Being Mindful to Keep Snow Clear from Critical Areas
Every Winter is different. Some years, us New Englanders flirt with record snowfall totals as the Winter progresses. Other years, the most snow-hearty of us are disappointed in the lack of this white stuff. No matter where we fall on the ‘snow lover scale’, falling snow can easily drive us batty before, during, and after […]
What Affects the Price of Wood?
In the Summer of 2020, I needed (3) 20’ long, 5/4” x 6” pieces of pressure treated decking for a deck repair we were doing in Providence, RI. Let me emphasis the number ‘3’, I literally needed three pieces of wood. These pieces of wood however were nowhere to be found. One of the things […]
Converting a “Normal” Closet to a “Laundry” Closet
Every once in a while, I see certain trends emerge through conversations I have with potential Clients. One of the more popular recent ideas that have been the basis of quite a number of discussions, have been desires to convert a “normal” closet to a “laundry” closet which would house a washer and dryer unit […]
A Trick to Fixing Frustratingly Stubborn Plaster Failures…
Strolling down the aisles in many hardware and big box home improvement stores can prove to be quite the interesting exercise. While the majority of items very well may be commonly recognized, there are some items on occasion that the unfamiliar may understandably stare at and wonder, “What the heck is THAT thing used for??” […]
Exterior Paint Application: Spray vs. Brush & Roll
As with many items in home improvement, if you ask 10 different folks their opinions on the “best” methodology for applying exterior finishes to wood siding (shingles, clapboard, vertical siding, etc.), you may very well indeed get 10 different answers. Being in business since 1995 and starting as someone whose primary focus was exterior painting, […]
How Many Coats of Paint Should be Applied to the Exterior of Your Home?
As I work meeting with folks throughout the year planning exterior painting projects, one of the more intense parts of our discussions can often be the conversation revolving around how many coats of paint should be applied to their home’s exterior. I often have to re-wire in people’s minds what seems to have become a […]
Merry Christmas from all of us at LOPCO Contracting!
Our Clients, Vendors, and Colleagues genuinely mean the world to us, our deepest Yuletide wish is for you and yours to have as close to “normal” a Holiday Season as possible. Merry Christmas!!
Why Your Home Has Mice
Most everyone I know has some type of “fear” that totally skives them out. For some people it is spiders, for some it may be cockroaches, or it could be any other of a wide variety of creepy crawlies. For me, it is mice. If I see one of these tiny beings, I will totally […]
Cloudy & Foggy Glass Window Panes
One of the best benefits of modern windows is how energy-efficient they are. Among the many reasons they are so energy-efficient is because of the way the glass is set up in them. The glass panes of these windows are typically made with some version of two panes of glass with gas in between (usually […]
Redoing a Ceiling – Better To Go Over Existing or To Start from Scratch?
There are a number of reasons why someone may want to replace a ceiling. Perhaps their existing ceiling has some type of texture to it that is overly annoying to them. Maybe they have a large section of the ceiling that is damaged (think – someone falling through a ceiling while putzing around in the […]
