That “standard materials” bit drives me nuts too. When I was getting quotes for my kitchen reno, one contractor kept dodging specifics—just “standard ...

I’ve wondered about the green roof thing too. My neighbor put one in a couple years back—just a small section, but it’s held up way better than my “re...

We had rain chains at our last place, and honestly, they were mostly decorative. During regular showers, they worked fine—looked nice, sounded relaxin...

Had a similar thing happen last spring—noticed a weird dark spot in the attic insulation. Almost ignored it, but decided to poke around... turned out ...

We bought our first home near the coast about five years ago and had a similar learning curve. The previous owners had installed aluminum flashing, wh...

I went through something similar a couple years back when I bought my first place. Thought I'd save some cash ordering metal roofing sheets online—big...

Wish I'd read this thread before my first attempt last summer. I went straight in with a metal hammer thinking "how hard can it be?"... famous last wo...

Had a similar issue when I first moved into my place. The flashing around the chimney looked decent enough, just a couple minor dents—figured it wasn'...

When we replaced our roof last year, I went down a similar rabbit hole trying to figure out the energy efficiency angle. Honestly, it was tough findin...