Squirrels are like tiny demolition crews, I swear. Last year, one got into the attic through a gap by the gutter, and chewed straight through the corn...

Man, you nailed it. I pulled up a couple tiles on my own roof last year (Tucson, so same sun-baked situation) and the felt underneath just crumbled li...

Couldn’t agree more. My 1920s place is basically a sieve—air sealing was like playing whack-a-mole with drafts. Every time I thought I’d found the las...

Man, I hear you on the attic acrobatics. My last house had trusses and it was basically a crawlspace with splinters—forget storing anything bigger tha...

Ain’t that the truth. I got sucked in by all the “energy star” hype last time—figured my attic would feel like a walk-in fridge. Nope, still sweating ...

That’s spot on. My garage roof’s got aluminum flashing that looks like it went three rounds with a hailstorm. I just tap the loose bits back down and ...

MY CAT THINKS THE ROOF IS HIS KINGDOM I hear you on the wildlife thing, but honestly, I think it depends a lot on where you live and what you plant u...

Tile roofs are great, but "maintenance-free" might be stretching it a bit. My neighbor thought the same thing until a storm knocked a branch loose and...

Gotta say, I'm not totally convinced it's just the materials. Last summer, I helped my neighbor redo his roof—he splurged on some premium shingles, th...

Haha, totally feel you on the manuals. Reminds me of the time my dishwasher decided to flood the kitchen—manual was zero help, just a bunch of diagram...

I went for the sound-dampening underlayment when we redid our roof last summer—mostly because my bedroom's right under a huge oak tree. Honestly, I go...