Posts Tagged ‘cedar roof repair’
Friday, July 7th, 2017
Thoughts from an Honest Roofer on Washing Cedar Shake Roofs, Part One. Why Equipment Matters: If your roof is in good enough condition to wash, congratulations. You have the opportunity to add years to its remaining life through occasional maintenance. But it is important to understand that a cedar roof should only be washed using […]
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Posted in Flat Roof, Ice Dam, Ice dams, Insurance claim, Insurance claims, Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Storm damage Repairs
Friday, June 30th, 2017
Kuhl’s Contracting Six Examples of How the Cheapest Company Costs the Most After being in business this long we have countless examples of crappy work done by other contractors here in the Twin Cities. Sometimes it’s a matter of inexperience while others it is a question of ethics. Either way, it’s a giant buzz kill […]
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Posted in Animal Damage, Chimney Repair, Flat Roof, Ice Dam, Insulation, Insurance claim, Insurance denial, Masonry, News, Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Storm damage Repairs, Uncategorized
Friday, June 16th, 2017
How to replace a tasty lead cap with galvanized steel The Problem: What is it with squirrels and roofs? They can’t seem to keep their teeth off them. We inspect hundreds of cedar roofs in the Twin Cities area each year. Time after time we find the same types of damage. Lead cap plumbing vent […]
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Posted in Animal Damage, Roof repairs, Roofing, Uncategorized
Friday, March 17th, 2017
Minneapolis hail storms leaves clear evidence behind This is an impact mark from a .75” hail stone on a 3 year old medium hand-split cedar shake roof in Edina, Minnesota. Such hail frequently causes severe damage to cedar shake and shingle roofs. In this case the wood was resilient enough to escape with only a […]
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Posted in Roof repairs, Roofing, Storm damage Repairs, Uncategorized
Friday, February 10th, 2017
A Leaking Home Gets Fixed for Good The Backstory: Our clients, homeowners in Eden Prairie, had a mysterious water spot on the ceiling of their dining room. It clearly was related to rain because there was no plumbing in the vicinity and the damage appeared after one of those long, soaking storms. Their original builder […]
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Posted in Animal Damage, Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Uncategorized
Friday, January 20th, 2017
A Leaking Home Gets Fixed for Good The Problem: We’ve seen this over and over on Twin Cities’ homes, in particular homes built in the last 30 years in Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina, Plymouth, Wayzata, and Bloomington. A bottleneck created by the intersection of the garage roof and the wall of the home. The result […]
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Posted in Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Uncategorized
Friday, January 6th, 2017
Gutter Contractor Installed $32,000 of Worthless Copper Gutters… Then Laughed All The Way To The Bank The Problem: Our client had gone ten rounds with the company that installed this gutter debris management system (A). Next stop, lawyers and courts. They decided to cut their losses and hire Kuhl to replace all of their gutters. The […]
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Posted in Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Uncategorized
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Remodeling a Bumpout Window With a Bad Leak in Minnetonka The Problem: Imagine you have a window bumpout like the one here (below). The builder was running a little thin on his margin so he skimped on a few details. Now 13 years later, you have rotten siding, soggy millwork, and a roof that leaks. […]
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Posted in Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Uncategorized
Friday, October 28th, 2016
Roofing Contractor Uses Designers and Carpenters to Help Wayzata Commercial Roofing Client The Problem: We had worked on Craig’s residence a few times over the past fifteen years. He invited us to give him a bid on one of his commercial properties. It had a tired cedar shingle roof with dated treatments around each window. […]
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Posted in Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Uncategorized
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
Minnetonka Homeowner Hears the Truth from Roof Cleaning Contractor with Integrity The Backstory: It’s not considered bad-mouthing your competition when you don’t name names, right? We were the third company to review this 13 year old cedar shingle roof and provide a cedar cleaning and sealing estimate. By the time I arrived, the client was […]
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Posted in Roof Leak, Roof repairs, Roof Restoration, Roofing, Roofing costs and average prices, Uncategorized
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016
Repair or Replace Your Roof…Start First with an Honest Roofing Contractor The Problem: At some point in the life of your roof, regardless what type it is, there will be a time when fixing a few problematic spots will stretch out its remaining life by a few years. You can call a standard roofer, but […]
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