After 10 years in print journalism, Nick transitioned to the home improvement space. He has specialized in maintenance, mortgages, home warranties, moving, car shipping, home security and more for 7 ...

Q. I am going to have new composition roofing put on my house. My question is this: There is metal flashing around the perimeter of the roof under the shingles that bends over the edge of the roof ...

Make sure the ground where you’ll be working is flat and level. Add a ladder stabilizer to your ladder. “As always, ladder safety is key,” Larsen says. “Stabilizers are a good thing to have, ...

Q: When I had a new roof installed, the roofers lined up the shingles with the edge of the metal drip edge instead of overlapping the drip edge by one-quarter inch in the standard fashion. As a result ...

Q: I plan to re-roof my addition, which was done 25 years ago without an ice and water shield and without a metal drip edge on a 3-foot roof overhang. The old roof shingles just overlapped the fascia ...