31 Oct Winter Roof Installation for Your North Carolina Home
With backlogs from the fall storm damage in our state, winter roof installation may be your best time to re-roof. Can a roof be installed in winter...
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20 Oct 26 Ways to Prepare Your North Carolina Home for Winter
Winter is coming, whether we want it to or not. Hopefully, we have a few more weeks for outside activities but, rest assured, cold and, in some parts of the state, snow, are on their way to North Carolina. As part of those outside activities amongst bonfires and raking leaves,...
17 Sep How to Prepare for Hurricane Winds
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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...
31 Aug Is Metal Roofing Right for Your Old House?
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...
27 Jun Your Roof and Temperature Extremes
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,...
16 Jun Protecting Your Home: Water Damage from Rain and Flooding
When it comes to protecting your home from water damage, there are two primary concerns – rain intrusion and flooding. Here in North Carolina our coastal and mountain terrains...
30 May Wind Resistant Roofing for North Carolina Homes
Strong winds are prevalent everywhere, but here in North Carolina, we also receive those strong winds as the result and residual of hurricanes. Though the strength of those storms weaken over the miles that they travel, it's not unusual these days for homeowners in North Carolina to experience winds in excess...