You can buy your own bits and pieces of house gutter at big-box home improvement stores. Or, you can hire a professional contractor to install seamless gutters on your California home. What are seamless gutters better? We can think of at least five great reasons to opt for gleaming new, custom-built, seamless gutters. [...]
As you research your choices in new siding for your Sacramento-area home, consider energy efficiency. While most siding—including fiber cement siding—does not add appreciably to your home’s energy efficiency, you can choose to reduce your environmental impact and lower your carbon footprint. […]
Four-ingredient recipes are popular for busy families. Yet not all recipes are for eating, and at least one is a sure-fire way to protect your Sacramento-area home: fiber cement siding. What is fiber cement siding made of? There are four ingredients: Portland cement, sand, cellulose fibers, and proprietary components. Water makes the mixture mixable. [...]
Your Sacramento-area home needs a new roof, but you also want to do your part to protect our fragile environment. Are metal roofs more energy efficient than other types of residential roofing? […]
If your Sacramento home is gracefully crowned with a gleaming metal roof, congratulations! You can look forward to some five decades of worry-free service from that durable roof. But do metal roofs need maintenance? They do, but not nearly as much as shingle roofs. Here are the ABCs of TLC for your metal roof. [...]
You have probably already figured out that your Sacramento-area home’s roof is not a straightforward thing. Instead, a roof is an interconnected system of parts, and one of those parts is roof ventilation. […]
Houses are like blank slates, waiting for you to invest in them. That means you are constantly faced with questions. Is central air conditioning worth having? Are architectural shingles worth extra cost? […]
Chocolate chip mint was America’s favorite ice cream flavor in 2021, says Reader’s Digest. Not the best-selling (vanilla still takes that sweet spot); the favorite. Similarly, shingles are North America’s most popular roofing material, according to HGTV. The three-tab shingle is America’s vanilla; to step up to chocolate chip mint in a roofing material, you [...]
Why did Vikings wear horns on their helmets? Is the Five-Second Rule really a rule? Are skylights energy efficient? People regularly flood the internet with questions like these. Not every question ends in a satisfying answer. Vikings never wore horns; a costume designer invented them. Bacteria do not own watches, so do not eat food [...]
Skylights allow plenty of healthful, abundant sunlight into your home while offering soul-satisfying views of the sky. Sun tunnels bring in brilliant daylight without the views. Four questions can help you select your better option. […]
