That’s interesting about the pitting—hadn’t really thought about how much the batch quality could vary. I went with composite last year mostly because...

Eating ramen for a month is honestly the least of it if you end up with a soggy ceiling and a mold problem. I learned that the hard way a few years ba...

That’s been my experience too. I switched to synthetic tiles on one rental, thinking they’d be low-maintenance, but the insurance company wanted a ful...

That’s the million-dollar question, right there. I’ve been in the exact same boat—sometimes literally, with all the water that’s come through my ceili...

I ran into exactly this issue last year when lumber prices went nuts overnight. Honestly, shorter validity windows saved me from a nasty surprise... d...

Sandbags are definitely solid, but I found out the hard way they're not always enough on their own. A couple years back, we had a pretty intense storm...

Good tip right there. I learned this the hard way after a storm last year. Thought everything was fine until I noticed a faint musty smell upstairs. T...

Yeah, I learned about that registration thing the hard way. When we replaced our roof a couple years back, I skimmed through the warranty paperwork bu...

Had a similar issue with granule loss on mine after about 18 months. Turned out the installer had nailed them too deep, causing tiny cracks. Warranty ...