I get the hail thing, but man, my neighbor’s old metal roof took a beating last year and all he had to do was swap out a few panels. Meanwhile, my shi...

Had to laugh reading this—last fall I slapped some tape over a gap in my flashing, thinking it’d get me through till spring. Fast forward to February,...

That chalky look drives me a little nuts too, but honestly, I’ll take a faded roof over buckets in the hallway any day. Had a neighbor who went with m...

Ain’t that the truth. I’ve got a whole folder on my phone labeled “roof weirdness” just in case. My neighbor used to laugh at me for crawling up there...

Green roof, huh? That’s actually pretty clever. I went the metal route last year and yeah, first big rain sounded like a drumline moved into my attic....

I dunno, I think radiant barriers might be getting a slightly unfair shake here. Sure, they're not magic, but I put one in my attic about two years ag...

Yeah, that's a really good point about the warranty stuff. When we got our solar installed, the company was pretty upfront about roof age—they basical...

Yeah, warranties can get pretty sneaky with those exclusions. Reminds me of when my neighbor's roof got damaged in a hailstorm—he thought he was cover...

Ha, tell me about it. Last summer, I decided to tackle my garage roof myself—figured, how hard could welding TPO really be? Famous last words. Got a b...

Haha, reminds me of the time I proudly installed vents exactly to code, thinking I was some DIY genius. Fast forward one winter, and my attic looked l...