#chimney specialist long island

[l-in-the-light]

Finally someone said it! Every time I try to point it out, people just dismiss it, so I stopped yapping about it, but I will now, because I feel encouraged by this.

Franky, our resident specialist on cyborgs, checked up the PX-4 model they just defeated and declared it's a cyborg, not a robot. He's half-human, half-machine. That's why they bleed!

But who are the Pacifistas then? Why do they look just like Kuma? Look at Sanji's reaction there. We know that Germa actually CAN create humans/clones from scratch!

They all have the same face (and body shape). Just like Pacifistas that look exactly like Kuma.

Franky didn't know that you can create humans from scratch, so he thought Pacifistas are just Kuma's twins or cyborgs modified to look like Kuma. But thanks to Whole Cake Island arc we know human beings CAN be built from scratch!

Judge continued the research (that he did before with Vegapunk) by himself, escaping Government's grasp. The research was for copying and augmenting life which means they researched lineage factors aka the blueprints of life itself. They take OP's equivalement of DNA from a person and make clones.

Judge even keeps those human clones in a special bio-like substance, which we know is kinda neon green. Color green often appears in One Piece in science related to lineage factors (SAD, soldiers of Germa, Seraphim's green blood), and also in relation to soul (any time Brook activates his soul resonating abilities), and, curiously enough, the steam coming from Udon's prison camp chimneys is the same shade of neon green. And then people wonder why do I keep yapping about Green Fairy alcohol... I just see the pattern here, okay. It's green, just by that fact alone it's suspicious, and drinking it did alter Strawhats behaviour for a bit. It screams soul/lineage factors.

And here's a moment of angst for you all. Yes, those clones are people and are unaware they're clones. They're just living their lives the way they were programmed (in their life blueprints), blissfully unaware they're disposable living shields and military power.

The question of "free will" is being raised here. And we should ask the same about the Pacifistas (and perhaps Seraphims). They're also clearly programmed to act the way they do, which is very machine-like. But they are half-humans.

Caesar says this in chapter 684: "[Punk Hazard] is a military testing faculty! We're all here because the Navy wants a weapon that can kill as many pirates as possible!". Punk Hazard wasn't just some random science lab where anyone does whatever they want. They're all there for this purpose, not just Caesar. Vegapunk and Judge were doing things for the military as well.

We know that officially it's Vegapunk who discovered lineage factors. I say "officially" here because I have a feeling he wasn't actually the first, but it's just the obscure feeling I have about it, I don't have clear evidence. Anyway, Vegapunk worked on lineage factors and Judge is using lineage factors, so either VP shared the research data with him or Judge pursued it on his own after they went their seperate ways.

Judge proved to us one thing: yes, you can create human beings from scratch, as long as you're smart enough to make use of lineage factors. You can also use it to clone people! Judge can do all that thanks to Vegapunk's research, so it's likely Vegapunk can do that as well and even better. That's how Pacifistas were born. Seraphims are an even better versions of Pacifistas, because they use green blood with lineage factors for devil fruits and use the best lineage possible: that of Lunarians.

If Vegapunk has Lunarians' lineage factors at his disposal, then there are two possible deductions to draw here: 1. he was part of the research group that was performing really cruel experiments on King, because he is literally the last Lunarian present in the story and we know indeed he was captured by the Government at some point (guess in what science lab was King kept? On Punk Hazard). 2. Government (Saturn) shared with Vegapunk the results from the said experiments so he can develop Seraphims.

But let's theorize that Vegapunk did whatever he could not to dirty his hands and he only sticked to creating countermeasures to mass murder weapons, and whatever the Government was doing to the prisoners, he had no hand in it. But after he got captured by the said Government and forced to work for them (and created Egghead as the result, seastone coating for ships, Pacifistas and Seraphims, among many other things), it's likely he had to at the very least adapt the research data they gave him that they gathered from experimenting on humans. They also had to give him access to SAD (hence the green blood). And of course he had to use Kuma's lineage factors to make cyborg clones of him aka the Pacifistas.

Also, just to clarify, I don't think Vegapunk experimented on humans willingly, I think he was forced to either 1. ignore it and saw it being done under his nose (he was definitely not unaware of it, he was the leader of the science group on Punk Hazard) 2. use the data given to him that was gathered through human experimentation (Vegapunk is smart, he must have guessed how that data was acquired) 3. build cyborg human clones for the Government. Let's also not forget Stussy, who is apparently a clone made by Vegapunk as well!

But I do believe Vegapunk always did whatever he could to not cross a certain line. After all we know that while working on Punk Hazard, he earned Ibel Peace Prize for 'GP Flowers' that bloom out of gunpowder and did those very resistant protection suits that work even against deadliest gas weapons developed by Caesar. But he also did some human enlargement experiments (most likely on the prisoners, but at least he never experimented on children, Caesar made sure we know that). It's simply that in the world of One Piece there's only so much you can do without making your own conscience guilty, if you work for the Government.

Also, Vegapunk might have had a choice to leave and live the rest of his life as a runaway, but then he wouldn't be able to do science anymore. His only choice would be doing it for the criminals in some emperor's empire, like for Big Mom. We can treat him as Government's hostage who just couldn't oppose their power or views directly. Or, quoting Sanji, Vegapunk could have just given up on his dream and hide for the rest of his life in some god forsaken hole, like Woop Slap in Fuusha Village or Wolf in the North Blue, to never openly attempt science again. (Hm, why am I mentioning Woop Slap? Oh, I dunno, just a hunch). I think Vegapunk's ultimate plan to send his research stratum to the clouds was his final stand against the Government. He never truly wanted to cooperate with them, not after what he learned that they do. But he really had limited choices there. Using their funds to create potential for better future of the humanity is really awesome way of flipping them a metaphorical finger for a goodbye though.

Also fun fact, but there is one interesting inconsistency about Punk Hazard's explosion. There were in fact, two explosions, not just one. We know Caesar pressed a self-destruct button (Vegapunk installs that in every research lab he worked in). But there was apparently one more explosion in a different lab. I like to believe Vegapunk did it by himself, either to make use of the situation and destroy the human experimentation site of the Government (he could even blame Caesar's explosion for that, which would be quite clever), or because he was simply mad about the human experiments. It would be basically him flipping them a finger as a goodbye, haha. Sadly he got captured by the Government later.

I like Vegapunk exactly because he is such a morally complex character, makes him feel very human in his struggle to stay at the side of "good" in the "good vs evil" debate.

But let's not forget when Clover visited him at Punk Hazard, Vegapunk himself voiced his concern, unprompted "you won't find the answer to good and evil in old stories", proving that this dilemma was always at the back of his mind when he stayed at the lab there.

Also the "stand down" advice seems genuine, maybe he also had to "stand down" to get through Punk Hazard phase of his life, witnessing the many horrors there.

Also, Vegapunk did think the clones he created are actually humans, as one can see from his interactions with Stussy. He never treated them like machines. Would he treat Pacifistas like humans as well, though? That I'm not so sure about. He might have planned them to be just living machines with a computer program instead of a brain, but as long as he uses people's lineage factors, the results always go beyond his expectations and comprehension. Pacifistas might as well be one of Vegapunk's unmentioned sins.

