Winter roof installation for your Kentuckiana home? Yes, it’s possible and even desirable…but only with the right roof. Often, we think that only time you can replace a roof is in the spring or summer. Not true. Many, many needs for roof replacement arise in the winter months due to: colder temperatures and brittle roofing materials…
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Here in Kentucky, homeowners are concerned these days about high winds, and even freezing temperatures, pushed into the region by tropical storms and mounting winter blasts. We’ve addressed the extreme winds that can occur, even here, earlier this month. Now, let’s take a look at Ice Dams. Ice dams generally result from one of two…
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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, sometimes better, ways to do…
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Even in the mild climate of Kentucky, cold weather can stop a new roofing project in its proverbial tracks. We get our share of cold weather in the winter months; ice and freezing can make roads and roofs slippery places. One of the main challenges to roofing in cold weather is accessibility. Sometimes it just…
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This fall I was working with our crew on an asphalt shingle tear-off, which is something we very seldom have to do. In fact in 10 years now, my best recollection is that we’ve torn off THREE asphalt shingle roofs. We usually install right over them. At the time of this…
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“Can you provide liability and workers’ comp insurance certificates?” This is a very important question you can ask your metal roofer, or any home-improvement contractor. Both of these are very important types of insurance that contractors should have, and you should verify, before they are allowed to work on your home. Liability insurance protects the…
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