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This year, why not revitalize your
home’s exterior with aluminum gut-
ters, downspouts and trim cover-
ing?
Surprisingly, extrior accessories
take more of a beating than your
home’s siding. Consequently, they
will show wear and tear sooner.
And, just as old shoes need to be
polished, your old home exterior
accessories require their share of
maintenance and repainting —
unless they're aluminum.
The finish on aluminum trim,
gutters and downspouts is either
baked-on or laminated at the fac-
tory. This means that once these
hard-to-get-at areas are covered
with aluminum, you can forget
about expensive painting for a long
time to come.
The only maintenance aluminum
trip may need is -an occasional
spraying with the garden hose to
remove accumulated dirt and
grime. In other words, your initial
investment may pay for itself in a
matter of a few short years as a
result of the painting expenses
you've avoided.
Aluminum trim is a versatile
home accessory. It can blend with
the original style of your home
because aluminum can be formed to
fit virtually any shape or contour.
In many cases, the aluminum trim
will be. indistinguishable at a dis-
tance from the original material.
Trim comes in a wide variety of
colors to complement any home
color scheme. You can match the
original color of the trim or choose
one that contrats with the siding or
brick, giving your house a new look.
For instance, white aluminum
trim looks smart on red brick and
dark brown enlivens a beige or
cream color house. You can also
choose from darker reds, blues and
greens to perk up softer siding
colors. If the house siding is dark,
try a light trim color for contrast.
Many manufacturers can even offer
paint codes that will enable you to
color-match your garage door and
main entrance door to your trim
color.
Soffit is the underside of the roof
overhang. Wood and particle-board
soffit are particularly subject to rot
and deterioration, and this area is
extrmemly difficutl to paint, partic-
ularly on two-story houses. Alumi-
num soffit is available with or
without ventilation holes. If your
home has ventilation screens along
the eaves, you can still enjoy this
natural-air intake system for proper
attic ventilation.
Fascia (the vertical trim along the
susceptible to being dislodged by
high winds and rain. Aluminum
nails will secure the aluminum
fascia covering your home. Alumi-
num fascia is available in various
heights and widths or it can be
your home from rolls of aluminum.
Gutters, because they are
intended to collect water, are sub-
ject to rusting if they are made of
steel, or rotting if they are wooden.
Maintenance can be an unending
chore. Aluminum gutters will not
rust, rot or require frequent paint-
ing. Aluminum gutters come. in
standard shapes and sizes
“Safety First” is a good rule, whether you simply putter around the
house on weekends, or are a skilled craftsman with lots of experience.
When it comes to replacing the roof over your head, safety is vital.
Since it can be a difficult and hazardous job, re-roofing generally is not
regarded as a do-it-yourself project. However, more and more
homeowners are considering doing their own re-roofing as a way to
save money.
If you are one of these, the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers’
Association advises you not to go ahead with the job unless you can
honestly say you can do the job as well as a professional. Also, you
should be willing to devote the time and effort to getting the job done
right, and should feel comfortable working at heights.
Both organic-based and the newer fiberglass-based asphalt shingles
are suitable for installation by competent do-it-yourselfers. They offer
beauty, durability, low maintenance, fire safety and ease of applica-
tion. Shingles with a fiberglass base offer Class A fire protection.
High roofs, or those with steep slopes, lots of angles, gables or
dormers, should be left in the hands of a professional roofer. Roofs
with slopes of four or five inches per horizontal foot are safest and
easiest for do-it-yourself application. When the roof slope is less than
four inches per foot, special application procedures are recommended.
For flat roofs, use built-up roofing installed by a professional
contractor. The pitch of a roof is determined by measuring how many
inches it rises for each foot it runs.
Should you decide to handle re-roofing yourself, be sure to heed the
following safety precautions:
— Wear construction-type shoes with rubber soles for sure footing.
— Secure ladders top and bottom and do not let them come in contact
with power lines. )
— Place shingles and tools where they won’t slide off the roof. Keep
the roof surface clean of debris and keep people away from the work
area.
— Lift only light loads. \
— Apply shingles on clear days when it is warm, but not hot.
— Do not re-roof in wet weather or when the temperature is below 40
degrees.
— Re-roof only when the roof deck and the shingles are dry. Moisture
makes roofs slippery and dangerous.
You will need a hammer, roofing nails, tape measure, utility knife,
chalk line for proper shingle alignment and a pointed trowel for
applying roofing cement in order to do the job right. A carpenter’s
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ing faded kitchens that were once
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Beyond that dusty kitchen and the
project are the rewards. In addition
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order to increase the asking price.
According to one expert, a 20-year
old home with a remodeled kitchen
will increase its value by at least 75
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with a project adding as much as
125 percent of the project cost to the
resale value of the home.
One of the most important aspects
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with the quality of the bathroom
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built in the last four to five years
are rearely changed, he adds,
because styles haven’t changed
much.
A different, though concurring
view, comes from a manfacturer,
Ray Wireman, sales manager for
Haas Cabinet Co., a major producer
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remodeled kitchen adds more value
to the property, in terms of looks
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“We're finding that desires of the
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“What often happens is that the
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storage space.
“When a family initially lives in a
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appliances, that space is gone, and
there is a great need for more room
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