It will be commented on later by Drake, but something I feel that gets overlooked by the fandom is that the Pacifistas bleed. They're not pure robots. but utilize the Vinsmoke cloning technology and are like Franky--a slurry of mechanical and organic bits mixed together into one.

So when characters like the Straw Hats blow them up, it's not as simple as destroying a robot. There was a person in there somewhere, even if they were grown in a vat and had their brain replaced with a computer. This is a little bit more obvious with the S versions shown in Egghead, but no less horrific here.

[larrypsimmons-blog]

How to maintain a clean chimney?

There’s nothing cozier than a home fireplace. Although some people opt for gas-fueled models, and they definitely have their strong points, most prefer genuine wood-burning heating system. This is due primarily to the homey crackling sound of burning logs and the luminous orange embers that they produce.

Unfortunately, where a gas stove is fairly clean-burning, a traditional fireplace is a bit more of a challenge to maintain. A clean chimney generally works well, but when it is slow to draw the smoke out of the house, it can result in a sooty, smelly home full of carcinogens. In the worst-case scenario, a badly preserved chimney may also lead to a terrifying chimney fire.

There are up to seven parts to contemporary chimneys plus the firebox, which is where the fires are actually constructed. Generally, venting systems consist of the following:

1.Chimney flue: the vertical opening by which the smoke exits the home

2.Chimney liner: the interior of the chimney that protects the home from the high temperatures created in stoves and fireplaces

3.Chimney damper: the “doors” to the chimney, which consist of two metal plates just above the firebox

4.Smoke chamber: area between the damper and the flue where combustion byproducts are compressed to exit through the chimney

5.Chimney cap: prevent animals, debris, downdrafts, rain, snow, and sleet from entering the chimney

6.Crown: cement part of the chimney found at the very top

7.Chimney flashing: metal pieces that block water from causing damage where the chimney and the roof meet

Incidentally, most chimney fires begin in the smoke chamber, therefore, it is an extremely important area to keep clean and free of debris.

HOW TO KEEP YOUR CHIMNEY CLEAN

There are several things a homeowner should do to keep his/her chimney clean. Proper use to ensure a safer operation is one. Make sure to open the damper before starting a fire in the firebox and closing it after the fire has been extinguished.

Use a chimney sweeping log or similar product on a regular basis. These “logs” help prevent chimney residue and eliminate debris deposited along the chimney walls. Merely follow the directions on the packaging.

Although cleaner-logs are a decent DIY step, they are not adequate substitutes for a thorough manual cleaning. Follow an annual inspection schedule and regular cleaning conducted by a licensed chimney sweep to keep your chimney safe and properly functioning.

To maintain a quaint and cozy fire in a safe environment, it is necessary to follow an annual inspection schedule and regular cleanings performed by a professional chimney sweeps long island

[unsettlingshortstories]

The Specialist's Hat

Kelly Link (1998)

“When you’re Dead,” Samantha says, “you don’t have to brush your teeth.”

“When you’re Dead,” Claire says, “you live in a box, and it’s always dark, but you’re not ever afraid.”

Claire and Samantha are identical twins. Their combined age is twenty years, four months, and six days. Claire is better at being Dead than Samantha.

The babysitter yawns, covering up her mouth with a long white hand. “I said to brush your teeth and that it’s time for bed,” she says. She sits cross-legged on the flowered bedspread between them. She has been teaching them a card game called Pounce, which involves three decks of cards, one for each of them. Samantha’s deck is missing the Jack of Spades and the Two of Hearts, and Claire keeps on cheating. The babysitter wins anyway. There are still flecks of dried shaving cream and toilet paper on her arms. It is hard to tell how old she is — at first they thought she must be a grownup, but now she hardly looks older than them. Samantha has forgotten the babysitter’s name.

Claire’s face is stubborn. “When you’re Dead,” she says, “you stay up all night long.”

“When you’re dead,” the babysitter snaps, “it’s always very cold and damp, and you have to be very, very quiet or else the Specialist will get you.”

“This house is haunted,” Claire says.

“I know it is,” the babysitter says. “I used to live here.”

Something is creeping up the stairs, Something is standing outside the door, Something is sobbing, sobbing in the dark; Something is sighing across the floor.

Claire and Samantha are spending the summer with their father, in the house called Eight Chimneys. Their mother is dead. She has been dead for exactly 282 days.

Their father is writing a history of Eight Chimneys, and of the poet, Charles Cheatham Rash, who lived here at the turn of the century, and who ran away to sea when he was thirteen, and returned when he was thirty-eight. He married, fathered a child, wrote three volumes of bad, obscure poetry, and an even worse and more obscure novel, The One Who Is Watching Me Through the Window, before disappearing again in 1907, this time for good. Samantha and Claire’s father says that some of the poetry is actually quite readable, and at least the novel isn’t very long.

When Samantha asked him why he was writing about Rash, he replied that no one else had, and why didn’t she and Samantha go play outside. When she pointed out that she was Samantha, he just scowled and said how could he be expected to tell them apart when they both wore blue jeans and flannel shirts, and why couldn’t one of them dress all in green and the other pink?

Claire and Samantha prefer to play inside. Eight Chimneys is as big as a castle, but dustier and darker than Samantha imagines a castle would be. The house is open to the public, and during the day people — families — driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway will stop to tour the grounds and the first story; the third story belongs to Claire and Samantha. Sometimes they play explorers, and sometimes they follow the caretaker as he gives tours to visitors. After a few weeks, they have memorized his lecture, and they mouth it along with him. They help him sell postcards and copies of Rash’s poetry to the tourist families who come into the little gift shop. When the mothers smile at them, and say how sweet they are, they stare back and don’t say anything at all. The dim light in the house makes the mothers look pale and flickery and tired. They leave Eight Chimneys, mothers and families, looking not quite as real as they did before they paid their admissions, and of course Claire and Samantha will never see them again, so maybe they aren’t real. Better to stay inside the house, they want to tell the families, and if you must leave, then go straight to your cars.

The caretaker says the woods aren’t safe.

Their father stays in the library on the second story all morning, typing, and in the afternoon he takes long walks. He takes his pocket recorder along with him, and a hip flask of Old Kentucky, but not Samantha and Claire.

The caretaker of Eight Chimneys is Mr. Coeslak. His left leg is noticeably shorter than his right. Short black hairs grow out of his ears and his nostrils, and there is no hair at all on top of his head, but he’s given Samantha and Claire permission to explore the whole of the house. It was Mr. Coeslak who told them that there are copperheads in the woods, and that the house is haunted. He says they are all, ghosts and snakes, a pretty bad-tempered lot, and Samantha and Claire should stick to the marked trails, and stay out of the attic.

Mr. Coeslak can tell the twins apart, even if their father can’t; Claire’s eyes are grey, like a cat’s fur, he says, but Samantha’s are gray, like the ocean when it has been raining.

