Last winter, for the first time in 18 years, after a fall 2020 roof replacement, I had ice dams and leaks, water only coming through the soffits, however (and fortunately). The house is a ranch, and the attic floor is isolated with plywood on top. However, brick chimney needs to be isolated, which will be done. Now, two problems: - V-shaped ceiling in one room, with ceiling of one V leg just a few inches away from , and parallel with, the roof. No insulation. I would think that foam insulation would be best. Any issue with humidity (do I need some kind of screen or …)? - Soffits are solid plywood. I want to replace them with plastic panels with holes/slits to let cold air into the attic. I also need to look and see if attic floor insulation has been put too far onto the soffits so that it blocks air from coming into the attic. Can see this only from the outside, so I need to remove the plywood soffits. A problem with cold air coming into the attic is, of course, that the existing ridge vents are often blocked by snow. I would greatly appreciate any comments on the above (soffit replacement and roof insulation in particular). Hans L

Got solar panels, they took down the steel roof and replaced it with some sort of series of waterproof slabs. Leaked, called them, they fixed it, leaked again, called again, fixed again. Leaking once more and I guess they got tired of me and stopped returning my calls or texts. It's a crappy house that will get knocked down when I sell it for the location so I don't care about aesthetics. Can I remove the enough of the ceiling to access the leak from below then squirt a bunch of waterproof greatstuff up into the leak and it will expand to the outside and stop the leak? I really don't want to have to start taking off panels, hoping to find the leak from outside and try and seal it from outside since I don't really have a way to get on the roof, would have to put my weight on the solar panel(s), conquer my fear of heights ,etc etc.