Home Improvement

Home improvement is an extremely broad category cast over all home construction and upgrades. It can encompass anything from replacing the vinyl siding on your home to adding on a room to your home. Home improvements are great for both making you feel better about being in your own home, and increasing your curb appeal to anyone that may come in and out of your home. Even if you’re not on the market, it’s important that you keep your home looking good. It’s important to remember that it’s easier to keep something tidy and looking good than it is to start from 0 and have to clean and re-do something totally.

A lot of people like to do their own DIY home-improvement projects if they think they can handle it. The only issue with this is that a lot of people overestimate what exactly they can do. We do know a lot of people who can handle any variety of jobs around the home, but we also know so many more will be over their heads. The other big thing comes down to quality. You may be able to DO the job, but doing it well is a whole other matter. When you have a professional doing the work, you can count on quality and longevity. You will likely end up paying more upfront, but saving more down the road. Here’s an example. Say you install the vinyl siding on your own home, but end up looking at it a week later and figuring out it’s not only sloping at an angle, but you mid-measured the gaps between and it just looks off. You can count on a professional doing all of the planning and measuring out before hand, and just the knowledge from doing so many other jobs goes a long way. They know to look out for sloping or unevenness, and will fix it promptly. Once you see that your work is done wrong, you’re going to have to pay someone to come out and take it down and THEN re-do the work themselves. All that does is cost you time and money, and nobody wants that.

Bathtub Refinishing

The predominant bathtub styles have changed quite a bit over the years. They’ve gone from everything from bright colors to dark earthen tones to the brightest whites you can imagine. In the past you were pretty much stuck with what you had, you maybe could have painted over it but if you actually used your tub at all, that wouldn’t last very long before it started to ware away. Luckily, modern day technology has given us the amazing technology/process that we refer to as refinishing. Refinishing is completely different than painting, rather than simply covering up it works to bond directly to the surface of your tub and create a tight bong that’s extremely hard to break. It’s the only way to go, by far the best option out there.

To reglaze a bathtub, professionals typically use acrylic, polyurethane or urethane products, while do-it-yourself kits typically consist of paints or epoxies. Right from the start the difference in material quality is drastic, acrylics and urethane products are far superior to any paint or epoxy. These are not as toxic as professional materials, but they’re also not as durable and the finish deteriorates rapidly. Many DIY kits begin peeling within the first year, while professional bathtub reglazing lasts much longer, upwards of 10 years with the proper care. It’s important that you have proper ventilation and protection anytime you’re working in an enclosed space with things like this. Professionals know the process in and out, they’ll get proper ventilation set up before work even begins. They know the small things to look out for that you may not. Something as simple as one spot of imperfection can cause the whole refinishing job to go down the drain within just a few months or years. Get your bathtub refinished today and call Bathtub Refinishing Reviews Raleigh to be the ones to do it!

Plumbing Professionals

Plumbing has always had a comic stigma associated with it, the image of the overweight old plumber who lays under the sink and bangs around for a while – and magically fixes whatever issues you may be having. This stigma couldn’t be further from the truth. First off your average plumber needs to be pretty strong and able to move well, a lot of plumbing equipment is quite heavy and takes some serious strength to move around. Plumbing is also far more complex than the average outsider may assume. Though they usually work on isolated parts of your home, they’re able to picture your systems as a whole. A fix on one thing might cause issues with another and a good plumber is going to be able to predict that and head it off. For all of your plumbing needs, click here to see more specific services!