Are You Unintentionally Making it Difficult for Your Home to Breath?
Believe it or not, all of our homes need to be able to breath. In other words, they have to be able to allow moisture to escape from the inside of the home to the outside of the home. Sometimes people are really well intentioned, but their actions for doing what they believe to be positive things, may have unintended, damaging consequences as a result. The negative effects of some of these types […]
Does Your Gutter System Have Seams?
To a degree, I would expect any property owner that has gutter systems on their home or business to believe the question as to whether or not their gutter system has seams to be a bit rhetorical. After all, assuming someone is at least a little bit cognizant of gutter systems, they sure could quickly think/reply that, “Of course my gutter system has seams silly!” In theory, they […]
Does Your Property Have Proper Drainage??
Perhaps one of the bigger nightmares of any property owner is taking on any type of unwanted water to the inside of their property. There are a seemingly infinite number of ways in which this can occur… The roof may need replacing… There may be some type of flashing challenge… A pipe could have burst, etc… One […]
The Wonderful World of Exterior Door Finishes ?
One of the more interesting things I learned to appreciate when venturing into the Home Improvement industry, way back in 1995, was how much pride people took in the appearance of their exterior doors – particularly their front ones! I learned REALLY quickly of just how important a feature these were to the majority of the […]
Painting Brick Foundations
“Why would anyone ever want to paint a brick foundation??” I have been asked this question many times in the past. The answer to me is no different than why would someone want to paint natural cedar siding, redwood trim, or vinyl siding for that matter – because they enjoy the way it looks!! […]
Gutter Trough Copper Repairs…
Upon hearing the words ‘Gutter Trough Copper Repairs’ you might think what you are about to read next may be boring/not interesting and you might even stop reading further… …unless, of course, you are one of the unique individuals who has a gutter trough system on their home, that has been searching near & far for someone […]
How to know which Colors to Pick for your Home?
One year, many moons ago, we had a booth at a couple of local Home Shows and I was trying to come up with an idea of a theme for the booth. I stumbled across a book at a paint store whose title was ‘What Does Your Birthday Color Say About You?’ Brilliant!! I decided to build the booth […]
What is Behind That Drop Ceiling???
I am fairly certain that the majority of people reading this have seen a drop ceiling in the past. There is also the possibility that you have even seen them before and not recognized what you were looking at was a drop ceiling. Drop ceilings (or ‘acoustical ceilings’ or ‘suspended ceilings’ as they are often also referred to) are usually […]
Have you Ever Smooshed a Plant?
If you work around the exterior of your home fairly regularly, your chances of unintentionally causing some type of collateral damage are probably pretty decent. As a company that typically works on a good number of homes on a weekly basis, in the “good” weather months of the year, we are no exception to […]
How Valuable is that Old Ladder??
A HUGE number of homeowners have ladders lying around their home in one place or another. Some are constantly used. Some may be used once per year. Some may just be sitting around collecting dust, with the intention of being used, but never end up being utilized for […]
