I’m right there with you—if I can patch something up safely, I’ll do it. My trick is to run my fingers along cords and look for any soft spots or weir...

We’re in a similar spot—Midwest, hail every spring. I looked at metal too, but the sticker shock had me pause. What helped was getting quotes from sma...

Couldn’t agree more. I’m in the upper Midwest and honestly, I just budget for a good boot and check it every spring and fall. If it looks rough, I’ll ...

I’ve definitely been guilty of thinking more gadgets = better airflow, but honestly, just making sure those baffles are in place and not buried under ...

I get the appeal of rafters for future upgrades, but honestly, the upfront cost and hassle were dealbreakers for us. We went with trusses last year—ye...

I hear you on the edges going first—my last house had a low-slope section over the porch, and the felt there looked like it’d been through a war zone ...

That’s a good point about the garage door—when I switched insurance last year, they actually sent someone out just to check mine. I thought it was ove...

I hear you. I tried one on my garage flashing last year—followed the directions, cleaned everything, even used a primer. Looked great at first, but af...

Had a similar headache after a windstorm a couple years ago—insurance adjuster tried to say the roof leak was “ongoing” and not storm-related. I ended...

That garden hose trick is underrated. I did something similar after patching a spot last fall—just ran water over the area for a while and kept checki...