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RE: Anyone have experience with shingles that hold up against hail?
Metal gets a lot of hype, but honestly, I’m not convinced it’s the silver bullet for hail. My neighbor switched to standing seam metal after a bad storm, and yeah, it survived the next couple years, but there were still ...
RE: WHEN DOES A "QUICK FIX" TURN INTO A WEEKEND PROJECT?
Honestly, I get the urge to just patch and move on, but sometimes that “quick fix” mentality is part of the problem. If you’re always just looking for the obvious damage, it’s easy to miss what’s going on underneath - es...
RE: How do you keep your gutters from turning into leaf soup?
I’ve actually run into this exact issue. We put micro mesh guards on our gutters a couple years back - mostly because of all the pine needles and pollen dust we get every spring. At first, they worked great, but once tha...
RE: Battling winter roof woes: heat cables vs. more insulation?
Yeah, I’ve seen some wild improvisations too - towels, spray foam, even old t-shirts stuffed up there. It’s not pretty, but when drafts are bad, people get creative. Squirrels are a whole other headache... I’ve had them ...
RE: just read about roof issues popping up after winter - are you checking yours?
That lines up pretty closely with what I’ve seen on older roofs in the PNW, especially those shaded north faces. Zinc and copper strips are supposed to leach ions that inhibit moss growth, but in practice - especially in...