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Adding value to your home when the housing market is bad.

Here is a list of nine things that can increase the value of your home and distinguish it from other homes being sold in the neighborhood. Interior paint: even a subtle color change with neutral colors and repainted trim can transform the impression one gets from a dwelling. Tying together a home’s rooms with a [...]

Vinyl Siding: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

We have touched on a number of different things in our previous posts. This one is focusing on vinyl siding. Vinyl siding: good, bad or ugly? Vinyl siding can be all of the above. I’d like to explore each possibility individually. We can get the worst out of the way first. Note that the quality [...]

Are you looking for a reliable handyman?

Are you looking for a reliable handyman? Then look no further! Finding a reliable handyman can be hard. The problem homeowners seem to have is finding an INSURED handyman. I have heard many horror stories about local so-called contractors or handymen in places like Auburn, Baldwinsville, Geneva and Syracuse, doing shoddy work. Even worse are [...]

Standing Seam Metal Roofing: Commercial and Residential

New Standing seam Prices as of 5/15/09! Consumer prices 20% lower than last year. Call to find out about our new pricing! My last blog post was mainly about corrugated metal roofing and how it compares to asphalt roofing shingles. The standing seam metal roof was mentioned, but in this article I’d like to elaborate [...]

Metal Roofing as a viable alternative to asphalt shingles

New metal roof prices as of 5/15/09! Call us to find out how you can receive a 1500.00 tax credit for your new metal roof and pay the same as shingles! The two questions most frequently asked over the last twelve months regarding roof replacement have been: “Can we do a metal roof, and how [...]

Our economy and what it means for business.

My earlier blog touched base on the effects manufacturing companies closing had on our local economy and those in our cities of Rochester and Syracuse. This blog is going to focus on what’s going in the entire country and how the nationwide economy as well as the local is affecting business. Nationwide: The credit crunch [...]

Local economy in Upstate NY, Syracuse, Rochester and everywhere in between

Hi folks, I write my first blog in what seems at this point to be the worst economy in a generation. Although this is a nationwide thing I believe this started in our area a decade ago. Syracuse has seen a number of places closing in recent years, the most notable; Carrier corp. Rochester has [...]

The new pooleconstruction.net

We will be keeping this blog up to date with our recently completed jobs, including before and after pictures, so stay tuned!

  
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