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Yard waste and council conflicts were burning issues the first six months of the year
Yard waste and council conflicts were burning issues the first six months of the year
One of the more controversial actions taken by the Lone Tree city council was resolved on Monday, Jan. 3, when council members voted three to two to reappoint Merry... Read Article >> |
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Using two coats to fend off the enemy
Using two coats to fend off the enemy
Sweltering heat, extreme changes in temperature and the blazing sun pose a real challenge for the roofs of houses in South Africa. BASF Coatings has come up with a cool solution
01/02/06, Münster/South Afric... Read Article >> |
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Sinkhole took more than their homes
Sinkhole took more than their homes
Fifteen minutes. That's all the time Rebecca Swainston had to get herself, her infant son and her three Rottweilers to safety before her Orange City home started sliding into a sinkhole at dawn on Jan. 9.
In those... Read Article >> |
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Parents of 16 rely on faith, family to make full house runBY
Parents of 16 rely on faith, family to make full house run Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are baby boomers.
They may not fit the age profile of the post-World War II generation, but the numbers don't lie: They have 16 children.
Ten boys, six girls. Toget... Read Article >> |
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Clipboard guys will cost you
We’re moving. I blame my daughter. She’s only five months old but she has somehow acquired, at a conservative estimate, 250 million toys. Every morning, there seem to be more of them. I suspect they’re having some kind of battery-powered sex while we slee... Read Article >> |
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Concrete house can be energy-efficient alternative
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - With a little help from elves who paint and put up trim work, Wray Emerson may be giving his wife, Sandra, and three kids a new house for the holidays. If not then, at least as a New Year's gift, he says.
"My wife keeps asking... Read Article >> |
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Tours of lighthouse set to resume today
The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse is scheduled to reopen today for public tours, two months after the historic site closed for about $105,000 in repairs to the outside brick, lens, roof and doors.
Visitors have been unable to scale the 105 steps to the li... Read Article >> |
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Good maintenance, the only way to keep your house attractive
Designing your dream house the way you want it is a relatively easy job. So is the construction. The difficult part is its maintenance. Here are some random thoughts on maintenance.
Woodwork
The external surface of windows must be painted ... Read Article >> |
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A SISTER CITY FLOURISHES
After Hurricane Hugo ravaged Charleston, the historic city demonstrated that a city can prosper if it takes care to keep its charm as it rebuilds
Jeffrey Rosenblum had a mess on his hands after Hurricane Hugo tore through Charleston, S.C., in Septembe... Read Article >> |
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Mike Peppers is an ambassador of seasoned wood
Mike Peppers is an ambassador of seasoned wood
Especially when the timber is of the century-old variety.
The Glenwood Springs builder is managing a timber-framing project in the Holland Hills subdivision using post and beams from an Illinois barn b... Read Article >> |
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When it pays to be handy
When it pays to be handy
By doing some work and knowing when to hire, owners can renovate frugally
A home improvement job doesn't do much good if you can't afford to live in the place afterward because you've spent everything you had.
And yet, no o... Read Article >> |
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"There is a growing demand to build new church buildings
"There is a growing demand to build new church buildings or to expand existing church facilities," says Arnold Davis, President of Olympia Steel Buildings. "With Olympia’s pre-engineered metal church buildings, Churches can grow and meet their worship n... Read Article >> |
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Spinning the thread of history
98-year-old Western Maryland silk mill is focus of preservation effort
LONACONING // At the end of their shift July 7, 1957, the women at the silk mill stopped winding the soft thread. They walked out as usual, leaving behind their aprons, face powder, ... Read Article >> |
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State grant will help save Rose Island barracks
NEWPORT -- When the Navy stored hundreds of thousands of pounds of TNT on Rose Island between World Wars I and II, an accident could easily have blown the roof off the low-slung, rock solid building housing the explosives.
