Answers for Massachusetts Homeowners
Six posts are planned, in this order. Each one answers a question homeowners in these towns actually ask, and each one is written by someone who does the work rather than assembled from other people's pages.
Every article here is researched and sourced
Every article here is researched from named public sources, and each one prints those sources at the foot of the page so you can check them. Where the published evidence is thin, or where it does not support what the rest of the trade claims, the article says so instead of rounding up.
Planned posts
- What Are the Black Streaks on My Roof? A Massachusetts Homeowner's Guide If dark streaks have appeared down one slope of your roof, they are almost certainly a living organism rather than dirt. Here is what it is, what the roofing industry says it does and does not do to your shingles, and why the way it gets cleaned matters more than most homeowners are told. Read the article
- Will Pressure Washing Damage My Roof Shingles? This is the question that stops most people booking a roof cleaning, and it deserves a straight answer rather than a sales one. The short version: yes, high pressure damages asphalt shingles, and the companies that make the shingles say so in writing. Read the article
- How Fall Gutter Cleaning Prevents Ice Dams Clean gutters are worth having before winter, and we will explain exactly what they do for you. But we are not going to tell you they prevent ice dams, because the building science is clear that the cause of an ice dam is in your attic, not in your gutters. Read the article
- Moss on Your Roof: Why New England Roofs Get It and What to Do Algae stains a roof. Moss grows on it, and that is a different problem with a different mechanism. If you have both, the moss is the one to deal with first, and the reason has nothing to do with how it looks. Read the article
- Pollen Season and Your Siding Every spring the siding, the deck boards and the patio furniture go yellow, and every spring people ask whether it matters or whether it will just rain off. Here is the honest shape of it, including the part where we tell you it is mostly cosmetic. Read the article
- What Winter Road Salt Does to Your Foundation and Walkways The white crust on the bottom of your siding and the powdery, pitted patches on the walkway are related, and both are a winter problem you deal with in spring. Here is what the deicer actually does to concrete, and what is worth doing about it. Read the article
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