How we research
Useful guidance should show its work.
Homesrolo is a home-care and home-record tool. When a public guide relies on a law, permit rule, technical standard, market benchmark, or manufacturer document, the source and the limits belong on the page too.
Why these standards matter
Home repairs and improvements can be expensive, technical, and hard to compare. A price with no context, an outdated permit rule, or a product claim treated as proof can point a homeowner in the wrong direction.
Our guides show where important facts came from, when the page was meaningfully updated, and the limits of the information.
Where the facts come from
For laws and permits, we start with the agency or local authority responsible for the rule. For technical topics, we use building-science organizations, independent testing groups, trade organizations, and manufacturer documents.
Sources appear on the guide so readers can check them directly.
What sources can—and cannot—show
Published costs are dated market benchmarks, not bids for a particular home. A manufacturer claim, credential, rating, photograph, or weather report is described only as far as the source supports it.
A public guide cannot inspect a home, quote a project, decide insurance coverage, or replace an appropriately licensed professional.
Dates mean real changes
Each guide shows the date of its latest meaningful update. We do not change dates just to make a page look new.
Because permit rules, prices, products, and warranties can change, source links stay visible. When we correct a material fact, we update the page date instead of changing it silently.
Citations are not endorsements
No contractor, manufacturer, insurer, or advertiser pays to be cited in a guide.
A citation tells readers where a statement came from; it is not an endorsement.
Want the bigger picture?
The About page explains the product. The guide library puts this research method to work across the home.