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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

Update: 4/1/2012 Many People have written and asked: What would you or do you put on your home Duane?. I try to practice what I preach and this year I will be vinyl Siding my own home. I choose Certainteed Monogram siding for not only my own home but that of my customers. It’s a [...]

Are you looking for a reliable handyman?

DO you need small Repairs done in a timely fashion? Look no further! Call now: 315-729-1120 Finding a reliable handyman can be hard. The problem homeowners seem to have is finding an INSURED handyman that doesquality work and shows up on time. I have heard many horror stories about local so-called contractors or handymen in [...]

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

4/4/2012 update The two questions most frequently asked over the last twelve months regarding roof replacement have been: “Can we do a metal roof, and how much does metal roofing cost?” “How long does a metal roof last?” I’ll answer both questions further down in my post. First however, I would like to talk a [...]

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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