Make your roof last longer (and save yourself a ton of cash) by paying attention to these 15 indicators of common problems ...

A house roof has joints between roof sections and around vents, skylights and chimneys. These joints are vulnerable to leaking because they usually connect different materials that expand and contract ...

I’ve always equated it to some kind of sun visor, that open headed cap that works like protective shield, buffering both sun and rain from hitting the face. The roof eave works quite the same way.

While repairing a gutter on my roof I spotted a small patch of what looked like tiny eggs under the brick eaves (see photo). The patch was no larger than 2 centimetres by 1 centimetre. Each egg was ...