To paint or not to paint your home’s brick exterior, that is the question. It is at least the one perennial and raging debate you will find on any home renovation blog or show. Fierce battle lines have been drawn …
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Are you considering a new front door for your home? There are a surprising number of critical factors about a front door. You may not appreciate them all unless you are re thinking about replacing your front door.
Do you think of your roof primarily as shingles? Maybe you know it has something to do with rafters and beams. Did you know there are significant components to a roof done right? Most of them can’t be seen once …
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There are a number of new roof price variables that impact the overall cost of a new roof.
As much as we like to make our job look easy, there are many variables associated with having a new roof installed. If you, the customer, get three or four different quotes from different roofing companies, you might be surprised …
Do you know your roofing architectural styles? Do you know what sets a hip roof apart from a gambrel roof or a mansard roof? You might be surprised to find out how many roof styles there are, let alone how …
What is a mansard roof? Would you be able to identify this style if you see one? You may not know it, but you have probably seen one. If you have ever been to the Louvre in Paris, you have …
The gable roof is the most classic roofline. It has two sloping sides that come together at a point and form a ridge across the top. The end walls – or vertical sides – are triangular as a result. It’s …
Unless you are a professional roofer, or an architect or designer, you probably haven’t given much thought to roof designs and all of the different shapes a roof can take. You may have driven through old neighborhoods and noted some …
We’ve all seen it: the Smurf blue house in the middle of a block of tan or white houses. If that is not your house, you immediately wonder how they landed on such a bold color, and why. Did they …
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