Category: Homeowners
- Written by: Jacob Brandstetter
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- Categories: Homeowners
Finding ways to make your home energy efficient can help you maintain a comfortable home while lowering your utility costs. There are several different ways to increase the home’s efficiency. The methods you pick may provide these benefits immediately or for the long term. They may also have varying initial costs that will pay off … Read more
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- Categories: Homeowners, Roofing
Take a look at all the homes in your neighborhood and you may notice that many of them have asphalt roofs. Asphalt have been used for decades to provide safety and protection to the roof of your home. Over the years, technology has changed how asphalt materials are made and even applied to homes to … Read more
- Written by: Jacob Brandstetter
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- Categories: Gutters, Homeowners
We often forget about the gutters when they are in working order during the spring, summer, and fall months. However, winter weather poses a lot of risks to a homeowner’s gutter system. Skipping out on winter gutter cleaning before the harsh weather hits your home could cause significant damage to the gutter system, roof, foundation, … Read more
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- Categories: Homeowners, Skylights
Having snow on the roof of your home typically is not a big issue. However, if you have skylights, you need to take some precautions and perform some winter preparation work. If skylights are not properly maintained, they could experience rotting, missing sealant, and damage flashing. Here are three tips to prep your skylights to … Read more
- Written by: Jacob Brandstetter
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- Categories: Homeowners
Home maintenance projects range from small tasks to some projects that could last over the entire weekend. However, work and life can get hectic to where it becomes hard to decide on which project to do first. Prioritizing the home maintenance list helps to figure out the amount of time you’ll need to do the … Read more
- Written by: Jacob Brandstetter
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- Categories: Homeowners, Roofing
Winter weather is fast approaching now that winter is officially here. Besides shoveling the steps and de-icing the sidewalk, another important task to address is ice dams. Ice dams build along the edge of your roof, as the ice forms icicles that hang down. While these icicles may look pretty to families walking by, they … Read more
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- Categories: Chimneys, Homeowners
For winter, many homeowners will use their fireplace or wood-burning stove. They may light a nice warm fire to create a festive mood or use their fireplaces as a secondary heat source to lower their energy bills. Before putting in the tinder, you want to make sure that the chimney is in proper working order. … Read more
- Written by: Jacob Brandstetter
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- Categories: Chimneys, Homeowners
Getting your home winter ready means more than just switching out the light blankets to heavier comforters on the bed and making sure to have plenty of salt and snow shovels to deal with the outdoor walkways. You also have to prep your home’s systems for winter. The five main aspects to focus on include … Read more
- Written by: Jacob Brandstetter
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- Categories: Chimneys, Homeowners
While some fireplaces or wood-burning stoves are just for show, others are still used to help heat the home in the winter or to create the right mood in the room. Working fireplaces and wood-burning stoves rely on gas, wood, or pellets to operate as the fumes go up the chimney to be released outside. … Read more
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