Vinyl Siding Maintenance and Cleaning Adrestmo Blog

Vinyl Siding Maintenance and Cleaning

We often have homeowners call to ask us about the best way to care for their existing vinyl siding. Typically, homeowners will see a build-up of algae or grime/dirt on their vinyl siding over time. While this doesn’t typically impact the functionality of the siding, it can be an eyesore to homeowners and it’s natural to want solutions to that problem. While …

High Risk Leak Areas Advanced Restorations Blog

High Risk Leak Areas

Whether you are purchasing a new home, planning to renovate your current home, or attempting to diagnose water stains that are appearing inside your home – there are several areas on the roofing system that have the potential to be problem areas.  A surefire way to diagnose possible problems is to have a professional review your property and below are …

Roofing Repair Vs Roofing System Replacement Advanced Restorations Blog

Roofing Repair vs Roofing System Replacement

“Can you just patch it?” As a roofing contractor this question is what we are most often asked after inspecting a property and discovering damage to the roofing system.  Most homeowners don’t consider their roofing system when planning their typical home maintenance routine and don’t usually know there is an issue until it causes further issues – most often by …

The Dangers of a Clogged Gutter System Advanced Restorations Blog

The Dangers of a Clogged Gutter System

We’ve previously discussed basic gutter cleaning and maintenance for the average homeowner. Like much of the exterior items on a home, it’s hard to consider potential issues until they’re causing larger problems, but an ounce of prevention now is truly worth its weight in gold. Aluminum seamless gutter systems are installed on your property to help direct water (through rainfall or snowmelt) …

How To Clean and Maintain A Gutter System Advanced Restorations Blog

How To Clean and Maintain A Gutter System

An aluminum seamless gutter system has become the norm for most residential homes in the United States and if you’re reading this, you very likely have one installed on your own home.  What many people fail to realize is that the gutter system requires diligent maintenance, typically in the form of cleaning. How often should you check your gutter system? …

Tips to Maintain Your New Roof Advanced Restorations Blog

Tips to Maintain Your New Roof

Your home’s roofing system is a complex system meant to protect you and the interior of your home from the outside elements your home faces regularly. A quality roofing system is one of the most important investments when it comes to your home protection, so it should not be surprising that proper and regular roof maintenance should be included in the care provided to …

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Top Spring Roof Issues for Homeowners to Keep in Mind

Now that winter is over and the weather is warming up, the last thing a homeowner wants is roof issues to deal with.  As the days get longer, it is a vital time to ensure roofing systems are healthy as they recover from the rough winter conditions. Additionally, with the nicer days comes spring storms potentially full of rain and hail, as we have all seen …

Be Aware of Storm Chasing Roof Contractors Advanced Restorations Blog

How to Be Aware of Storm Chasing Roof Contractors

Any time there has been a recent hail storm be on the lookout for Storm Chasing Roof Contractors. We have received many reports from past clients that many new contractors have come from out of town knocking on doors. First of all, we want to let you know just because a contractor knocks on your door, it does not mean that …

Signs You Need A New Roof Advanced Restorations Blog

Signs You Need A New Roof

Oftentimes roofs are something that homeowners forget about until an issue becomes apparent. One of the first issues that can become apparent is when a leak springs and it becomes too late. Don’t wait until water is raining from the ceiling to give your roof the attention that it needs! Leaky Roof A lot of people believe that leaks in …

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Identifying Roof Hail Damage

Shingles can react differently when struck by hail. As an example, hail damage to asphalt and composition shingles can look very different than hail damage to wood shingles. It is important to know the different effects of the damage to properly identify whether or not you have roof damage from hail. The size of the hailstones can affect the degree …