If you’re a business owner, you know you are faced with tons of decisions every day, especially when it comes to your building. So when roofing needs to be decided on, what do you choose? You could go single-ply or shingles, but the most reliable and durable choice for roofing would be to go with… Read more »
Choosing the Right Materials for Refractory Work
Choosing the right materials for constructing refractory products is incredibly important, and all of them share a few of the same characteristics. There are a few different categories of refractory products, including specialties like plastics as well as refractory linings. The final form of a refractory product can vary wildly, and they include everything from… Read more »
Protecting or Repairing a Concrete Foundation from Moisture
Water, water everywhere … is the last thing you want to hear when it comes to your building’s foundation. A properly constructed concrete foundation will provide not only structural stability, but also prevent moisture from eroding walls or getting in to create an environment where mold and pests can thrive. While we build all of… Read more »
Tips to Help Prevent Freezing, Burst Pipes this Winter
Winter temperatures can plague industrial business owners with a swath of cold-weather problems. For example, your building may have a more difficult time keeping warm if you have a lot of traffic in and out. However, frosty temps outside – and even inside – can lead to a more troublesome issue: burst pipes. When the… Read more »
Inspecting Your Roof Before Winter
Winter is right around the corner, which means that this is the time of year to make sure that your roof is ready for the snow and ice ahead. A quality roof is designed for decades or more, but problems can emerge, especially if there’s been extreme weather or animals making a mess of your… Read more »
Roofing; A Historical Narrative
Though still very common around the globe- even in developed and wealthy countries of Europe- thatched roofing is pretty much the antithesis of maintenance-free. Traditional European thatching consisted of re-thatching over existing thatching of as old as 500 years! But given thatching consists of organic elements, such as reeds, sedge and hay, layering is required… Read more »
New Home Sales Figures Slipping
Among the most important dipsticks on the economic engine, new home sales nationwide staggered slightly in August. From the boomtowns to the Rust Belt, there was a lag in home construction output for a number of factors. The first of these factors being an apparent lag in spendable income. Down 3% from July, new home… Read more »
Have Additions and Improvements Built Economically
There are plenty of ways to have additions built or home improvements completed with economically-forward objectives. Aside from the obvious—shopping around for the contractor who can give you the best estimate – you can take some initiative yourself, rather than respond to an invoice with your money. For starters, know you may not have to… Read more »
Steel; The Role it Plays in the Advancing Energy Industry
We live in exciting times. Some days it feels like that excitement can get a little crazy, like hearing about American soldiers saving the day by taking out a terrorist on a Paris train. Or maybe you’re completely inundated with news coverage of the presidential race – and to think, the race is still nearly… Read more »
The Best Cities for House Flipping
American cities are changing from the outer rings to the urban centers, especially in the older, Northeast cities. Neighborhoods once with no money, and subsequently no tax base, now have taxable properties streaming revenue to city governments and enriching communities. This is thanks is great part to the affordable inner city housing and the increasing… Read more »