Mounting winter blasts to can come to areas of North Carolina, especially in the mountains. Let's take a look at how you can prepare your mountain home for winter and prevent ice dams. Ice dams generally result from one of two things, or perhaps a combination of both: Air Leaks. Warm...
Well, autumn is here. When we normally would be thinking about fall colors, bonfires and football, Florence has delivered another agenda for our autumn days, here in North Carolina. Here’s some information on how to get ready for the next storm. It looked for a while like the US would escape any...
Let’s look at some attributes of metal roofing that lend themselves to older homes: Beauty. It’s interesting to see how a metal roof can add beauty to any older home, so we invite you to take a look at a just one old house, and the difference metal roofing options can...
Now, it seems more than ever, Energy is a key factor in making decisions for home improvements. The focus on energy is on how to save or create energy in the future. The focus on the sustainability or durability of the materials we use in our homes is driven partly...
When shopping for a metal roof, the choices can be overwhelming. Where to start? Heres a great place: our list of six "must have" components of a quality metal roof. Not all metal roofs offer these quality components, but we think you will agree they are each very important. 1. Quality...
When you return to your home in the evenings and on weekends, you want it to be a place of rest, relaxation, and a haven of safety, where you can forget about worries and hurriedness and just enjoy living. A place to recharge, restore, and refresh. Of course, one place...
Typical construction methods attempt to deal with temperature extremes, both hot and cold, through insulation. The desire is to maintain comfortable temperatures inside the home as economically as possible. While insulation provides thermal mass to prevent heat migration in or out of your home, building science is showing us other,...
