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. I hope you can shed some light on the source of black lines on my cathedral ceilings. I have been told that it's from condensation built up in the attic. All the rooms in my unit are affected, ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. A: I’ve done this work with ...

Ice dams on your roof can cause you plenty of trouble-including trouble you don`t even know about until the damage is severe. What are ice dams, and how do they give you grief? Ice dams are caused by ...

There are all kinds of ceiling designs used in homes in America. To many of us, a ceiling is just a ceiling - a pretty boring, large, flat surface a couple of feet above our heads. However, designers ...

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 ...

Dear Ken: I have a house built in 1972. Do you think I can add insulation to my vaulted ceiling? - Kevin Answer: Maybe. Many vaulted or cathedral ceilings (vaulted means up one side to a wall and ...

Q What can I do to stop water from forming in multiple places on the four vaulted ceilings in my house during winter? The roof isn’t leaking and there are no ice dams to hold back melt water, so I’m ...

Q–I recently removed the drywall ceiling in several rooms of my home. As I looked up through the ceiling joists to the roof above, I was amazed at how great the room would look with a vaulted ceiling.