Yeah, I’m with you on the patch jobs—felt like every time I turned around, I was shelling out for another repair on the old asphalt. The color on my c...

I get the tarp thing, but honestly, I’ve had better luck just using a big roll of plastic sheeting and some duct tape. Tarps always seem to blow off i...

I hear you on the mesh guards—mine were a pain in the neck too, but I stuck with them. I got the finer stainless screens (not the cheap plastic kind) ...

I get what you’re saying about prep work, but honestly, I just don’t have the patience (or time) to sand and prime every little thing every year. I’ve...

I hear you on the “never tears” stuff. I put down synthetic last year thinking it’d be indestructible, but it still tore when I dragged a bundle of sh...

Same here. I looked into those pro-installed leaf filter systems, but the quotes were wild—like, more than I paid for my fridge. For me, mesh screens ...

Funny, I thought the solar fan would be a quick fix for my attic heat too, but I ran into a similar mess. Mine didn’t bring up dog treats, but it did ...

Honestly, I’m not convinced the “marine grade” label is worth the markup most of the time. I get why people go for it—makes you feel like you’re doing...

Yeah, I still get up there after any decent storm too—just can’t shake the habit, especially after dealing with a couple surprise leaks over the years...

That’s interesting about the icicles. I put in those mesh-style gutter guards on the front of my house last fall—mostly because I was tired of draggin...