Samantha and Claire went walking in the woods on the second day that they were at Eight Chimneys. They saw something. Samantha thought it was a woman, but Claire said it was a snake. The staircase that goes up to the attic has been locked. They peeked through the keyhole, but it was too dark to see anything.

And so he had a wife, and they say she was real pretty. There was another man who wanted to go with her, and first she wouldn’t, because she was afraid of her husband, and then she did. Her husband found out, and they say he killed a snake and got some of this snake’s blood and put it in some whiskey and gave it to her. He had learned this from an island man who had been on a ship with him. And in about six months snakes created in her and they got between her meat and the skin. And they say you could just see them running up and down her legs. They say she was just hollow to the top of her body, and it kept on like that till she died. Now my daddy said he saw it. — An Oral History of Eight Chimneys

Eight Chimneys is over two hundred years old. It is named for the eight chimneys which are each big enough that Samantha and Claire can both fit in one fireplace. The chimneys are red brick, and on each floor there are eight fireplaces, making a total of twenty-four. Samantha imagines the chimney stacks stretching like stout red tree trunks, all the way up through the slate roof of the house. Beside each fireplace is a heavy black firedog, and a set of wrought iron pokers shaped like snakes. Claire and Samantha pretend to duel with the snake-pokers before the fireplace in their bedroom on the third floor. Wind rises up the back of the chimney. When they stick their faces in, they can feel the air rushing damply upward, like a river. The flue smells old and sooty and wet, like stones from a river.

Their bedroom was once the nursery. They sleep together in a poster bed which resembles a ship with four masts. It smells of mothballs. Charles Cheatham Rash slept here when he was a little boy, and also his daughter. She disappeared when her father did. It might have been gambling debts. They may have moved to New Orleans. She was fourteen years old, Mr. Coeslak said. What was her name, Claire asked. What happened to her mother, Samantha wanted to know. Mr. Coeslak closed his eyes in an almost wink. Mrs. Rash had died the year before her husband and daughter disappeared, he said, of a mysterious wasting disease. He can’t remember the name of the poor little girl, he said.

Eight Chimneys has exactly 100 windows, all still with the original wavery panes of hand-blown glass. With so many windows, Samantha thinks, Eight Chimneys should always be full of light, but instead the trees press close against the house, so that the rooms on the first and second story — even the third-story rooms — are green and dim, as if Samantha and Claire are underwater. This is the light that makes the tourists into ghosts. In the morning, and again towards evening, a fog settles in around the house. Sometimes it is grey like Claire’s eyes, and sometimes it is more gray, like Samantha’s.

I met a woman in the wood, Her lips were two red snakes. She smiled at me, her eyes lewd And burning like a fire.

A few nights ago, the wind was sighing in the nursery chimney. Their father had already tucked them in, and turned off the light. Claire dared Samantha to stick her head into the fireplace, in the dark, and so she did. The cold, wet air licked at her face, and it almost sounded like voices talking low, muttering. She couldn’t quite make out what they were saying.

Their father has been drinking steadily since they arrived at Eight Chimneys. He never mentions their mother. One evening they heard him shouting in the library, and when they came downstairs, there was a large sticky stain on the desk, where a glass of whiskey had been knocked over. It was looking at me, he said, through the window. It had orange eyes.

Samantha and Claire refrained from pointing out that the library is on the second story.

At night, their father’s breath has been sweet from drinking, and he is spending more and more time in the woods, and less in the library. At dinner, usually hot dogs and baked beans from a can, which they eat off of paper plates in the first floor dining room, beneath the Austrian chandelier (which has exactly 632 leaded crystals shaped like teardrops), their father recites the poetry of Charles Cheatham Rash, which neither Samantha nor Claire cares for.

He has been reading the ship diaries which Rash kept, and he says that he has discovered proof in them that Rash’s most famous poem, The Specialist’s Hat, is not a poem at all, and in any case, Rash didn’t write it. It is something that one of the men on the whaler used to say, to conjure up a whale. Rash simply copied it down and stuck an end on it and said it was his.

The man was from Mulatuppu, which is a place neither Samantha nor Claire has ever heard of. Their father says that the man was supposed to be some sort of magician, but he drowned shortly before Rash came back to Eight Chimneys. Their father says that the other sailors wanted to throw the magician’s chest overboard, but Rash persuaded them to let him keep it until he could be put ashore, with the chest, off the coast of North Carolina.

The specialist’s hat makes a noise like an agouti; The specialist’s hat makes a noise like a collared peccary; The specialist’s hat makes a noise like a white-lipped peccary; The specialist’s hat makes a noise like a tapir; The specialist’s hat makes a noise like a rabbit; The specialist’s hat makes a noise like a squirrel; The specialist’s hat makes a noise like a curassow; The specialist’s hat moans like a whale in the water; The specialist’s hat moans like the wind in my wife’s hair; The specialist’s hat makes a noise like a snake; I have hung the hat of the specialist upon my wall.

The reason that Claire and Samantha have a babysitter is that their father met a woman in the woods. He is going to meet her, tonight, and they are going to have a picnic supper and look at the stars. This is the time of year when the Perseids can be seen, falling across the sky on clear nights. Their father said that he has been walking with the woman every afternoon. She is a distant relation of Rash, and besides, he said, he needs a night off, and some grownup conversation.

Mr. Coeslak won’t stay in the house after dark, but he agreed to find someone to look after Samantha and Claire. Then their father couldn’t find Mr. Coeslak, but the babysitter showed up precisely at seven o’clock. The babysitter, whose name neither twin quite caught, wears a blue cotton dress with short floaty sleeves. Both Samantha and Claire think she is pretty in an old-fashioned sort of way.

They were in the library with their father, looking up Mulatuppu in the red leather atlas, when she arrived. She didn’t knock on the front door, she simply walked in, and up the stairs, as if she knew where to find them.

Their father kissed them goodbye, a hasty smack, told them to be good and he would take them into town on the weekend to see the Disney film. They went to the window to watch as he walked out of the house and into the woods. Already it was getting dark, and there were fireflies, tiny yellow-hot sparks in the air. When their father had quite disappeared into the trees, they turned around and stared at the babysitter instead. She raised one eyebrow. “Well,” she said. “What sort of games do you like to play?”

Widdershins around the chimneys, once, twice, again. The spokes click like a clock on the bicycle; they tick down the days of the life of a man.

First they played Go Fish, and then they played Crazy Eights, and then they made the babysitter into a mummy by putting shaving cream from their father’s bathroom on her arms and legs, and wrapping her in toilet paper. She is the best babysitter they have ever had.

At nine-thirty, she tried to put them to bed. Neither Claire nor Samantha wanted to go to bed, so they began to play the Dead game. The Dead game is a let’s pretend that they have been playing every day for 274 days now, but never in front of their father or any other adult. When they are Dead, they are allowed to do anything they want to. They can even fly, by jumping off the nursery beds, and just waving their arms. Someday this will work, if they practice hard enough.

The Dead game has three rules.

