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Repair or Replace? Understanding Your Roof

Repair or Replace? Understanding Your Roof

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Discovering that your roof needs some TLC can put you in a quandary of whether to have it repaired, or do a full roof replacement. To help you make the best possible choice for your home and budget, it’s vital to understand what’s going on up on your roof, and whether a repair or complete […]

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Discovering that your roof needs some TLC can put you in a quandary of whether to have it repaired, or do a full roof replacement. To help you make the best possible choice for your home and budget, it’s vital to understand what’s going on up on your roof, and whether a repair or complete

Best CertainTeed Options for Shingle Roof Replacement

Best CertainTeed Options for Shingle Roof Replacement

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A good roofing system not only protects everything inside your home from the elements, it helps prevent water from seeping into exterior walls and the foundation. If your roofing system is showing telltale signs that it needs to be replaced, it’s worth the effort to explore your best options. Following are signs that a reroof

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A good roofing system not only protects everything inside your home from the elements, it helps prevent water from seeping into exterior walls and the foundation. If your roofing system is showing telltale signs that it needs to be replaced, it’s worth the effort to explore your best options. Following are signs that a reroof

Energy Efficient Vents

How Solar Powered Vents Make Your Home Energy Efficient

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Once the hot summer weather arrives and the sun is beating down on your home’s roof all day, the temperature in your unfinished attic can skyrocket to 130 degrees, or more. When that extra heat energy transfers down into your finished living space, it’s bound to increase your HVAC equipment’s cooling load and your household

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Once the hot summer weather arrives and the sun is beating down on your home’s roof all day, the temperature in your unfinished attic can skyrocket to 130 degrees, or more. When that extra heat energy transfers down into your finished living space, it’s bound to increase your HVAC equipment’s cooling load and your household

How to Think Beyond the Box for an Energy Efficient Home

How to Think Beyond the Box for an Energy Efficient Home

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  There are lots of ways to increase your home’s energy efficiency, and you may have already tackled some of the big ones, like sealing air leaks around the exterior, having a Kansas City roofing company install attic ventilation, investing in insulated siding or replacing your drafty older windows. Here are three “beyond the box”

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  There are lots of ways to increase your home’s energy efficiency, and you may have already tackled some of the big ones, like sealing air leaks around the exterior, having a Kansas City roofing company install attic ventilation, investing in insulated siding or replacing your drafty older windows. Here are three “beyond the box”

Small Actions for Big Energy Savings

Small Actions for Big Energy Savings

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If you’re looking for ways to save energy, you may not realize that you can get big results by taking small actions that improve your home’s energy efficiency. Here are three such actions that can bring you long-term savings: Have Your Attic Inspected Issues in your unconditioned attic can directly affect how much energy it

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If you’re looking for ways to save energy, you may not realize that you can get big results by taking small actions that improve your home’s energy efficiency. Here are three such actions that can bring you long-term savings: Have Your Attic Inspected Issues in your unconditioned attic can directly affect how much energy it

The Facts about Energy Efficient Homes

The Facts about Energy Efficient Homes

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  Whether you are upgrading your current home or building from scratch, you want your home to be energy efficient. After all, an efficient home provides maximum comfort, protection from the elements and minimizes operating costs. So, if you have questions about home efficiency, get the top-to-bottom facts right here from your favorite Kansas City

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  Whether you are upgrading your current home or building from scratch, you want your home to be energy efficient. After all, an efficient home provides maximum comfort, protection from the elements and minimizes operating costs. So, if you have questions about home efficiency, get the top-to-bottom facts right here from your favorite Kansas City

How to Prepare Your Roof for Wind Damage

How to Prepare Your Roof for Wind Damage

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  Strong storms accompanied by high winds aren’t at all unusual in the Kansas City area. Since your home’s roof sits up high and exposed, it’s particularly susceptible to wind damage that might include:

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  Strong storms accompanied by high winds aren’t at all unusual in the Kansas City area. Since your home’s roof sits up high and exposed, it’s particularly susceptible to wind damage that might include:

Make Sure Your New Home Siding has These Qualities

Make Sure Your New Home Siding has These Qualities

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If you’re planning to update your home’s siding, how can you be sure you’re choosing the right product? Experienced Kansas City roofers and siding experts will tell you that looking for certain characteristics can help you determine whether a siding product is a wise investment. Here’s our advice on what to look for.

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If you’re planning to update your home’s siding, how can you be sure you’re choosing the right product? Experienced Kansas City roofers and siding experts will tell you that looking for certain characteristics can help you determine whether a siding product is a wise investment. Here’s our advice on what to look for.

Solar Ventilation

Solar Ventilation And The Efficiency Of Your Home

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Having a power roof vent installed in your attic is a smart way to clear out super-heated air and excess humidity and help curb your home’s HVAC energy consumption. The main drawback of traditional vents is their energy use, which can increase your utility bills by a couple of hundred dollars a year and offset

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Having a power roof vent installed in your attic is a smart way to clear out super-heated air and excess humidity and help curb your home’s HVAC energy consumption. The main drawback of traditional vents is their energy use, which can increase your utility bills by a couple of hundred dollars a year and offset

What to Look for in a Great Gutter Installation Service

What to Look for in a Great Gutter Installation Service

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The trees around Kansas City are lovely. We have beautiful mixes of deciduous and coniferous trees that dazzle with color and cool with shade. Those same trees, though, also clog gutters. Clogged gutters can give way, bend, or pull off from the fascia holding them to your home. If your Kansas City-area home is due

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The trees around Kansas City are lovely. We have beautiful mixes of deciduous and coniferous trees that dazzle with color and cool with shade. Those same trees, though, also clog gutters. Clogged gutters can give way, bend, or pull off from the fascia holding them to your home. If your Kansas City-area home is due

How Winter Impacts your Flat Roofing System

How Winter Impacts your Flat Roofing System

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The December 10-11 ice storm that gripped Kansas, says the Wichita Eagle, left some spots with two to four inches of ice on surfaces. A load like that on a flat roofing system can spell disaster, but ice storms are not the only enemy of your flat roof. Winter in Kansas City impacts your flat

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The December 10-11 ice storm that gripped Kansas, says the Wichita Eagle, left some spots with two to four inches of ice on surfaces. A load like that on a flat roofing system can spell disaster, but ice storms are not the only enemy of your flat roof. Winter in Kansas City impacts your flat

How to Best Plan for Flat Roof Replacement

How to Best Plan for Flat Roof Replacement

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Putting a new flat roof on your commercial property is a costly undertaking, so it’s understandable if you postpone it as long as possible. While you’re trying to get every bit of value from your existing roof, it’s smart to develop a replacement plan now, so you’re prepared when you’re advised that your old roof

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Putting a new flat roof on your commercial property is a costly undertaking, so it’s understandable if you postpone it as long as possible. While you’re trying to get every bit of value from your existing roof, it’s smart to develop a replacement plan now, so you’re prepared when you’re advised that your old roof

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