My Potts n Paints

Painting the roof white is a big subject but not a serious topic. Painting the roof white generally believed to have some advantages. As the white color throws over the heat, only little heats are occupied by home. Today many roofers are employed to paint roof white.

Not alone this, you could do something to save our planet. The United States Energy Secretary and the Nobel champion scientist, Steven Ch, has stated that painting roof with light color or white color could do something to decrease global warming by throwing away the sunshine to the space. It could be something like taking away all vehicle right from the planet for about eleven yrs.

The matter which no one talks over is the method to paint the roof. Other than trade coatings, some of them have really went out and painted the roof by own.

What kind of roof to get painted?

First of all, let us presume that you’ve the asphalt or composite roof. It’s calculated that upwards of eighty to ninety percent of the houses in northern US have complex roofs. This figure could be stretched, depending upon whether you inquire the objective observer or the roofing commercial service. However the figure sounds really exact. If you don’t trust me, then simply look at your window.

How large is the roof?

Not simply the baseless question – a crucial question. As you may discover that the roof paints are very costly. And it generally comes up alone through mail-order.

Rather than using the word “square footage”, the roofers generally use the term as “squares”. The word square equals 100 sq ft.

For the home which measures of thirty by fifty feet (on ground), you should have around fifteen roofing squares on ground-level. Transforming this to the shape of roof-level may provide you twenty squares of shingles for roofing. The figure is greater due to the pitch of the roof, or the slope. 20 squares are equal to two thousand sq ft of shingles for roofing which you have to paint.

Estimating the quantity and cost for roof painting

Let us go with that twenty squares measurement which we came up before.

For Hyper seal painting, you have to use approximately fourteen gallons for 1st coating. At the present costs, this could price you about four hundred and sixty six dollars, without including the shipping cost. As you have to use 2 coatings, let us presume that you are applying one-half which amount seven gallons for 2nd coating. Last cost: 735 dollars, again shipping not included.

Anybody can start a paint business, right? Wrong. A good painting contractor can get the work done quickly and without the headache a client would get tackling the job themselves.

When you set up a paint business it is important to prove to customers that you are capable of doing a safe and high quality job.

Knowing all aspects of your trade is important, put as much effort into cleaning the walls as painting them. A willingness to do a good job will not only produce better results but will encourage success in your painting business.

The two main types of work you will encounter in a paint business are commercial and private.

Commercial accounts have one advantage over private jobs. They are often continuing, sending you on job after job as long as you offer a good service as well a good price.

References and word of mouth are an advantage of private jobs. Again, if your paint business offers a good service and price, clients will recommend your service.

Private jobs are often more profitable than commercial work, although it requires more time and effort because there are more individuals to please.

The main benefit of these jobs is that once you have built a reputation, word of mouth will advertise your paint business for you. Your high quality work will literally do the advertising for you.

When you meet a new client, you will have to estimate the job and submit a bid, wait for a response, start the job and work with the homeowner’s many requests. When bidding on or accepting a job, look it over thoroughly and agree on what is to be done about any special problems that may exist.

When submitting your bid, always figure it with good quality materials and let the customer know that you did. If he wants to scrimp for a better price, let it be his decision to use cheaper materials.

As a professional painter, it is vital to thoroughly know your trade and to provide exceptional service in your trade using experienced and skilled craftsmen, in order to maintain a reputable and profitable business built on trust and customer loyalty.

Here are a few basement waterproofing tips to get you started. In general, the basement is a place where people find their old sofa, unwanted bags of cloths to be donated to the Goodwill, along with rust, mold, mildew, fungus, and wood rot all over the place. People not only want to be rid of this awfulness, but at the same time, they start to think of the possibilities. What could the basement possibly be? It could be storage space sure, but what about living space? A basement can potentially be far more than a rotting cellar. Solving this situation means eliminating the source of biological growth (water), repairing any damages, waterproofing and finally doing an overhaul on the interior design.

Green slime and hair-cracks along the basement floor all the way to the wall where half the foundation blocks are broken with seeping holes of flowing water and a corner caving totally in from an enormous sink hole are worst case scenarios that show sings of badly needed basement waterproofing. But if there is a lot of condensation on the walls, pipes and water heater, even more annoying things like rust and mold can be found. This is mainly because when surface water from old gutters or an improperly graded lot around a foundation cause underground water pressure (hydrostatic pressure) to build up at the floor and wall corners, then the basement is suffering from one fatal word “neglect”. Neglect from the original house builders, neglect from the salesman, and neglect from the homeowner. But once the problem has been identified, and measures are taken to waterproof the basement, then it is hope that prevails.

Hope is based on our dreams. Dreams of what a basement could be. A basement can be another living room, a party room, a guest bedroom, a pool room, an extra kitchen, an extra laundry room, or even a play room for the children; thus the whole reason for the art of basement waterproofing. People not only want decent living space, they deserve such a place to the very extent that it at least be a safe and dry place to leave their belongings, if not make sure that their children can safely play their without getting sick. Basic health issues are just common sense. Who wants to be living on top of a rotting cellar that slowly decays the house into the ground?

Taking care of this and making sure that there is a solution to the problem, means identifying the source of water, through observation, repairing, and waterproofing. Cracks filled with water that seeps only during a hard rain is an indication of surface water building up underground. Whole lakes in the basement or, continuous flows from a hole or crack in the wall can mean ground water that will need more attention. Humidity causes the expansion and shrinkage of the walls cracking them and can thus lead to condensation and dark, damp caves that give birth to fungus and other cave dwellers. Fixing the source of the water is just the first solution, and then fixing up the damage done is the next basic solution in keeping the basement dry. But lastly, the basement will need to be water proofed, be it through the use of Bentonite clay on the external foundation walls, laminated asphalt waterproofing, sheet membranes such as; rubber, polyvinyl chloride or polyethylene, and liquid membranes of the earlier mentioned substances can also be applied with roller brushes, standard brushes, trowel or spray gun. Final waterproofing techniques are varied.

Finally, when thinking about why people waterproof their basements, the subject can be demystified by understanding the basic concept of neglect. Water builds up pressure called hydrostatic water pressure and pushes through the cement block foundations, over time. The builder doesn’t foresee the problem (neglect), the salesmen (neglect) nor the homeowner (neglect) until it is too late. The basic hope of using the basement may seem like a dream to the more down to earth person who actually lives with a wet basement badly in need of waterproofing. But it is not only possible to fix the damage and recover the space for storage; it’s possible to actually “use” the waterproofed basement. Just identify the problem, fix it, repair the damage, waterproof, and remodel till your heart is content. Waterproofing the basement can be as easy and fun if instead of neglecting them, we brought them to life… by bringing the basement, a little hope.