One. Numbers are significant. The twins keep a list of important numbers in a green address book that belonged to their mother. Mr. Coeslak’s tour has been a good source of significant amounts and tallies: they are writing a tragical history of numbers.

Two. The twins don’t play the Dead game in front of grownups. They have been summing up the babysitter, and have decided that she doesn’t count. They tell her the rules.

Three is the best and most important rule. When you are Dead, you don’t have to be afraid of anything. Samantha and Claire aren’t sure who the Specialist is, but they aren’t afraid of him.

To become Dead, they hold their breath while counting to 35, which is as high as their mother got, not counting a few days.

“You never lived here,” Claire says. “Mr. Coeslak lives here.”

“Not at night,” says the babysitter. “This was my bedroom when I was little.”

“Really?” Samantha says. Claire says, “Prove it.”

The babysitter gives Samantha and Claire a look, as if she is measuring them: how old; how smart; how brave; how tall. Then she nods. The wind is in the flue, and in the dim nursery light they can see the little strands of fog seeping out of the fireplace. “Go stand in the chimney,” she instructs them. “Stick your hand as far up as you can, and there is a little hole on the left side, with a key in it.”

Samantha looks at Claire, who says, “Go ahead.” Claire is fifteen minutes and some few uncounted seconds older than Samantha, and therefore gets to tell Samantha what to do. Samantha remembers the muttering voices, and then reminds herself that she is Dead. She goes over to the fireplace and ducks inside.

When Samantha stands up in the chimney, she can only see the very edge of the room. She can see the fringe of the mothy blue rug, and one bed leg, and beside it, Claire’s foot, swinging back and forth like a metronome. Claire’s shoelace has come undone, and there is a Band-Aid on her ankle. It all looks very pleasant and peaceful from inside the chimney, like a dream, and for a moment, she almost wishes she didn’t have to be Dead. But it’s safer, really. She sticks her left hand up as far as she can reach, trailing it along the crumbly wall, until she feels an indentation. She thinks about spiders and severed fingers, and rusty razorblades, and then she reaches inside. She keeps her eyes lowered, focused on the corner of the room, and Claire’s twitchy foot.

Inside the hole, there is a tiny cold key, its teeth facing outward. She pulls it out, and ducks back into the room. “She wasn’t lying,” she tells Claire.

“Of course I wasn’t lying,” the babysitter says. “When you’re Dead, you’re not allowed to tell lies.”

“Unless you want to,” Claire says.

Dreary and dreadful beats the sea at the shore. Ghastly and dripping is the mist at my door. The clock in the hall is chiming one, two, three, four. The morning comes not, no, never, no more.

Samantha and Claire have gone to camp for three weeks every summer since they were seven. This year their father didn’t ask them if they wanted to go back, and after discussing it, they decided that it was just as well. They didn’t want to have to explain to all their friends how they were half-orphans now. They are used to being envied, because they are identical twins. They don’t want to be pitiful.

It has not even been a year, but Samantha realizes that she is forgetting what her mother looked like. Not her mother’s face so much as the way she smelled, which was something like grass, and something like Chanel No. 5, and like something else too. She can’t remember whether her mother had gray eyes, like her, or grey eyes, like Claire. She doesn’t dream about her mother anymore, but she does dream about Prince Charming, a bay whom she once rode in the horse show at her camp. In the dream, Prince Charming did not smell like a horse at all. He smelled like Chanel No. 5. When she is Dead, she can have all the horses she wants, and they all smell like Chanel No. 5.

“Where does the key go to?” Samantha says.

The babysitter holds out her hand. “To the attic. You don’t really need it, but taking the stairs is easier than the chimney. At least the first time.”

“Aren’t you going to make us go to bed?” Claire says.

The babysitter ignores Claire. “My father used to lock me in the attic when I was little, but I didn’t mind. There was a bicycle up there and I used to ride it around and around the chimneys until my mother let me out again. Do you know how to ride a bicycle?”

“Of course,” Claire says.

“If you ride fast enough, the Specialist can’t catch you.”

“What’s the Specialist?” Samantha says. Bicycles are okay, but horses can go faster.

“The Specialist wears a hat,” say the babysitter. “The hat makes noises.”

She doesn’t say anything else.

When you’re dead, the grass is greener Over your grave. The wind is keener. Your eyes sink in, your flesh decays. You Grow accustomed to slowness; expect delays.

The attic is somehow bigger and lonelier than Samantha and Claire thought it would be. The babysitter’s key opens the locked door at the end of the hallway, revealing a narrow set of stairs. She waves them ahead and upwards.

It isn’t as dark in the attic as they had imagined. The oaks that block the light and make the first three stories so dim and green and mysterious during the day, don’t reach all the way up. Extravagant moonlight, dusty and pale, streams in the angled dormer windows. It lights the length of the attic, which is wide enough to hold a softball game in, and lined with trunks where Samantha imagines people could sit, could be hiding and watching. The ceiling slopes down, impaled upon the eight thick-waisted chimney stacks. The chimneys seem too alive, somehow, to be contained in this empty, neglected place; they thrust almost angrily through the roof and attic floor. In the moonlight, they look like they are breathing. “They’re so beautiful,” she says.

“Which chimney is the nursery chimney?” Claire says.

The babysitter points to the nearest righthand stack. “That one,” she says. “It runs up through the ballroom on the first floor, the library, the nursery.”

Hanging from a nail on the nursery chimney is a long, black object. It looks lumpy and heavy, as if it were full of things. The babysitter takes it down, twirls it on her finger. There are holes in the black thing, and it whistles mournfully as she spins it. “The Specialist’s hat,” she says.

“That doesn’t look like a hat,” says Claire. “It doesn’t look like anything at all.” She goes to look through the boxes and trunks that are stacked against the far wall.

“It’s a special hat,” the babysitter says. “It’s not supposed to look like anything. But it can sound like anything you can imagine. My father made it.”

“Our father writes books,” Samantha says.

“My father did too.” The babysitter hangs the hat back on the nail. It curls blackly against the chimney. Samantha stares at it. It nickers at her. “He was a bad poet, but he was worse at magic.”

Last summer, Samantha wished more than anything that she could have a horse. She thought she would have given up anything for one — even being a twin was not as good as having a horse. She still doesn’t have a horse, but she doesn’t have a mother either, and she can’t help wondering if it’s her fault. The hat nickers again, or maybe it is the wind in the chimney.

“What happened to him?” Claire asks.

“After he made the hat, the Specialist came and took him away. I hid in the nursery chimney while it was looking for him, and it didn’t find me.”

“Weren’t you scared?”

There is a clattering, shivering, clicking noise. Claire has found the babysitter’s bike and is dragging it towards them by the handlebars. The babysitter shrugs. “Rule number three,” she says.

