Notes
Practical Notes on Roofing and Home Maintenance
Straight answers about keeping a house standing through a Northeast winter.
Before the first post
We are a contractor, not a publisher, so we would rather write a handful of genuinely useful pieces than a post a week that says nothing. Below is what is coming, and where the answer already lives on this site in the meantime.
Ice dams in the Capital Region, why they form and what actually stops them
The roof failure we get called about most. It is an insulation and ventilation problem wearing a roofing costume.
Metal versus asphalt in a Northeast winter
The real cost comparison across the life of a building, rather than the sticker price on day one.
How to tell whether your slate roof genuinely needs replacing
Most quoted tear-offs are repairs. What to look for, and what to ask the next contractor who tells you otherwise.
What a written estimate should actually contain
Panel gauge, coating, fastener type, underlayment. If those words are missing, you are not comparing like with like.
Building across three states, what changes at each border
Snow load, frost depth and code. Why the same building is specified differently in Bennington than in Colonie.
Have a question you want answered?
Call (518) 306-1056 or email upstatekcbuilders01@gmail.com. Questions homeowners actually ask are what these pieces get written from.