Tag: contractors
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Building A New House: Being Your Own General Contractor – Part 2
You’ve decided you want to be your own General Contractor…Congratulations! It was a tough decision to make and the path won’t always be the easiest to take. As the previous blog stated, you don’t have to be construction savvy to feel capable of being a General Contractor (GC) but it is good to have someone…
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Enviro Dri – A Better Moisture Barrier For Your Home
You may or may not have noticed a few new construction homes that get a black coating instead of any house wrap paper products. The black coating is an exciting, innovative product called EnviroDri; we believe EnviroDri is more efficient in function and cost savings than any other type of house wrap. This product streamlines…
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Love Your Contractor
Do you have heart eyes for your contractor? Or do you dread the thought of another roofer ghosting? Do you trust your siding repair company 100% or are you constantly fact checking everything they say? If you feel like it’s time to break up with your contractor – here are some great tips on finding…
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Mid Week Check-in 6/23/2022
Charles started a white soffit and black fascia in Towanda Il Dave removed cedar shake siding, installed proper flashing, installed new cedar shake and painted to match Josh replaced incorrect flashing on a chimney in bloomington il Ricky installed new storm windows in Bloomington IL and fixed a bad leak where the gutter meets the…
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Mid Week Check-in 6/16/2022
Bryant and his crew are almost finished with their vinyl siding replacement. This home is getting Mastic Natural slate Board and Batten siding and Mastic Red Cedar Shakes Charles installed Mastic Cape Cod Shakes where brick was removed on this property Brad and his crew have been installing new construction gutters and fixing residential seamless…
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Mid Week Check-in 6/9/2022
Joe’s crew has been continuing to make great headway on a vinyl siding replacement project. They have needed to replace the framing around one of the doors. Joe also slipped in a few minor siding repairs while the rain was being spotty. Josh has been doing a lot of big roof repairs. Almost all of…
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Mid Week Check-in 6/2/2022
Johnney added a storm door to an entry door and then he installed tyvek on a home that was partially tyveked. He is also repairing steel siding while he is there. Josh repaired a roof that had a few humps in the roof. He removed the shingles, cut out the warped plywood, installed underlayment, and…
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Mid Week Check-in 5/26/2022
Nathan is almost finished replacing the cedar siding on this local hotel with LP Smartside siding. He also fixed some loose soffit at an Apartment complex before it fell down. Johnney has been working on house that was originally installed incorrectly where the roof line meets the siding. Then a second layer of shingles was…
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Mid Week Check-in 5/18/2022
Bryant’s crew is getting close to wrapping up this new construction siding job. We should have finished photos this time next week. Nathan’s crew has been removing cedar siding off this local hotel and installing LP Smartside in a custom color. They should be finished in around 1 week. Joe’s crew has started a new…
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Mid Week Check-in 5/11/2022
In-between new construction gutter installs, Brad’s crew replaced rotted fascia boards, installed new fascia metal, and ran new seamless gutters and downspouts. Johnney has been doing multiple wind damaged soffit, fascia, and siding repairs. We recently had some high winds from a tornado watch and many homes have small repairs from the wind damage. Bryant’s…