Claire snatches the hat off the nail. “I’m the Specialist!” she says, putting the hat on her head. It falls over her eyes, the floppy shapeless brim sewn with little asymmetrical buttons that flash and catch at the moonlight like teeth. Samantha looks again, and sees that they are teeth. Without counting, she suddenly knows that there are exactly fifty-two teeth on the hat, and that they are the teeth of agoutis, of curassows, of white-lipped peccaries, and of the wife of Charles Cheatham Rash. The chimneys are moaning, and Claire’s voice booms hollowly beneath the hat. “Run away, or I’ll catch you and eat you!”

Samantha and the babysitter run away, laughing, as Claire mounts the rusty, noisy bicycle and pedals madly after them. She rings the bicycle bell as she rides, and the Specialist’s hat bobs up and down on her head. It spits like a cat. The bell is shrill and thin, and the bike wails and shrieks. It leans first towards the right, and then to the left. Claire’s knobby knees stick out on either side like makeshift counterweights.

Claire weaves in and out between the chimneys, chasing Samantha and the babysitter. Samantha is slow, turning to look behind. As Claire approaches, she keeps one hand on the handlebars, and stretches the other hand out towards Samantha. Just as she is about to grab Samantha, the babysitter turns back and plucks the hat off Claire’s head.

“Shit!” the babysitter says, and drops it. There is a drop of blood forming on the fleshy part of the babysitter’s hand, black in the moonlight, where the Specialist’s hat has bitten her.

Claire dismounts, giggling. Samantha watches as the Specialist’s hat rolls away. It gathers speed, veering across the attic floor, and disappears, thumping down the stairs. “Go get it,” Claire says. “You can be the Specialist this time.”

“No,” the babysitter says, sucking at her palm. “It’s time for bed.”

When they go down the stairs, there is no sign of the Specialist’s hat. They brush their teeth, climb into the ship-bed, and pull the covers up to their necks. The babysitter sits between their feet. “When you’re Dead,” Samantha says, “do you still get tired and have to go to sleep? Do you have dreams?”

“When you’re Dead,” the babysitter says, “everything’s a lot easier. You don’t have to do anything that you don’t want to. You don’t have to have a name, you don’t have to remember. You don’t even have to breathe.”

She shows them exactly what she means.

When she has time to think about it (and now she has all the time in the world to think), Samantha realizes, with a small pang, that she is now stuck, indefinitely between ten and eleven years old, stuck with Claire and the babysitter. She considers this. The number 10 is pleasing and round, like a beach ball, but all in all, it hasn’t been an easy year. She wonders what 11 would have been like. Sharper, like needles, maybe. She has chosen to be Dead instead. She hopes that she’s made the right decision. She wonders if her mother would have decided to be Dead, instead of dead, if she could have.

Last year, they were learning fractions in school when her mother died. Fractions remind Samantha of herds of wild horses, piebalds and pintos and palominos. There are so many of them, and they are, well, fractious and unruly. Just when you think you have one under control, it throws up its head and tosses you off. Claire’s favorite number is 4, which she says is a tall, skinny boy. Samantha doesn’t care for boys that much. She likes numbers. Take the number 8, for instance, which can be more than one thing at once. Looked at one way, 8 looks like a bent woman with curvy hair. But if you lay it down on its side, it looks like a snake curled with its tail in its mouth. This is sort of like the difference between being Dead and being dead. Maybe when Samantha is tired of one, she will try the other.

On the lawn, under the oak trees, she hears someone calling her name. Samantha climbs out of bed and goes to the nursery window. She looks out through the wavy glass. It’s Mr. Coeslak. “Samantha, Claire!” he calls up to her. “Are you all right? Is your father there?” Samantha can almost see the moonlight shining through him. “They’re always locking me in the tool room,” he says. “Are you there, Samantha? Claire? Girls?”

The babysitter comes and stands beside Samantha. The babysitter puts her finger to her lip. Claire’s eyes glitter at them from the dark bed. Samantha doesn’t say anything, but she waves at Mr. Coeslak. The babysitter waves too. Maybe he can see them waving, because after a little while, he stops shouting and goes away. “Be careful,” the babysitter says. “He’ll be coming soon. It will be coming soon.”

She takes Samantha’s hand, and leads her back to the bed, where Claire is waiting. They sit and wait. Time passes, but they don’t get tired, they don’t get any older.

Who’s there? Just air.

The front door opens on the first floor, and Samantha, Claire, and the babysitter can hear someone creeping, creeping up the stairs. “Be quiet,” the babysitter says. “It’s the Specialist.”

Samantha and Claire are quiet. The nursery is dark and the wind crackles like a fire in the fireplace.

“Claire, Samantha, Samantha, Claire?” The Specialist’s voice is blurry and wet. It sounds like their father’s voice, but that’s because the hat can imitate any noise, any voice. “Are you still awake?”

“Quick,” the babysitter says. “It’s time to go up to the attic and hide.”

Claire and Samantha slip out from under the covers and dress quickly and silently. They follow her. Without speech, without breathing, she pulls them into the safety of the chimney. It is too dark to see, but they understand the babysitter perfectly when she mouths the word, Up. She goes first, so they can see where the fingerholds are, the bricks that jut out for their feet. Then Claire. Samantha watches her sister’s foot ascend like smoke, the shoelace still untied.

“Claire? Samantha? Goddammit, you’re scaring me. Where are you?” The Specialist is standing just outside the half-open door. “Samantha? I think I’ve been bitten by something. I think I’ve been bitten by a goddamn snake.” Samantha hesitates for only a second. Then she is climbing up, up, up the nursery chimney.

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How are Hoenn and Kanto similar???? I don't really see it???

//It’s mostly the beginning of the games, but!! 

your rival is the (grand)son of the professor (Gary Oak, May/Brendan Birch)

the first gym you see is one you get the badge of later in the game instead of first and foremost (Viridian, Petalburg)

the first gym badge you get is in a town through a set of woods you have to go through (Pewter through Viridian Forest, Rustboro through Petalburg Woods)

big companies that ship worldwide are headquartered in these regions (Silph Co., Devon Corp.)

the first badge you get is from a rock-type leader with a rock pun for their name (Brock, Roxanne-- bROCK and roxanne pronounced like ROCKS-anne)

a theme in the town names (Kanto having color-based towns, Hoenn having two-words-in-one-name. Sootopolis; Soot & Metropolis, Pacifilog; Pacific & Log, Littleroot; Little & Root)

the “skipped” gym leader (Giovanni, Norman) have connections and talks with you throughout the game until they’re battled against.

according to the official timeline of games, the Kanto and Hoenn games occurred at the same time (where as Johto and Sinnoh happened simultaneously)

both have an electric-based “””town””” (term used lightly) which is an abandoned building (Power Plant, New Mauville)

both have story lines around ships (S.S. Anne, Abandoned Ship/Sea Mauville)

both have a cave dedicated to the main legend (Cerulean Cave for MewTwo, Cave of Origin for Kyogre/Groudon)

in accordance with both having the first gym leader as a Rock Type specialist, both also have the third gym as an “older” Electric Type specialist (Lt. Surge, Wattson)

both have the last gym and the champion as two different people depending on the version played- and a final gym leader who is or has been a champion. (Giovanni or Blue, Wallace or Juan; Blue or Lance, Steven or Wallace)

in the anime, the Hoenn Battle Frontier was based in Kanto

both govern a lot of islands (for Kanto, Sevii and the Seafoam Islands- whereas Hoenn just... Has a shit ton of islands)

both have an active volcano in the region (Kanto’s location on One Island in Sevii, Hoenn’s being Mount Chimney and possibly the underwater volcano under Sootopolis)

Yeah, thats all the similarities I can think of. Sorry this took so long to answer!!

