Your Comprehensive Guide to Planning a Home Addition
Expanding your home with an addition is an exciting venture that can enhance your living space, increase your property value, and accommodate your growing...
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Things to Consider Before Starting Your Deck Project
Building your own deck can be a rewarding experience for any handyman or homeowner. If you are looking to build a deck for your home, then here a few things to...
Five Winter-Friendly Exterior Projects
Winter may not always be the first season that comes to people’s minds when they are thinking of revamping the exterior of their homes. However, the winter...
Beating Wood Rot
Wood rot is a far bigger problem nowadays than it was in years past. That’s primarily because today’s fast-growthlumber is much less forgiving of sloppy...
Managing Wood Movement
Wood is hygroscopic, meaning it exchanges moisture with the surrounding environment. When it absorbs moisture, wood swells, and when it releases moisture...
The Transformative Power of a Front Porch
A front porch can be a great addition to a home for many reasons, including enhancing its curb appeal and functionality. Updating or adding a new front porch...
How to Repair a Rotted Soffit
Soffit is a critical but often overlooked part of any home, building, or roofed structure. Rot or other damage can cause a wide range of structural problems...
When to Know If It’s Time for Siding Replacement
Siding is an essential part of a building’s structure, providing both protection from the elements as well as aesthetic appeal. As siding ages and becomes worn...
Concrete Basics - How To Do a Slump Test
On site, the accepted way to gauge and control water content is the slump test. To do the test properly, use a standard cone 12 inches high, 4 inches wide at...
The Right Steps to Effective Contractor Safety Management
For owners of a contracting business, safety management is every bit as important as quality of work and customer satisfaction. In fact, effective contractor...
How to Lay Big Tile
By now we can all agree that the condition of the substrate is a critical factor in the durability of a tile installation. Deflection, delamination, and...
How To Clean Wood That Has Been Outside
Many homeowners and DIYers often have old wood stored somewhere that’s not inside the house. This wood can often be found in the backyard underneath a tarp,...
Your Deck: Do-over or Makeover?
If your old deck is looking worn and shabby, you might be thinking it’s time to demolish it and start over with a newly designed deck. While that’s a perfectly...
Hardwood and Laminate Flooring Markets Projected to Rebound
While laminate and hardwood flooring have experienced greater exposure on home-improvement and home-flipping shows, both experienced sales decreases in 2018,...
Get That Guestroom Spruced up For the Holidays
If you’re ever going to need a guest room, the Holidays would most likely be the time. As family and friends travel to be with each other during this time of...
Window Maintenance and Screen Repair
Windows are essential to bring natural light into your home, allow fresh air to circulate, and give you and outdoor view. Without the proper window maintenance...
Siding: Clean, Paint or Replace?
Due to age, environmental conditions or bad weather, the siding we put on our homes will eventually need attention. It’s true that proper maintenance will go a...
Efficient Deck Building
If you’re not familiar with the Fast-Cheap-Good project triangle, you should be. That’s because it’s a great tool—applicable to virtually any line of...
Check Out These Eight Siding Solutions
James Hardie's Aspyre Collection is a line of luxury siding that combines the company's Reveal Panel System with its Artisan Siding to blend modern and...
How to Fix Spalling Concrete
Spalling concrete is more than just an unsightly surface, it can cause real problems for any concrete structure. Fortunately, spalling can be easy to fix...
Deck Privacy Ideas
Your deck can be the ultimate outdoor living space, but you may not feel comfortable using your deck if you feel that all your activities may be on display to...
COVID-19 Update 5/21/20
An Updated Message to Our Customers: We are still here and still open for our community. Please be advised our operating hours as follows: Monday-Friday...
Should Sheetrock Be Staggered?
Properly positioning sheetrock or drywall is essential for a smooth finish and the best strength, while minimizing the risk of future cracks. But is it always...
COVID-19 Update from Roadside Lumber & Hardware, Inc.
A Message to Our Customers: First, thankfully, we can stay in operation during this current global health crisis. As such, we find it necessary to...
How to Repair Damaged Sheetrock
The beauty of sheet rock (also referred to as drywall), is that it’s very easy to repair. With just a few tools and materials, it is a job that can easily be...