still ended up taping samples outside. Something about seei...