Another week in Paradise!

Hi everyone, sorry about not getting back to you for a while. Life is full of challenges and these last few weeks are no different. A quick breakdown; My above ground pool water turned black from leaves and dead animals (poor babies fell in during a storm) My kids would not go in the water unless it was replaced. First mistake, I drained the pool, power washed it, then got the liner back on the sides. Apparently it took too long, the pool liner shrank, as a result when I went to refill the pool, all the sides came down! Time for a new liner. 

Here is some free info: I called a bunch of local Pool stores in and around my town as well as the original company that installed the pool 10 years ago, to see what it will cost to replace the liner and get it installed. The price range ran from $600 to $2000 complete! Whoa that is a crazy range. I will end up using Pelican Pools on Rt.18 in East Brunswick NJ. By the way I am only mentioning them because they had the best price , expertise for installation and nice people. No other business connection here!

My 53rd birthday came and went, I think I need to start exercising more, even though I work everyday, I can tell it is not enough. I think walking will be the key here.

Our Deep Freeze Freezer went out on us the other day, what a nightmare. If you are like me, you buy what ever you can on sale and freeze it. Debbie and I stopped dancing the freak and started rearranging the kitchen freezer to fit all the food in. Good thing Memorial Day weekend is here so we cook cook a lot of this stuff! Pumpkin Pie anyone?

Well, I will send out another post shortly; this one will be on deck washing.

Does Your Roof Look Like This?

Hey who spilled coffee on my roof?

It sorta looks like that doesn't it! Well unfortunately the black spots you see is not coffee or dirt. It is an Algae called Gloeocapsa magma (try saying that three times fast) anyway this living organism is infecting neighborhoods in the northeast at an alarming rate. It does not matter what the pitch of your roof is or if you are surrounded by trees or if your house is out in the open. Once they are airborne and land on your roof, it is feeding time at the zoo! Given enough time, the colony will cover the roof and damage the shingles.

The second picture shows a house with a little different issue. This roof has a fungus growing on it, sometimes called Roof Moss. It may sound quaint,  but it is anything but. The roof moss not only looks really bad, but it is really bad for the shingles as well.  If left unchecked the fungus will loosen the granules on the shingles causing the roof to require replacement before it's time.

The bottom line is that if you ignore either of these conditions on your roof you will be replacing it way before their time. By the way tearing off the infected shingle and replacing them will cost you in the area of $7000.00 I don't know about you, but that is a lot of money to me. The worst thing is that, for less than one tenth of the price of replacement you could have corrected the situation.

Please have a wonderful day.

Black Spots on my Roof Introduction

Good evening everybody. Today is the first post for this blog. Nothing special to say to you today other than I intend to educate you as to what those black spots on your roof are. Why they should not be ignored, and how to remedy the situation.

I will also from time to time discuss the best practices for restoring a deck. I will discuss from my many years of experience the good, the bad and the ugly. I will post pictures of what I am talking about as often as possible.

I hope you find this blog to be helpful in keeping your home looking beautiful.

Please have a wonderful day!