Insulation: Why It’s An Important Part Of Your Roof

Ah, insulation. Some central Ohio homes built in the 1960s and 70s had absolutely no attic insulation at all. Of course, a residential electrical rate of 2.6 cents per kilowatt hour (according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration) might explain that. Today’s energy rates mean no home should be without ample attic insulation.

Roofing Material: Why It’s An Important Part Of Your Roof

What is a roofing material? You look up at your central Ohio home’s roof and perhaps you wonder: What’s it made of? No matter the type of roof you have, most of it came from the earth. Metal, tile, plastic, asphalt: they all have been mined or pumped from the earth. Your home’s roofing material […]

Why Your Roof Needs These 6 Residential Roofing Layers

Prepositions are funny little things; they are words like above, below, and near. They all describe where things are in relation to other things. When a roofer describes your home’s residential roofing layers, not all of those layers may be stacked up like a sandwich; they may not be between, above, or below. They might […]

Can A Leaking Roof Really Cause Mold In My Home?

Mold spores are in every cubic foot of air, including the ones we are breathing. No worries — most mold is harmless. Yet inside a home, a leaking roof can cause harmful mold to spread rapidly throughout your attic and down into your living space. To stop unhealthy mold, you need to have a roofer […]

8 Common Causes Of A Leaking Roof

“My roof is leaking. What caused it?” You know you want to play Kinsey Millhone or Harry Bosch, acting like a detective figuring out the cause of your central Ohio home’s leaky roof. We can rule out the scheming real estate mogul under a bedsheet. But, armchair sleuths, what causes leaking roof problems?

6 Ways You Can Tell If Your Roof Is Leaking

The half-dozen ways you can safely uncover a roof leak are all easy for the untrained eye to detect. All you need is an extension ladder. And no, you need not (should not!) go on your roof.

How Hiring A Roofing Contractor Brings You 7 Great Benefits

These days, shunning expertise is in vogue, whether talking politics or personal health. We applaud independence, but the University of Google isn’t a real thing, and neither is do-it-yourself roofing. When you hire a roofing contractor to take care of your Central Ohio home, you reap many benefits.

3 Ways Your Roof Replacement Is Kept Clean

Congratulations on the right decision to replace your home’s roof. That momentous choice probably stressed you out, but it leaves in its wake many other issues that may cause you to worry. Will my roofer arrive as scheduled? Will my home, yard, and roof stay safe and tidy? How, exactly, will my roofer clean up […]

9 Important Steps To Install Your New Roof

How do they get the stuffing in Twinkies? How do they build tunnels underwater? How is a roof installed? You’ll need to seek elsewhere for answers to the first two mysteries, but we can detail the nine steps required to install your central Ohio home’s new roof, so it provides years of worry-free service for […]

What Safety Requirements Does A Roofing Job Require?

How dangerous is roofing? For 2019, the latest available year with data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports roofers suffered the second-highest number of fatalities from slips, trips, and falls (only behind construction workers). How does Allstate Exteriors & Restoration Services protect its workers?