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Show Room To Your Door
Most people that are looking for home improvement projects such as windows, siding, roofing, guttering, painting, etc. are shown samples or small color chips and then asked to make a decision on what style or color that they want.
The alternative to this is to drive to a company's showroom and look at various samples at their location. Work schedules and activity schedules often get in the way of being able to visit vendor showrooms within the hours in which they are open.
Although we cannot totally elimate some of these sample issues, we have come up with a very good solution to at least help our customers experience a showroom atmosphere and observe different products on display by bringing our showroom to them.
Our new Mobile Showroom will be dispatched to your door when you set up an appointment with us so that you can view different styles of windows, siding, roofing, gutter & gutter covers, etc.
We are estimating the completion date and availability to offer this service to be somewhere around the end of March as we prepare for the 2010 season to begin.
We will keep you posted so that you can take advantage of our Show Room To Your Door service when it becomes available!
Posted on 3/3/2010.
New Charity Partnerships For 2010
We are excited to announce a new charitable kick-off campaign for the 2010 season.
During the winter months as we watched the snow fall, we were moved by all the disasters that unfolded throughout the globe.
Trying to come up with a way to reach out to those in need, we contacted Riley Childrens Hospital and The Midwest Food Bank to see how we might partner with them with ongoing contributions throughout the year.
Just by doing business with us, these two charitable orginizations will benefit tremendously.
Just tell us which of these two orginizations that you want us to write the check to and we will send Riley Childrens Hospital or The Midwest Food Bank a contribution in amounts of $25.00 to $100.00 depending on the size of the project.
To learn more about these two wonderful orginizations, please check out their web sites.
Posted on 3/3/2010.
Let The Government Help Pay For Your Windows!
The Federal Government has extended the Stimulus Tax Credit through December of 2010.
Several of our customers took advantage of the Stimulus Tax Credit in 2009 by taking a 30% tax deduction credit on their taxes up to $ 1500.00.
Now that this program has been extended through December of 2010, you can let the Federal Government help pay for Energy Efficient windows that we install in your home this year.
In addition to getting the tax credit, you will also enjoy smaller heating and air-conditioning bills for years to come.
Most Realtors will reccomend replacing windows if you are going to put your home on the market, as this adds value to the home and allows a prospective buyer one less thing to worry about when they purchase a new home.
JD Hostetter & Associates are dealers for Pella, Andersen, JeldWen & American Window Company just to list a few.
If you are in the market for Energy Star replacement windows, you might as well let the Federal Government help pay for them through the Stimulus Tax Credit program that is available to all homeowners.
Also, we think you're going to like the pricing that we have in place!
Posted on 3/1/2010.
Exterior Painting-How Long Should It Last?
That is probably the #1 question that I get from homeowners as they are compiling quotes. The answer is not always cut and dry, but I will attempt to give some contributing factors both from the application process as well as what a homeowner can do.
Preperation is probably the biggest factor in a lasting paint job! We will power wash 90% of every home that we paint with the exception of homes that still have lead based paint present. Homes built before 1978 still have the potential of lead based paint that requires differnt cleaning and disposal issues.
After power washing, we then scrape any loose peeling so that the peeling does not return.
We then use a high quality paintable caulk (50 year rated or higher), in order to keep moisture from getting into cracks in the siding, trim boards, etc.
At this point we brush and roll a complete bonding primer as a base and then a full finish coat of high quality paint such as Sherwin-Williams Super Paint, MAB SeaShore, or Porter Acri-Shield.
The enviornmet is a major factor as well in how long you can expect a paint job to last i.e. heavy sun, trees, etc. In Indiana, you can expect a quality paint job to last at least 5-7 years. Some of our customers will enjoy a much longer life such as 10 years or more.
They key is in the preperation and the application. Some companies like to spray the paint on and then back-roll. The paint manufactureres that we deal with have told us that the brush and roll application will typically last much longer and that is why we have never used the spray application on a home.
The type of siding that you have such as Fiber Cement, Cedar, Clap Board, etc., will also determine the length that you can expect. Fiber Cement as an example will not soak in the paint like Cedar will.
By watching your paint fade or flake as the years go by, you can save the cost of a paint job by not letting the bare wood get to the point that the moisture penetrates and causes wood rotting.
When you notice the caulk pulling away which exposes cracks that moisture can get in and deteriorate siding and trim boards, its probably time to get your home looked at.
The major cost of a paint job is how much labor goes into the overall project i.e. scraping, wood replacement, cauling, etc. By monitoring your home a couple of times a year, you can observe fading and cracking issues which lets you know that it is probably getting close to that time again.
Posted on 2/28/2010.
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