Beware of these roofing scams

As a consumer and home owner you are entitled to shop around for roof repair and roof replacement services – as you would for any home improvement service. In that process of shopping around you’ll hopefully meet many reputable roofing contractors – unfortunately you might also meet some companies with less-than-honest intentions! Here’s a list…

The Future of Solar Power?

“The only constant in life is change”. A Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, from a long time ago (~500BC) said that. The same can be said for our world of energy – first we had fossil fuels such as oil, gas & coal that are not renewable. Once you used them, they were gone. Then clever people…

What is an “Ice Dam”?

As we’re facing another brutally cold winter here in the NorthEast many home owners have legitimate worries about show on their roofs and the formation of ice dams. What exactly is an ice dam and what can we do about it? Here’s an extract from a GAF technical bulletin on the subject that explains the…

Solar Energy Systems at Zero Cost

As electricity rates continue to rise at a rate of 5-6% every year, more and more customers are looking for alternatives to big utility companies. While residential solar energy systems have been around for over 40 years and have always been attractive to environmentally minded customers, they have, in recent years, become much cheaper and…

Do you have a Perfect Roof?

While we probably all love our homes we’ve also probably never considered our roof (or any other part of our home) as “perfect”! However George J Keller & Sons have recently launched a new campaign called “The Perfect Roof” – what are they talking about? It turns out that only 3% of all homes in…