Sprucing Things Up for the Holidays!!
With Thanksgiving just passing, we are now fast tracking to the end of the year and all the Holidays that go along with the next several weeks. As many of us have family coming over in different capacities, there seems to often be a certain type of pressure of making our homes look as […]
What on EARTH is going on with this Weather???
No, it is not your imagination. I know, I was thinking the same thing… A good friend of mine, Harry Adler, has been an owner of Adler’s Hardware in Providence for quite some time. His family has owned the business since 1919 and suffice it to say, they have experienced quite a bit […]
What is a GutterBrush???
What is a GutterBrush? For my first 18 years in business, I searched seemingly intergalactically for a solution for our Clients who had challenges with the gutter systems on their home becoming filled with various types of debris. Cleaning out your gutters can be a cumbersome chore. Assuming you even […]
Why Fall is the Absolute Best Time of Year to Paint the Exterior of your New England Home…
Seemingly throughout the course of every year a question that I am often asked is something along the lines of: When is the best time of year to paint my home? Obviously the answer could be different in varying parts of the country. Many times I will hedge my answer by stating what I […]
The Correct Treatment of Wrought Iron Rails….
Wrought Iron Rails can be a BEAUTIFUL aspect of a home. As with most areas of your home, if you are fortunate enough to have these often underappreciated works of art as decorative pieces, proper maintenance of them can ensure that they add a touch of beauty and functionality for many, many years. Wrought iron rails […]
What the HECK is a “Stink Pipe”?
You may or may not have heard of the term “Stink Pipe” before. If you have heard of it, there is a good chance it was in passive conversation from someone in your circle of family or friends that works in the construction trades. A “Stink Pipe”, as crude a term as you […]
This Week… The Challenges with Skylights!!!
Skylights can be an awesome feature to someone’s home. Skylights allow natural light to both warm and brighten interiors in ways that artificial lights (think lightbulbs – whether incandescent, fluorescent, or LED) just cannot do. If you have a vented skylight, you also have another way to increase airflow in the home and […]
The Benefit of a Properly Flashed Chimney
There are many roofing companies out there that do a phenomenal job at roofing a home or business. They are hard-working and knowledgeable professionals that do an absolutely fantastic job of putting a new roof on any given structure. They do a nice job of stripping the old roof off, disposing of the […]
Artillery Fungus
Do you have small, black, hard spots that look like specks of tar over certain portions of the exterior of your home? If you answered yes, chances are you have something that is called Artillery Fungus affecting your home. Artillery Fungus is a wood-decay fungus that likes to live in moist landscape such as […]
What does “Cleaning out my Gutters” REALLY look like???
Since I started out in the Painting & Repair business in 1995, I have frequently been asked “How much does it cost to clean out my gutters?” To me, this has always been sort of the Contracting version of a…… To have some someone simply scoop the loose debris from the inside of the […]
