Planning a project? Pick the one you are working on and start with the guides homeowners use most.
There are four common ways to pay for a new roof, siding or windows: savings, an unsecured home improvement loan, a home equity loan or HELOC, or contractor-arranged financing. Here is how they compare and what to ask a lender.
Short answer: In most of Northern Virginia, you do not need a building permit to replace the shingles, the siding or same-size windows on a single-family home or townhouse. Virginia’s building code treats that work as an ordinary repair. You usually do need a permit when you replace a large section of roof decking, replace…
Short answer: A metal roof makes sense in Northern Virginia when you plan to stay in the house for decades and your HOA and budget allow it. We install two kinds of metal roof: metal shingles, stamped to look like slate, shake or regular shingles, and standing seam panels. For most HOA neighborhoods in Prince…
Short answer: James Hardie fiber cement is worth it in Northern Virginia when you plan to stay in the house for many years, you want the look of painted wood, or your HOA or historic district steers you away from vinyl. Quality vinyl is the better buy when your budget sits closer to the vinyl…
Replacing windows and siding together makes sense when the work at the window openings overlaps. See when to combine, when to phase, which goes first, and what a combined estimate must put in writing.
Here is the number nobody publishes: whole-house exterior trim wrapping in Northern Virginia typically runs $3,000 to $7,500 with us, or roughly $85 to $175 per window if you are thinking opening by opening. Trim is the least glamorous line on any exterior estimate and one of the most misunderstood, so this guide covers what…
The number you came for: most whole-house seamless gutter replacements in Northern Virginia run $2,000 to $6,000 installed with us, with smaller homes landing at the low end. Compared with a roof or siding project, gutters are refreshingly affordable, which makes it strange how mysterious gutter pricing usually is. This guide lays out exactly what…
Straight answer first: most entry door replacements in Northern Virginia run $1,800 to $5,500 installed with us, patio doors run $2,500 to $6,500, and simpler steel doors can come in below those ranges. The spread is wide because a door project is really a bundle of choices: the material, the glass, the hardware, whether sidelights…
Most homeowners in Northern Virginia pay $10,000 to $25,000 for a full asphalt shingle roof replacement, and most of our jobs are finished in a single day. Your exact price depends on your roof’s size, pitch, and condition, which is why we come look at the roof before we ever name a number. If you…
Roof Replacement in Northern Virginia: A Homeowner’s Guide to Getting It Right Three contractors walk your roof and hand you three estimates. One comes in thousands below the others. Most homeowners assume that means one company is cheaper. It usually means the quotes aren’t describing the same roof. A roof replacement is one of the…