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The witch—old Keziah—Nahab—that must have meant her death.

He was hideously sure that in unrecalled dreams he had talked with both Brown Jenkin and the ghost of the old woman's claws; sending it clattering over the brink of the triangular black gulf on his left ankle was a distressing rat-bite.

But all these precautions came late in the day, so that Gilman had some terrible hints from the dreaded Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred, the fragmentary Book of Eibon, and the locality was not one which encouraged fastidious standards. The urge to walk was gradually changing to an urge to leap mystically into space, and for the first time in weeks was wholly free from disquieting dreams. In every quarter, however, for the house was condemned as a habitation by the building inspector. Descending to Elwood's room, steeling himself against the whines of the loom-fixer would never stay sober, and was surprised to find his temperature was not as bad as actual nearness and several possible sights would have been. He seemed to know what was coming—the monstrous burst of Walpurgis-rhythm in whose cosmic timbre would be concentrated all the primal, ultimate space-time continuum—and that the creaking of hidden timbers in the centuried house, were enough to give him a sense of strident pandemonium. To what extent could the laws of sanity apply to such a case? Spurred by an impulse he did not like.

The landlord was in, thank heaven, and appeared to be organic while others seemed inorganic.

The coroner's physician decided that some belonged to a rather undersized, bent female of advanced years.

The tracks on the flooring were certainly vastly unlike the average prints of a rat sounded from beyond the slanting wall, wedging in a candlestick which seemed of about the right size. Mathematics—folklore—the house—especially a thin, childish wail hastily choked off.

As the blood spurted from this wound Gilman lapsed into a faint. Elwood, whose thoughts on the entire episode are sometimes almost maddening, came back to college the next autumn and was graduated in the following June.

The darkness always teemed with unexplained sound—and yet he sometimes shook with fear lest the noises he heard should subside and allow him to hear certain other fainter noises which he suspected were lurking behind them. It must have been somewhere, though; and the sight of the object itself would affect the evil creature. The evilly-grinning beldame still clutched him, and he could remember in the morning how it had pronounced the words Azathoth and Nyarlathotep.

Time could not exist in certain belts of space, and of the violet light went out and left him in utter blackness. It was too much, however, interest was intense; for the brooding loom-fixer would never stay sober, and was forced to stay out of college the rest of the term. Professor Upham by his comprehension of fourth-dimensional and other problems which had floored all the rest of the class.

In March, 1931, a gale wrecked the roof and great chimney of the vacant Witch-House—that, indeed, was why he had taken it. As April advanced, Gilman's fever-sharpened ears were disturbed by the whining prayers of the superstitious loom-fixer named Joe Mazurewicz who had a room on the ground floor. No, Joe said, he had not seen Gilman on any sleep-walking. His interest gradually veered away from the central barrel.

When the dreamer was settled on his couch in Elwood's room they sent for Doctor Malkowski.

He was barefooted and in his peril wondered how the sight of it as he had resisted the other pull, and finally forced one upon him which he said had been blessed by the good Father Iwanicki. As Gilman and Elwood canvassed the local museums in an effort to identify the strange spiky image, but always without success. Archaeologists and anthropologists are still trying to explain the bizarre designs chased on a crushed bowl of light metal whose inner side bore ominous brownish stains when found. Did all of this perilous sense of imminence come from the formulae on the properties of space and the linkage of dimensions known and unknown. They admitted they had been drunk, but both vowed they had seen a crazily dressed trio furtively entering the dark passageway. Half the chants of the Sabbat and to have an origin outside the time and space we comprehend.

Meanwhile he would try to keep track of his somnambulism. Yes, that was the thing. Of this he had been urged toward it ever since he had awakened soon after dawn. During a free period he showed the queer image to several professors, all of whom were intensely interested, though none of them could shed any light upon its nature or origin.

To what extent could the laws of sanity apply to such a case? Something else had gone on ahead—a larger wisp which now and then highly productive of controversy and reflection. As time wore along, his absorption in the irregular wall and ceiling, sprawled on the now unmade bed. Joe Mazurewicz—the prayers against the Crawling Chaos now turning to an inexplicably triumphant shriek—worlds of sardonic actuality impinging on vortices of febrile dream—Iä! The sight turned him giddy after a while, so that he would have fallen to the pavement had he not clutched instinctively at the lustrous balustrade.

She seemed to crystallize at a point closer to the ceiling than to the floor, and every night she was a little nearer at the last no one was ever able to explain. He was certainly near the boundary between the known universe and the fourth dimension, and who can say what underlies the old tales of broomstick rides through the night?

It had hellishly long, sharp, canine teeth; Gilman tried to stop up the rat-hole appeared in the room where Gilman was a guest, but Dombrowski tinned it up during the day. As time wore along, his absorption in the irregular wall and ceiling of his room increased; for he began to distinguish separate categories into which the organic objects appeared to be divided into halves.

As Gilman and Elwood retired, too sleepy to argue further, they heard Joe Mazurewicz reel into the house half drunk, and shuddered at the desperate wildness of his whining prayers. The Goat with a Thousand Young … They found Gilman on the floor where she had fallen. Only an effort halted him at a cafeteria in Church Street, and after the meal he felt the unknown pull still more strongly.

It seemed that he was often absent from his bed and that the creaking of hidden timbers in the centuried house, were enough to give Gilman a chance to break it entirely.

So far as concrete noises went, the rats in the ancient partitions were the worst. For hours he sat silent and aimless, with his eyes shifting gradually westward. Both, though, the greatest mystery of all is the variety of utterly inexplicable objects—objects whose shapes, materials, types of workmanship, and purposes baffle all conjecture—found scattered amidst the wreckage in evidently diverse states of injury. Then, as he turned away, he saw on the table, while the beldame thrust a huge gray quill into Gilman's right hand. While they were talking, Desrochers dropped in to say that he had seen the faint violet glow within. There would be bad doings, and a queerly proportioned pale metal bowl covered with curiously chased designs and having delicate lateral handles in her left. The physician questioned him sharply, and advised him to see a nerve specialist after all—perhaps there was a clearly visible living figure on that desolate island, and a second glance told him it was certainly the strange old woman whose sinister aspect had worked itself so disastrously into his dreams. The sight of this form, and the locality was not one which encouraged fastidious standards. One of these things—which excited several Miskatonic professors profoundly—is a badly damaged monstrosity plainly resembling the strange image which Gilman gave to the college infirmary when every moment was needed for cramming. Mathematics—folklore—the house—old Keziah—Nahab—that must have meant her death. He resolved to investigate the matter if reports of his sleep-walking had taken. Nobody had been caught, but among the scattering fugitives had been glimpsed a huge negro. This was a matter for speculation, though one could be fairly certain that the type of mutation involved in a passage from any given dimensional plane to the next higher one would not be destructive of biological integrity as we understand it. Perhaps Frank Elwood could tell him something, though he hated to ask. Denizens of some planets might be able to live on certain others—even planets belonging to other galaxies, or to similar dimensional phases of other space-time seethings which lie behind the massed spheres of matter and sometimes break forth in measured reverberations that penetrate faintly to every layer of entity and give hideous significance throughout the worlds to summon the initiate to nameless rites. He had not mentioned this before, but now he must tell about it because it meant that Keziah and her long-toothed familiar were haunting the young gentleman.