Ultimately, however, incremen... Read Article >> |
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Two Charlottesville Locals Talk About New Orleans
"There's no phone. The electricity comes and goes. The gas just got turned on, so now we have hot water, but don't drink the tap water without boiling it." Such was my introduction to the ninth ward, the area of New Orleans that the vast majority of Ameri... Read Article >> |
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Halls of Justice
During the Revolutionary War, just six months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Vermont declared itself a free and independent republic in January 1777. A year later Vermont organized its government and divided the land into two coun... Read Article >> |
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Leander schools settle on roof repairs
Divvying up work, contractors in lawsuit agree to pay for fixes at 2 elementaries
LEANDER — After four years of wrangling with contractors over what they said were defective roofs at two schools, Leander school district officials have agreed to a media... Read Article >> |
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Put Safety First to Protect the Home in Holiday Decorating
Thanksgiving is past and attention turns to the Christmas holiday. Keeping in mind that the home is probably the biggest investment the family has ever made, it becomes most important to remember that holiday decorating and activities can lead to accident... Read Article >> |
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Imagine being able to "paint" your roof with enough alternative energy to heat and cool your home
Seamus Curran, head of the nanotechnology laboratory at NMSU, has managed a 5.2 percent energy efficiency level, a significant increase from the average 3 to 4 percent.
Summary:
Imagine being able to "paint" your roof with enough alternative ener... Read Article >> |
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Downtown housing developers are uncovering treasures and problems from the past as they race to restore and convert dilapidated buildings.
Workmen cleaning out the long-abandoned, 19th century Douglas Building in downtown Los Angeles expected to find asbestos, lead and fire damage. What they didn't expect was a flood.
The repair team found 4 feet of cold water sloshing around in the basem... Read Article >> |
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A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF TIN ROOFS
If properly maintained, metal roofs don't have to be eyesores. And you can spot "tin tops" on just about every style and size of building around. For example; painted steel "shingles" on a beautiful older house, terneplate on a turn-of-the-century railroa... Read Article >> |
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Restored home brings childhood dream full circle
WOODBURY — Retired banker Bill Smith admits it. He has long been fascinated with the two-story frame home at the intersection of West Main Street (John Bragg Highway) and Auburntown Road.
"Bill's oldest granddaughter, Lindsay Smith, used to say 'there'... Read Article >> |
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Preventing lightning and static discharge-related petroleum fires
Where traditional methods of bonding the roof and shell of Floating Roof Tanks fall short, and a new method excels
Petroleum storage tank fires due to lightning or static discharge are more common than most people think. In fact, dozens of oil industr... Read Article >> |
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Gutters, downspouts, drainage ... and more
Gene Kelly would probably not be remembered as well for his part in "Singing in the Rain" if the movie set had been equipped with rain gutters.
When it comes to the place you live, the last thing you'll be doing is singing if you don't properly manage wa... Read Article >> |
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Woman building high-end home out of old 747
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - Francie Rehwald wanted her mountainside house to be environmentally friendly and to be "feminine," to have curves. "I'm a gal," says the 60-year-old retiree.
Her architect had an idea: Buy a junked 747 and cut it apart. Turn th... Read Article >> |
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A roofing resourse
According to the National Roofing Contractors Association, sales of metal roofing products have increased steadily over the past ten years, a clear sign that homeowners and builders are growing more and more aware of this product's benefits
In fact, a ... Read Article >> |
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Metal Roofing More Expensive but Lasts
Last of four parts
Installing a metal roof can lower air-conditioning costs and improve comfort in the home. Once you install a metal roof you will never have to install a roof again; the life cycle cost of a metal roof is reasonable as compared to other... Read Article >> |
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A New Look for Metal Roofs
Hurricane Ivan slammed into the Gulf Coast and the Florida panhandle on Sept. 16, 2004, packing 120-mile-per-hour winds. The storm did more than $13 billion in damages before the skies cleared. It tossed a section of Interstate 10 in Pensacola into Escamb... Read Article >> |
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Is it too easy for buildings to get certified as eco-friendly?
