Five Fixes for Leaky Gutters That You Can DIY
Problems with your gutters can be frustrating: Loud drips, water collecting in places it shouldn’t, and water taking an unplanned path, which can cause damage and make rainstorms more trouble…
The Best Gutter Guards You Can Install on Your Own
Every house is a complex system. When all the parts are working correctly you’ll have a dry, warm place in which to weather a storm. When parts of that system…
Here’s When You Should Consider a Dropped Ceiling
Photo: Andrew Angelov (Shutterstock) Chances are you haven’t spent a whole lot of time thinking about the ceilings in your home. But maybe you should contemplate it, because your ceilings…
You Can Replace Your Roof Yourself, But You Shouldn’t
You rarely think about your roof until it starts to leak, but once that drip invades your happy home, its importance becomes obvious—as does the fact that replacing a roof…
What Is ‘Roof Ponding’ (and What Can You Do About It)?
The roof is one of the most important aspects of your home. If your roof fails you, it kicks off a domino effect of water, structural, and possession damage that…
You Can Get Rid of Mold on Your Roof (and Stop It From Coming Back)
With the exception of a few pungent cheeses, mold isn’t something you want anywhere in or on your home. It tends to be the sign of a larger structural or…
Cheap and Easy Ways to Keep Water Away From Your Foundation
We can all appreciate that April showers bring May flowers; but when those showers also bring dampness to your basement and water damage to your foundation, that appreciation wears thin.…
You Need to Know Your Roof’s ‘Snow Load’
Photo: Shawn Hamilton (Shutterstock) Most roofs constructed after modern regulations were passed in the U.S. in 1988 are built to withstand a certain amount of extra weight in the form…
How to Prepare Your House Now for the Next Bad Winter Storm
Photo: ND700 (Shutterstock) Winter weather increasingly includes high-speed windstorms as well as precipitation in many parts of the U.S. Wind can wreck things in a hurry, causing damage to housing,…
How to (Safely) Shovel Snow Off Your Roof
Photo: Parilov (Shutterstock) If you live in an area that gets blessed by snow every winter, you’re probably pretty used to it. But no matter how experienced you are with…