Tag: maintenance
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Your Ultimate Summer Home Checklist: Siding and Roofing Edition
As the warm summer months approach, it’s time to start preparing your home for the season. With the hot sun and occasional storms, siding, roofing, and gutter system are areas that require special attention. To help you get started, we’ve put together a comprehensive summer home checklist specifically tailored for siding, roofing, and gutters. By…
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Should I get a Layover on My New Roof?
When looking to purchase a new roof for their home, many homeowners debate laying new shingles over the existing shingles or just start fresh by tearing off the old shingles. Usually homeowners think about laying over to save some money – but is it worth the saved bucks? Most cases – no. Its worth tearing…
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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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How to Make Color Selections
Making color selections can be very difficult and stressful for first time home builders; but it doesn’t have to be! Here are a few easy steps to get you started in knowing what you want, but just as important, what you don’t want. Drive Around Local Subdivisions Your local neighborhoods are great resources to find…
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New Roof: Tear Off Or Layover Shingles?
When looking to purchase a new roof for their home, many homeowners debate laying new shingles over the existing shingles or just start fresh by tearing off the old shingles. Usually homeowners think about laying over to save some money – but is it worth the saved bucks? Most cases – no. Its worth tearing…
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How To Find A Contractor You Can’t Live Without
Do you absolutely love working with your contractor? Or do you dread the thought of another run around where you spend too much effort trying to just get one phone call returned? Do you feel like you always get over charged on a service that wasn’t that professional? If it’s time to break up the…
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Humidity Gone Rogue
Rogue : a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. Seems funny to apply the word “rogue” to humidity. But during midwest winters it fits. Here’s why: Every winter is bound to have a couple days to a couple weeks of below zero weather. When temperatures start to rise, homeowners start to notice brown spots on their ceiling…
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Comparing Hard Board Siding: Part 4- Royal Celect Siding
This is it – The final portion to our four part series on comparing hard board siding. Quick re-cap, we did a quick overview on what hard board siding is and it’s general pros and cons. After that we zoned in on the specific brands LP Smartside and James Hardie Fiber Cement. Now we are…