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Nail Heads Rusting Through Your Painted Siding? Here Is the Real Fix
The homeowner had already fixed this wall. Three times. Each round went the same way. Sand the brown dot, dab on paint,…
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One Wall of Wavy Vinyl Siding: Was It the Grill or a Window Reflection?
The appointment was booked as a paint question. One wall of vinyl had gone wavy, the rest of the house looked fine,…
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Why Your Hardie Board Edges Are Swelling at the Butt Joints
The homeowner met us at the driveway and pointed at one spot on the wall, about eye level, where two planks met.…
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Can You Slide a Credit Card into That Stucco Crack? Read This
One of our estimators keeps an expired gift card in his shirt pocket. It has nothing to do with buying anything. He…
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Brick Faces Popping Off in February? Why It Happens and What to Do Now
Every year the same week produces the same phone calls. It arrives after the first serious freeze-thaw stretch, usually late January into…
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Found a Soft Spot in Your Wood Siding? Here Is How Bad It Is
Most people find it by accident. They are washing the house, or hanging string lights, or running a hand along the siding…
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Sprinkler Overspray Leaving Hard-Water Stains on Your Walls? Do This
The call came in as a paint problem. Dark exterior, only a couple of years old, and one wall was going white…
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When Crawl-Space Humidity Is Blistering Your Exterior Paint
There is one wall we get called about more than any other. It is usually on the shaded side of the house,…
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Carpenter Bees Tunneled into Your Fascia Boards? Here Is What to Do
The call usually starts the same way. Someone tells us woodpeckers have wrecked the trim under their roofline, and they want to…
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What to Do When Woodpeckers Drill Holes in Your Cedar Siding
Written from our field experience coating and restoring cedar homes across Lexington and the Bluegrass. You hear it before you see it.…
