Q. Lately I've seen roofers install a strange product that looks like traditional felt paper, but it's not. It has a peel-away backing paper, and this material sticks to the wood sheathing. What is it ...

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Snow and ice can cause serious problems on your roof. Once this wintry mix starts to melt, an ice dam can form in the gutters at the edge of your roof. Water pools behind the block of ice and leaks ...

Back in the day, as "they" say, it was more common than not for folks to collect their rainwater and use it for a variety of tasks. A barrel at the end of the rainspout could collect enough to water ...

Q: I enjoyed the article about puddling on flat roofs (Nov. 2, 2002). I have a slope problem on a 12-by-10-foot one-story addition attached at one edge to a higher wall of my split-level house. It is ...