When showing off your home, the roof is rarely the first thing a potential buyer thinks about. Unless your roof is in terrible shape, most roofs are passable from a distance, and only the most committed homebuyer will bring their own ladder to climb up and inspect the shingles. So in that regard, the appearance […]
SBS shingles are the hot new trend in residential roofing. Made from a polymer modified asphalt (PMA), a lot of roofing companies are starting to offer this type of shingle as their upgraded or premium option, while most standard roofing shingles are still made with blown asphalt. Why? It comes down to a “bend but […]
Last time on the blog, we talked about how the perceived value of your home lies in direction correlation to the condition of your roof. In this post, we are going to talk about what is under your roof: the attic. Or, to be more specific, we are going to talk about the insulation in […]
Most of us keep our attics empty. Besides the occasional Christmas tree and random junk that you have forgotten about by now (seriously, it’s time to throw away those old rugs), the only item you should keep in your attic is the proper amount of insulation like we discussed on the last blog post. After […]
There is a scene in the movie The Shawshank Redemption when a group of prisoners are forced to re-tar the roof of a building in the blazing sun. You can practically see the heat floating off of the top of the building as they apply thick coats of the black, tacky substance in hats and […]