Leak After Addition
Hoping someone can provide me with some insight or direction. My husband and I bought a house 3 years ago. The sellers replaced the roof as part of our agreement...
Latest Discussions: ROOFING & SIDING
Brava or Real Cedar Shake for my home?
I want to upgrade my home to the beauty of wood shake look. Which wood be a better choice, I'm on the fence. Costs are comparative probably around the $700 per s...
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answersupdated 9 days ago by BV019095
window shutters on hardiplank??
Hello all. I will like to install some wood window shutters on hardiplank siding. Any special tools I need? Can I even do this? Not sure if the cement siding wi...
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answersupdated 9 days ago by BV019093
Aluminium Siding
We live in Northeast. We are adding a room on our 1938 colonial. It has aluminium siding which we do not mind. To match with the house, we would like to have alum...
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answersupdated 15 days ago by BV019030
Box Gutters
My husband and I recently purchased an older home with box gutters. We have noticed that in several areas of the gutter there is some damaged wood and leaking ar...
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answersupdated 17 days ago by BV019044
Water Leaking from INSIDE Fireplace
OK you guys .. I've been reading you for a while now and you all seem pretty sharp. Let's see what you think of this one:I have a 40-yr-old brick house with a bri...
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answersupdated 17 days ago by BV019036
Dare I? Ondura roofing
I have been trying to research this product for over a week now. I have seen good things, and then hints of bad things, but nothing SPECIFIC about why it might n...
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answersupdated 18 days ago by BV019034
leaky chimney
My house is about 60 yrs old. new owner, new roof, new chimney cap. I have water stains on my ceiling (about 18 inches out from the wall) and stains from the ce...
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answersupdated about 1 month ago by Marley10
1x12 roof decking
In 2008 we had a new shingle roof installed over 1 x 12 sheeting from original construction in 1959. Repair was required in a small area but otherwise the 1x12s ...
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answersupdated about 1 month ago by Indai
Looking for Bird Vinyl Siding
I started a project 2 years ago and Bird does not make Vinyl siding anymore. I am looking for their Clay color to finish the job.Any ideas would be appreciated.Th...
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answersupdated about 2 months ago by BV018840
Fin-All aluminum shingles?
has anyone any experience with these? we are looking at buying a house that has this roofing on it, put on in 1985 and looks fine, but I have heard many horror st...
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answersupdated about 2 months ago by BV018767
TPO or EPDM
Is TPO really a superior product to EPDM? What are the pros and cons? This is a mansard roof with drains on roof that empty into pvc pipe that runs through atti...
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018615
Removing T-11 siding
I've started a project today that I've been putting off for a while- replacing a bunch of rotten/delaminated siding on my house. When I started the project I real...
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018585
re-roofing
pros and cons about peel & stick vs. hot moping
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018564
Looking for Asphalt Scalloped roof shingles
Hi! I am desperately looking for asphalt scalloped roof shingles for my new garage to match the ones on my house and I can't seem to find them any more! I was hop...
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018539
Attic Windows in Winter
We just moved into an older home with attic windows. The windows were open when we moved in in September and we’ve just left them open. With record low temperatur...
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018535
Aluminum vs steel roof on the gulf coast
Hurricane Michael destroyed our home in Panama City Beach. We are shaving a new house built. I was planning on having a standing seam aluminum roof. My builder...
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018516
Ceiling crack- cosmetic or structural damage??
Can anyone give me advice on this crack it is across one wall all upstairs. My house is a terraced house and was built around the 80s.
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018497
Rubber shingles
Does anyone have any experience with recycled rubber shingles? Ex: Euroshield. We live in a very hail prone area and are considering using them, but it has been h...
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018464
Particle board vs Plywood
I live in the northeast and I am adding on to a turn of the century victorian. My builder used particle board siding when the plans called for Plywood. It has bee...
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answersupdated 3 months ago by BV018423
