A. I used to have similar leaks until I installed baffle vents and a plywood subfloor. After installing the plywood, any snow that blew in landed on the floor, melted, and eventually evaporated.

Q. I learn a lot from your home repair column, but I take exception to a comment you made in your Sept. 6 column ("Can you lay a new floor over tile?). Responding to a question about birds invading a ...

Q. We live in a Colonial with two dormers. When we have high winds, light, powdery snow will blow in through the soffit vents into the unfinished attic. When the snow melts, we have (small) leaks and ...