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The guys at MAB Construction recently replaced the roof at my home in Hyde Park. The work was top notch and the job site was kept very clean. I have worked with them on 1 other project and am happy...Read More…
Gebhardts Construction is Family Owned & Operated, With Experience That Counts! We are Licensed Bonded Fully Insured Serving Middletown & All Surrounding Areas We can help with your concret...Read More…
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Prime Asphalt and its owners have been providing reliable, quality driven Paving, Curbing and Asphalt services for over two decades. Thousands of satisfied customers have enjoyed the straight forwa...Read More…
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Don't let that small leak in your attic turn into a huge headache that will put an even larger dent in your wallet down the road. Call Kingdom Roofing & Home Improvements LLC in Middletown, OH,...Read More…
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Terminix
5.0
By ChrusLang136 June 17, 2016
The last visit, as with all the ones we have had so far, was efficient, thorough, and professional... ...read more
ROOF-TECH Roofing-Siding-Gutters Inc.
1.0
By Chem75 December 31, 2015
Don't pay them a dime. Their workmans comp and insurance papers are fraudulent and they will not return your deposit monies. ...read more
A1 Complete Remodeling
5.0
By LeeHauser January 27, 2014
A1 Complete Remodeling did an awesome job on replacing my windows and roof. The price was fair and the workers were friendly and cleaned up at the end of ever day.. I will use them again ...read more
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Superior Blacktop Maintenance Company Inc
Superior Blacktop Maintenance Company Inc is your concrete services located in Middletown, Ohio. With over 25 years of experience, we will work hard to make sure your concrete and asphalt services perfectly fit your specific needs. You will get the best concrete services in the area by working with us. We can help you with driveways, sidewalks, dumpster pads, catch basin collars, and more. From start-to-finish, we'll fully dedicate ourselves to your satisfaction. Call us today. ...read more
By Superior Blacktop Maintenance Company Inc August 11, 2014
Dead as a Doornail
The term "Dead as a doornail" has been used for a long, long timeto describe all things that are most certainly dead. The question is, why a door nail of all things and where did this term originate from? The term can be found in the written English language as far back as the 14th century in writings such as Shakespeare's Henry IV and other writings from the mid 1300's. Some have thought that the meaning came from the lower nail used to hold a doorknocker to the door and the repeated banging of the striker on the head of that nail would surely make it dead. However, it is most likely that this term had it's origin from a typical carpentry task done in early door construction. Wooden doors makers from the 14th century to about the middle 1800's used nails to hold the door hardware on. The nails used were made purposely longer than the thickness of the door and when the hinges and latches were nailed on they would go to the other side of the door and bend the tip of the nail over with a hammer. Using a punch, they would then turn the point of the nail back into the wooden surface. The term for this technique is called "clinching". Once this was done the nail was considered "dead" for two reasons. First, the nail was almost impossible to remove and would not come loose. Second, nails were mostly made from wrought iron or other brittle metals and if you try to straighten it out it will, in most cases, break the tip making the nail unusable for re-use. So, when clinching a nail, the nail is dead. The next time you hear the term "Dead as a Doornail" you now know the history behind it. Just another term that came from ancient tradesmen of our kind. The meaning of the term has almost been lost because technical advances have us doing things in a different way. It's funny that the term is still alive and well today although many don't know what it means. New Venture Blog Jason E Whipple / New Venture, llc ...read more
By Historic House Restoration March 12, 2011
Preservation – The Original “Green & Sustainable”
The entire home improvement industry is all abuzz with new products for home owners to buy that come with the claim of being "green and sustainable".More and more home owners are paying attention and doing their due diligence to fall in line by being more responsible when choosing new products for their homes. You feel good about your choices when the salesman goes to great lengths to explain how these new products will improve your energy efficiency and save our planet. Unfortunately, few ever figure out that these choices are anything but green or sustainable. The fact is, when it comes to fixing your older home, you will get much more mileage out of repairing and doing occasional maintenance to the original fabrics of your Vintage homestead than you would from buying the latest and greatest in replacement materials. "How can this be? Why wouldn't I be far better off starting with new materials? My siding and windows are 100 years old and if I replaced them with new, wouldn't I get to forget about it for another 100 years?" The answer is quite simply, NO. The reason for this is hard to understand until you understand the properties of new growth wood vs. the old growth wood that is now on your building. I will do my best to describe the differences for you here. Do you remember being told that you could tell how old a tree was by counting the "growth rings" in a tree stump? Each ring of a tree represents 1 year of growth. This is all true, but to take it one step further, we can also tell a bit more about how the tree grew by measuring the space between the growth rings. This is a very important part of why new wood and old wood have completely different life spans once it's turned into lumber. In between the growth rings are cells that carry water and minerals through the tree so that it can feed itself. About 100 years ago and beyond trees grew in dense woodlands and took more time to grow bigger. This means the tree needed less of these cells to transfer nutrition to other parts of its anatomy. Newer trees are mostly farmed now and in order to meet demand and make a profit they are grown much faster in open and well cultivated fields. This causes the trees to produce more cells to move the necessary fluids and nutrients in order to keep up with the quick growth demands put on them. Even when the tree is milled and dried these cells have a tendency to wick up any moisture and eventually rot. Old growth lumber can have as many as 30 growth rings per inch with new growth lumber having as few as 5. Between those rings are soft materials full of cells that hold and absorb water and moisture. This means that the new wood materials have as much as 6 times the chance of rotting out quickly and it will. In as little as 15 to 20 years, you could be faced with the prospect of completely replacing windows and siding due to the different properties of new growth wood rather than simply doing a little maintenance to the more sustainable old growth wood. Over the last 20 years we have been bombarded with the idea of vinyl replacement as a "save all – end all". The concept is very easy to get sucked into. I mean, who doesn't want maintenance free right? Right! Well, this also comes with a cost of replacing it every 10 to 20 years. The thing is, vinyl is broken down from UV rays from the sun. It fades and becomes more and more brittle every day it's exposed to the elements of the great outdoors. A simple replacement of a few pieces of siding become problematic after a few short years because the new material no longer matches the color of the old material leaving you with the decision to replace the whole side or live with the oddly different looking patch. Vinyl windows are no better. The window industry is constantly changing the way they make things. There is a good chance that a broken piece of glass can turn into another total replacement because they no longer make things the same way. With all this to consider, how can they possibly tell you these options are either green or sustainable? If you own a Vintage home you are far better off, in many cases, to consider repair and maintenance for the most cost effective, green, and sustainable option. When repairs are done by the right craftsmen, your existing materials can last for another 100 years with minimal and periodic maintenance. Instead of calling those contractors with amazingly low prices and over exaggerated claims of green and sustainable, take a few deep breaths and think it through. Do you want to get caught up in the never ending cycle of replacement? Do you really want to fill up the dumps with materials that will far outlast the replacements that you are willing to pay a lot of money for? Even at the cost of knowing you'll be replacing them (or someone else) in as little as one decade? If you own an older home and you want to truly be "Green", find a local contractor who is friendly to old homes. Anyone who would tell you that your old windows and exterior can't be fixed is not a craftsman, they are a salesman. Your old home has character that most in the industry can't reproduce. As more and more people carelessly choose to let these "Vinyl Pirates" cart off perfectly good materials to the dump, your home becomes more of an endangered species and with that, it becomes more valuable when you choose to preserve. New Venture Blog Jason E Whipple / General Manager New Venture LLC / Vermont www.VtRenovations.com ...read more
By Historic House Restoration March 09, 2011
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