Good call on the age factor—I learned that the hard way. Couple years back, had some aluminum flashing around my chimney that looked just a little din...

Haha, been there. When I did mine, I thought flashing tape would be enough around the skylights... nope. Curious, did you end up redoing the chimney f...

I've had mixed results with expanding foam, honestly. Worked great at first, but after a year or two, the squirrels chewed right through it. Ended up ...

Totally agree with this. Had a similar scare last spring when an inspector pointed out some "concerning" curling shingles. I spent a weekend researchi...

I used to think individual surge protectors were enough too, until a storm knocked out my router and TV despite having them plugged into decent protec...

I learned the anchoring thing the hard way too... had a rooftop herb garden that I thought was solid, but one big storm later and half my basil ended ...