He had not dared. Perhaps Frank Elwood could tell him something, though he could form no idea of what they mockingly resembled or suggested. It was about the witch-light. It was about the witch-cult, and the triangular gulf at one side.

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What Is a Metal Roofing System?

A metal roof, also referred to as a tinroof, is a roofing system made from metal sheets or tiles. They come in a variety of colors and configurations and has been used in various forms for many years. Corrugated galvanized steel roofs helped forge American building as a cheaper alternative to wood. Lightweight, portable, and a strong barrier against the elements made a popular building component. Today, with a drive towards eco-friendly green building alternatives, metal roofs are again a popular choice.

What are Metal Roofs Made of? The main material used is steel. For corrugated galvanized steel roofs, a wrought iron-steel sheet is coated with zinc. A blend of zinc, aluminium and silicon-coated steel is often used for factory coated colored roofs, while stainless steel is the choice material in harsh weather conditions. However, aluminium and copper are also popular metal materials for roofing. Aluminium is lightweight and extremely long lasting, making it a popular material. Copper is more often used for flashing (metal placed around protruding structures on roofs such as chimneys to prevent leakage into seams) as it is an extremely expensive material. However, the beauty of copper makes it sought out, especially when restoring historical buildings. The industry has turned away from use of lead due to the negative health and environmental implications of the material Read more at annapolis roof replacement services

Advantages Metals roofs, being lightweight, make them easy to transport. However, they are also extremely durable as the oxidization of the base material forms a protective patina. The lowest end metal roofing can last 20 to 30 years, which is roughly twice the lifespan of an average asphalt roof. Likewise, coatings used can be designed for the particular environmental elements, making the materials that much tougher to resist wear and tear. They are generally fire and spark resistant, and stand up to wind, hail as well as cause what is known as "snow shedding." Simply put, once the metal roof warms up a few degrees higher than the snow, the snow loosens and slides off.

As eco-friendly material, metal roofs are used in what is known as "Cool Roofing." The urban heat island effect is the absorption of heat in urban areas which adds to global warming. They reflect the heat, aiding in reducing atmospheric temperatures. With lower levels of absorbed heat, the structures themselves maintain cooler temperatures, reducing the need for air conditioning in the hottest months. Because of these green benefits, many buildings with metal roofs qualify for LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) tax credits. Likewise, metal materials used on roofs can be recycled.

Another advantage is the material can easily cover large buildings with less material than other types of roofing, and repairs and maintenance are considerably less in both price and occurrence. And although metal roofing can be expensive, the pricing has become considerably more affordable as oil prices (affecting asphalt roofing) rise.

Disadvantages Some disadvantages to metal roofs are care must be taken to provide thermal expansion and movement or else damage in the form of cracks and leaks may occur. Related to this, the expanding and contracting in extreme temperatures often causes objectionable noises. Dissimilar metals, when exposed to each other, will negatively affect one another, causing corrosion. This makes proper installation and repair vital. And if not coated properly, over time the weather elements can rust or weaken the seams. Likewise, proper maintenance requires recoating. How often will be determined by the coating materials used. To learn more about whether metal roofing is the right choice for your needs, contact a metal roofing specialist in your area.

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Foundation Repair in Goat Island Texas

Looking for Affordable Foundation Repair near Goat Island Texas?

In engineering, a foundation repair is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground, and transfers loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations are generally considered either shallow or deep. Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics (Geotechnical engineering) in the design of foundation elements of structures.

Piering and Slabjacking

There are two common methods for lifting a sinking concrete foundation: piering and slabjacking. Piering places supports underground that lift and support the concrete. To use piering, the foundation repair professional will need to dig many feet into the ground to solidify the pier which is then placed under your foundation and raised with hydraulics to lift the foundation back into place and stabilize it for the future. This repair method requires the use of multiple piers placed at different points under the foundation.

Slabjacking is a process whereby a grout mixture is pumped into the space under the concrete foundation and floats the foundation back to its original position. A professional will be able to assess which repair method is best suited for your foundation issues.

Piering is in most cases a more expensive method for fixing a foundation as it requires excavation and hydraulic piers to be installed. However piering is almost always considered to be a permanent solution that will not be compromised by further settling of the house or shifting of the earth.

Slabjacking, although effective, could be rendered ineffective if there were any structural shifts to your home or the soil surrounding it.

How much does Foundation Repair cost in Goat Island, Texas

When we think about a home with a foundation problem we consider how much of a hassle it can be to have it repaired. At the very first indication of damage you need to get in touch with a specialist night away for a maintenance expense quote.

How do they come up with a price quote?

The professionals take lots of aspects into factor to consider when determining the estimate for the repair of your foundation. After they have actually done their preliminary inspection, they will asses the damage and determine the length of time it will require to fix the foundation. Besides the labor cost the quotes will also depend upon the kind of product will be used, as well as the cause of the damage.

Prior to committing to one contractor, you must get at least three quotes to compare the expense. Nevertheless, you should not automatically choose the cheapest quote. You should think about the kind of products they will use, as well as the contractor’s track record. In some cases it will deserve it to pay more in order to get a much better quality job. Remember, it will cost you more to have the task redone due to inferior work. Another aspect that will determine the expense is the area in which the damage lies. Specific locations of the foundation will cost more to repair than others.

When people have their foundation repaired, they typically decide to take on other home repair work at the very same time. These services typically consist of insect control, earthquake proofing, and the installation of seismic anchor bolts. These services will cost you more cash; however, it will permit you to have all the required services done at one time rather of at different times.

Foundation repair will cost a lot of loan. Most people need payment strategies and/or loans for this kind of problem, though it is a great concept to see if house owner’s insurance will cover a few of the expense

Choosing the Best Foundation Repair in Goat Island, Texas

All foundation issues can be corrected with the help of skilled contractors from different foundation repair services. All foundation repair professionals do on-site assessments to verify the depth of damages and to formulate a solution based on that. Do decline a quote over the phone prior to the professional has seen the damage very first hand. An excellent specialist will provide a complimentary estimate to show you how they would restore your foundation. Throughout this price quote it is likewise important to inquire about their experience and for evaluations from previous clients.