The 42-story Goldman Sachs tower in Jersey City, N.J., sits just feet away from the Hudson River, a major flyway for migratory birds. To keep white-throated sparrows and gray catbirds from smashing into the skyscraper at night, its architects devised a ... Read Article >> |
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Enfield man builds little engines of wood
In 1944, Glen LaFountain rode a train from Maryland to Seattle, where he caught a naval ship bound for Hawaii.
The steam engine train had few amenities.
"It took five days and we slept in our seats," said LaFountain, who was a radio operator in the U... Read Article >> |
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The Cadillac of garages
Grungy gives way to grand in this last frontier of remodeling
There's no place for grunge in Rik Lalim's garage. Or the lawn mower and shovel, either.
His inviting, clubhouse-style Golden Valley, Minn., garage boasts taupe vinyl flooring instead of... Read Article >> |
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Beware the fresh-paint cover-up
Our next-door neighbor was on his roof again last Sunday.
It's a habit of his.
Every six months or so, he climbs a wobbly metal ladder and paints the roof white.
At first glance, this might seem like a pretty strange thing to do, although I under... Read Article >> |
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Metal Roofs Attract a Loyal, Energy-Minded Following
Modern metal roofs have come a long way from the economic galvanized tin roofs that have topped country homes and buildings since the 1700s.
Metal roofing, fabricated to mimic asphalt, shingles, even slate, is more costly than alternatives. Builder... Read Article >> |
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So you want a metal roof
DEAR TIM: I am in the market for a new roof. Asphalt shingles - even the fancy dimensional ones - do nothing for me. I really like the old fashioned look of the tin metal roofs. I see painted replicas on some commercial buildings. Can you install metal ro... Read Article >> |
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At Home with Metal
There are many factors to consider when installing residential metal roof systems.
by Todd Miller
Editor's note: Following are the author's opinions. Views expressed are not necessarily those of NRCA.
Let's face it—the roofing business can be tou... Read Article >> |
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It is worth saving your old metal roof
Dear Judith:
I bought a row house on Capitol Hill three years
ago. It has an original tin roof and I was told by the
inspector that if I painted it every two years it would
continue to last indefinitely. I know they use a
fibrous plasticized paint. M... Read Article >> |
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Gutters, downspouts, drainage ... and more
Gene Kelly would probably not be remembered as well for his part in "Singing in the Rain" if the movie set had been equipped with rain gutters.
When it comes to the place you live, the last thing you'll be doing is singing if you don't properly manage w... Read Article >> |
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How to paint a metal roof
New metal roofs are available in unpainted metal, or with a pre-coated factory finish. Any metal roof that has undergone routine maintenance with special attention to fasteners, seams and a protective paint finish in most cases can be expected to last 10... Read Article >> |
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Mantaining your metal roof
Although an old metal roof can be an object of beauty, it will not live out half it's years without proper maintenance. At least twice a year, the roof should be inspected against a checklist. A coat of high quality Acrylic Elastomeric Roof Paint should b... Read Article >> |
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The history of metal roofs in America
Metal: Metal roofing in America is principally a 19th-century phenomenon. Before then the only metals commonly used were lead and copper. For example, a lead roof covered "Rosewell," one of the grandest mansions in 18th century Virginia. But more often, l... Read Article >> |
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Historic Metal Roofs
Of the inorganic roofing materials used on historic buildings, the most common are perhaps the sheet metals: lead, copper, zinc, tin plate, terne plate, and galvanized iron. In varying degrees each of these sheet metals are likely to deteriorate from chem... Read Article >> |
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Resurgence in Metal Roofing
What's been coming back into fashion in the architectural market in the past decade is homeowner interest in residential metal roofing. These days, metal commands only 4 percent of the residential roofing market, but the Metal Roofing Alliance, a trade g... Read Article >> |
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Big Steel Renews Push Into Home Building
Steelmakers want home builders to test their metal.
The steel industry is targeting consumers like Dan and Pattie Nickel, who are putting up a $2.5 million, 10,000-square-foot, Spanish Colonial-style hacienda in San Clemente, Calif., overlooking the Paci... Read Article >> |
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