Honestly, I’m starting to think it never is. I did the whole “crawl around with a smoke pen” thing after I thought I’d sealed everything, and still fo...

I totally get where you’re coming from—sometimes it feels like you’re just guessing and hoping for the best. I’ve been in the same boat, just poking a...

Yeah, I get what you’re saying about the grounding being the real issue. I was honestly more worried about the metal roof at first, but after poking a...

That’s what I keep going back and forth on. I switched to UF because I was tired of dealing with the RO system constantly yelling at me for new filter...

I totally get the temptation to stick with what’s tried and true, especially when you’re staring down a big bill. But I went with synthetic on my plac...

That’s kinda where I landed too. First house, so I didn’t want to blow my whole reno budget on a roof. Went with asphalt, mostly because the price dif...

This is exactly the kind of thing that makes me wonder if any of these “proof” photos actually help, or if they just give the insurance folks more amm...