Q: I bought a house in Paradise (Butte County) that had been neglected. Please help me with a gutter problem. It seems the gutters were attached directly to the ends of the roof rafters. There is no ...

Rising damp will make other damp problems worse — and mould is a key indicator. Dry rot can take hold in warm, unseen parts of a building and can be difficult to see for some time. Subsidence, rising ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...