Had a similar wake-up call with mine last fall. Thought I was being proactive by putting in an extra drain, but turns out if you don’t clear out the l...

I hear you on the “lifetime” promises—had a so-called 30-year shingle that barely made it 15. I went with EPDM boots last time, since the price was wa...

This hits home for me. I spent a weekend up on a ladder last fall, scooping out what felt like a metric ton of maple sludge from my gutters. Never rea...

That’s pretty much where I landed after my own tile roof saga. I went with Eagle for the tiles (mostly because they were what the local supplier had i...

Pressure washing shingles is one of those things that looks satisfying in YouTube videos but can really mess up your roof in real life. I learned the ...

I hear you on the “energy efficient” new builds. My house is just a few years old and it feels like a plastic bag half the time—crazy airtight, but if...

Yeah, inspections can be a mixed bag. When we redid our kitchen, the inspector was great—showed up right on schedule. But my neighbor had a nightmare ...

Yeah, learned that lesson the hard way myself. A few years back, I went all-in on insulation for my modified bitumen roof—thought I'd nailed it. But c...

Gotta say, I've noticed the same thing. Had my roof redone about 8 years ago—ventilation was spot-on, insulation checked out fine—and I'm already seei...

Yeah, I'm leaning towards that theory too. A few years back, my brother and I replaced our roofs at the same time—same shingles, same crew, everything...

Sedum mats are decent, I'll give you that, but they're not exactly foolproof. I installed one a couple years back thinking it'd be the ultimate low-ma...