If you thinking of getting a new roof you’ve probably got at least a couple of competing quotes – Good for you! Have you asked for other documentation from the contractors? Have you seen their current certificate of insurance? Here’s a link to a story reported by the Office of The Attorney General of New…
It probably comes as no surprise that prices in New Jersey are expensive – that’s definitely the case with electricity prices. Not only has the average cost per KWh increased year-over-year in New Jersey since 1990 but we’re paying about 35% more than the national average. One way to hedge-your-bets against ever increasing electricity prices…
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…
Keeping a roof over your families head is one of the prime adult duties that we all strive to do. When you own a house you need to keep that roof in good shape but most of us never think about it until it has a problem. Roof repair is obvious when there is a…
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…
We climb on a lot of roofs! Unlike some of our competitors we climb onto every roof at every sales call we make. We want to have a full idea of the work involved and we want our client to see what we see so we take a ton of pictures while we’re up there….
At first glance any discussion about attic ventilation seems a) out of place in a roofing blog and b) sounds crazy when the major concern with attic insulation is to keep heat in the house! Let’s deal with the latter first. In the winter a well-ventilated roof actually helps to keep the attic cold which…
In the state of the New Jersey, roofing contractors are not required be licensed. This can make the process of choosing a professional, reputable roofer an especially daunting task for homeowners. Complicating things further is the fact that many homeowners are not well-practiced in this area, since roofs are made to last through many years…
Before going “green” was used to define the modern environmentalist movement, the color had a more economic association. Hey, green may be the color of Mother Nature, but it’s also the color of money, and for the average person, money plays a more significant role than the previous. So, how much does solar energy cost…
