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Alternative Construction Options for Building Your Home

A brief look at the choices beyond concrete block and wood framing

FAQs: What do Architects learn in school?

Discussing the many classes that Architecture students take, and the emphasis on Design as separate from art.

Plumbing Nightmare: My Adventure with Polybutylene Piping

Updating the plumbing on a 40+ year old home

9 Basic Principles for Your Forever Home

Retirement is on the horizon. Are you ready? Is your home ready?

Hurricane Season: Protecting Your Home from Storm Surges

Learn to live with Mother Nature.

Rebuilding after a Hurricane: Read This First

Successful rebuilding begins with a Homeowner who is aware of the challenges and the regulations

Home Repairs after a Hurricane: Architect Recommendations

Consider some upgrades while you make repairs.

Hurricane Season: Recommended Choices for Upgrading Your Home

Hurricanes and flooding or storm surge are a fact of life in Florida. But there are some proactive choices you can make now. Pinellas County contains 233,888 single-family houses *, including Clearwater and St Petersburg. Of those, about 13,397 were built using the Florida Building Code, which went into effect March 15, 2002, and isContinue reading “Hurricane Season: Recommended Choices for Upgrading Your Home”

Cold Hot Cold Days: Upgrading Your Florida Home’s Insulation

Temperature swings. Otherwise known as Springtime (and Autumn) in Florida. Cold nights that require you to cover or bring inside your sensitive plants and wrap yourself in a sweater and blankets inside. Followed by soaring daytime temperatures which find you switching the thermostat from Heating to Cooling. Until sunset when the temperature drops again. DidContinue reading “Cold Hot Cold Days: Upgrading Your Florida Home’s Insulation”

Flat Roof Considerations: What Homeowners Should Know

Worker welding pvc roof membrane by heater with welder machine

Have you ever stopped to wonder why almost every house has a sloped roof – gable, hip, etc – and almost every business has a flat roof – often hidden behind a parapet with a big sign on it? If you have, you would wonder why so many homes have problems with flat roofs. Let’sContinue reading “Flat Roof Considerations: What Homeowners Should Know”