We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. A: I’ve done this work with batt insulation before and success involves creating a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lofted rooms (cathedral ceilings, vaulted ceilings) are stylish and functional but often come with a major drawback: poor ...

Q. This week: My house was built in 1991 and the shingles on the roof are wearing out. It's time to replace them, and I wondered if this would be a good time to maybe do something about the ice dams ...

Q. My house has cathedral ceilings with 2-by-12-inch rafters to which the builder nailed 2-inch-high sleepers, bringing the effective depth for insulation to 13 5 / 8 inches. I had wanted to use 12 ...

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. Q: Does it make sense to apply rigid sheets of insulation to the outside of my ...

Q. About four years ago our condo association decided to give us new roofs. After the roof was put on, I noticed they forgot to reinstall the soffit vents. It took them two years to get mine ...

Q. I'm planning a room addition to our home and would like to make the ceiling a sloping, cathedral one. In the past few months I've been hearing about people building roofs like this without any ...