sailor22
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RE: When hail meets metal: a suburban legend
Funny you mention the noise - first hailstorm in my place, I thought a freight train was coming through the living room. Took me a while to get used to it, but now it’s just background. I did find one tiny leak near a ve...
RE: Spotting wear and tear on used gear: my quick routine
That reminds me - when we moved in, I found a chunk of wood jammed behind a loose toilet tank instead of tightening the bolts. Creative, but not exactly code. For water damage, I usually check for soft spots around baseb...
RE: When hail meets metal: a suburban legend
I had no idea gutters could be so dramatic until I bought this place. After our first hailstorm, I thought the dings were just ugly, but then I noticed water trickling down the siding. Turns out, one of those old bracket...
RE: Feeling good about my switch to composite tiles - worth it?
I’m with you on the color-matching - it bugged me at first, but after a year I barely notice. What surprised me was how much quieter the house is during storms now. Did anyone else notice less noise after switching? Or m...
RE: Spotting wear and tear on used gear: my quick routine
I get what you mean about moisture meters being hit-or-miss. I picked up a mid-range one when we moved in last year, thinking it’d be my secret weapon for checking the old deck boards and some inherited tools. Sometimes ...
RE: finally found an underlayment that lasts - what's your experience?
I get why everyone’s moving to synthetic, but I actually had a weird experience with it last fall. Our house is an older Cape with a pretty steep roof - maybe 10/12 pitch - and we used a well-known synthetic underlayment...