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Top-down Approach to Curb Appeal
By Kathy Ziprik, DaVinci Roofscapes. Boosting curb appeal with a new roof can help you regain up to 70% of the cost when you resell your house. Curb appeal is one of the most powerful elements of your house, adding value when it comes time to sell. 99% of ...
History in the (Re)making: Composite Slate Underscores This Historical District’s Features
By DaVinci Roofscapes Accuracy is king when it comes to installing a roof in the original style of a historic neighborhood. When it came time to install a new roof on the condo building adjacent to the historical Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Brett Tesson knew he needed to find ...
Composite Slate Roofing Helps Chapel Soar
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Wichita church gets a Romanesque-style roof with DaVinci composite slate tiles. Day or night, the chapel at Central Community Church in Wichita is a beautiful architectural site. Soaring 50-feet into the sky, with a composite slate roof overhead, the chapel embraces people with its warm design. Small ...
Seaside Home Replaces Original Slate Roof With Composite Slate
By DaVinci Roofscapes. When it came time to replace the original slate tiles on this over 100-year-old home, there was only one clear choice: DaVinci. Of the few surviving older homes in Atlantic City, New Jersey is the home of Adam Lavinsky, Linda Lavinsky and Adria and Mark Fishkin. Their ...
5 Questions to Ask Yourself to Find the Perfect Exterior Color Scheme
By Kate Smith for DaVinci Roofscapes. Your home is telling you the best exterior colors to use. Are you listening? People often lament that choosing exterior colors is so much more complicated than picking colors for an interior, when just the opposite is true. When selecting interior colors, there ...
Why Composite Roofing is Ideal for Historical Projects
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Why do architects usually choose lightweight composite roofing systems when it comes time to renovate a historical project? Historic building renovation is tricky. Contractors have to be wary of the delicate balance needed between preserving the property’s past while providing the necessary updates and maintenance to ensure ...
Why Your First Home Improvement Project Should Be a New Roof
By DaVinci Roofscapes. This study proves that a new roof is the favored home improvement project for adding value to your home. Look to the skies next time you are upgrading your home exterior. According to this 2019 Remodeling Impact Report, a roof is the leading choice of exterior ...
A Castle in Kansas
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Homeowners chose DaVinci composite slate to match the stony aesthetic of the exterior to their impressive home. From any angle, the Whitaker home looks like a castle. A turret and multiple brick chimneys highlight a steep-pitched roof line. There’s even an attached carriage house. When ...
Add Some Color to Your Curb Appeal
By DaVinci Roofscapes Focusing on colorful accents can enhance your home’s aesthetic appeal by giving it a cohesive look. When we talk about curb appeal, we are often talking about the colors of your home and how they complement your home. Using color strategically can add value to ...
These Polymer Roof Tiles are Harder Than Hail
By DaVinci Roofscapes. A major hailstorm in Oklahoma City left practically all roofs damaged except this one type. During severe weather, hail can cause a sizable amount of damage, especially to roofs. Hail is a part of life in Oklahoma’s springtime. However, back in 2010 the destruction was significant when ...
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