Keeping Up with Exterior Maintenance

sgeve

Keeping up with exterior house maintenance can save costly repairs down the road.
It is important to not wait until your home requires a complete exterior paint job. Exterior paint ages at different rates depending on the direction the house faces.  To avoid costly wood rot repairs, use your painter like you use your HVAC technician. Once a year, ideally in the fall, have your painter …

Tile: Tricks of the Trade

Chuck Khiel

We are often asked if it is possible to install new tile over existing tile, especially on floors. The answer is yes! Well, maybe. There are  several things that need to be inspected before this will be successful. These are as follows:

The condition of the existing tile. If some of the existing tiles are loose, or missing, that is an issue. Most often the …

How to Prevent Water Damage

Steve Magill

Every day I visit people’s homes. I see over 200 homes a year. My visits typically consist of addressing various issues in my clients homes. The most damaging of those issues is water damage.
Water, if not directed or mitigated properly can be insidious. Insidious is a description one of my client’s used to describe the nature of the damage the water created. It took many different …