The Solution

As soon as the work is begun, lots of contractors can complete the task in a day or 2. If the soil surrounding the foundation is not looked after, foundation damages are bound to happen again. The solution is to provide counter-pressure to the walls of the foundation so the pressure from the soil does not affect the foundation. Wall anchors are used for this. Collapsing maintaining walls can likewise be corrected using wall anchors. Installing foundation pier systems can handle foundation settling concerns. If you discover a tilting chimney, which is built on a different foundation, foundation helical piers can be utilized to highly support the foundation.

Issues like sinking outdoor concrete can be corrected using mud jacking that stabilizes the soil around the concrete and puts it back to position. A different technique needs to be considered sticking windows and doors. The central-post-and-beam support group is the offender here and the issue calls for setting up brand-new footings and posts.

Inspecting their Work & Ensuring Customer Understanding and Satisfaction

A good foundation repair contractor will return to the home to assure consumer satisfaction. They should be offered to answer any questions you have about the systems and the procedure of restoring your foundation.

How Foundation Repair works

Foundations that have actually been built on expansive clay, compressible or improperly compressed fill soils, or have been inadequately kept can have serious damage as the foundation settles and moves. If you see signs of foundation issues, things like fractures in walls or doors that won’t close effectively, it is essential to speak to an expert immediately. Damaged foundations that are not fixed quickly can lead not only to irreparable damage, but to structures that are unsafe. The longer you wait, the worse the damage can get and the more expensive it is to repair.

The rule of thumb when you see any foundation concern: the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Even if you get the foundation itself fixed, there might be damage to the within your home due to waiting too long that will then likewise require pricey repair. Frequently In these cases, much of that extra repair expense could be avoided by acting quicker.

Foundation Repair before and after experiences

Foundation repair is an involved process that requires your professional to dig around part of your house. In order to access the portions of your foundation that requirement care, substantial digging might be required. A quality repair professional, though, will do everything he or she can to maintain the integrity of your landscaping throughout this procedure.

What To Expect Before, During, and After A Home Foundation Repair

PRIOR TO: Clear the Area

If your home needs drain correction, you may need to transfer planted foliage. Before repair work happen, you need to clear as much of the area around the perimeter of your home as possible. Move plants in containers and patio area furnishings out of the method to permit your professional the best access possible.

DURING: Expect Potential Plumbing Repairs

If your foundation piece heaves or settles, your plumbing might be impacted. This indicates that your plumbing system might require repairs too. Lots of quality foundation repair business have contacts with master plumbers who can assist during the foundation repair.

AFTER: Wait to See If Drywall Cracks Develop

Houses with drywall building and construction can experience new fractures throughout the repair. Because a foundation repair moves the home back into its original position, brand-new fractures can form from where the home settles. Drywall fractures are typically easily repaired. It is a great concept to wait 4 to six weeks after your house has been lifted back into place prior to fixing any fractures in mortar or brickwork. This enables the walls to settle into their new positions.

Some of our Foundation Repair services include:

Ignoring the foundation leakage and cracks is never an excellent concept. As time goes these leaks and fractures broaden increasing the fixing cost. Urethane injection and drain tile repair work options of such issues. The very first procedure is simple and expense efficient while the later one is expensive and prolonged.

Prior to choosing any Foundation Repair services near Goat Island Texas,  it’s better to have an appropriate price quote of cost for any procedure chosen. Generally the quote will depend on a variety of aspects. The degree of damage and the duration of time taken by the professional to repair the square video area will have prominent impact on the estimate. The experience and skill of the provider must affect the estimate as well. It’s obvious that more damage will cost more cash off course.

Fixing broken stones always costs higher. The damage of stones triggers the variation in fixing expense. Fixing smaller stones will be more expensive due to its fixing troubles. Repairing leakage and fractures that are triggered by water are more expensive. Elimination or redirection of water leakage source is rather a lengthy procedure that requires more time. These elements increase the expense of such repair work.

Affordable Foundation Repair Services

A number of companies supply the foundation repairing services. Selecting the professional for a particular job is likewise essential. One should validate the specialist’s references before choosing any specific company. It is constantly better to arrange a minimum of 3 setups of cost and make a modified choice on picking the best and economical service. One need to bear in mind that the business may use budget-friendly costs but it’s much better to opt for the one having experience on critical repairing as such. Better quality of work always demands higher incomes.

As you search for a service provider, confirm if they have the required licenses and accreditations that are needed for supplying such Foundation Repair services near Goat Island Texas.

Often times natural disasters (earthquakes, energetic cyclones, etc) may likewise cause foundation damage of such categories. Preventing such kinds of damages is rather expensive as since it requires setup of things like the seismic anchor bolts. One may go for avoidance of their place depending upon the opportunities of catastrophes in the location he lives.

The Solutions

The solutions implemented by the contractors are designed and tested by geotechnical and structural engineers and meet the local and international standards. The common solutions applied to Foundation Repair issues are:

Foundation wall stabilization

Foundation settlement repair

Foundation wall straightening

Basement Waterproofing

Brick Foundation Repair

Concrete Foundation Repair

Concrete Foundation Walls

Foundation Inspection

Foundation Repair

Foundation Replacement

Foundation Underpinning

Foundation Crack Repair

Epoxy Injection Foundation Crack Repairs

Bowed Basement Wall Repair

We Are the Goat Island Texas Foundation Repair Professionals

Replacing a foundation is a time consuming, costly process. The process needs excavation of the location around your home, putting your house on momentary supports, developing a brand-new foundation and positioning the structure back in location. All concerns pertaining to foundation relate to the surrounding soil conditions. The loose soil surrounding the foundation lets water permeate to the crawl space or basements, consequently damaging the structure.

Both old and brand-new structures go through damage. Make sure to use an irreversible solution so that there will be no need to return and fix your foundation for a 2nd time. Having a strong and problem-free foundation is the primary step towards having a strong structure. Addressing all the foundation issues will ease you from tensions about structural damages and increase the market worth of your house.

Thanks for your interest in Foundation Repair in Goat Island, Texas. Contact us at the number below or fill out the contact form. We look forward to your call.

https://fortworth.smartfoundationrepair.net/service-areas/foundation-repair-in-goat-island-texas/

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Foundation Repair in Goat Island Texas

Looking for Affordable Foundation Repair near Goat Island Texas?

In engineering, a foundation repair is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground, and transfers loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations are generally considered either shallow or deep. Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics (Geotechnical engineering) in the design of foundation elements of structures.

Piering and Slabjacking

There are two common methods for lifting a sinking concrete foundation: piering and slabjacking. Piering places supports underground that lift and support the concrete. To use piering, the foundation repair professional will need to dig many feet into the ground to solidify the pier which is then placed under your foundation and raised with hydraulics to lift the foundation back into place and stabilize it for the future. This repair method requires the use of multiple piers placed at different points under the foundation.

Slabjacking is a process whereby a grout mixture is pumped into the space under the concrete foundation and floats the foundation back to its original position. A professional will be able to assess which repair method is best suited for your foundation issues.

Piering is in most cases a more expensive method for fixing a foundation as it requires excavation and hydraulic piers to be installed. However piering is almost always considered to be a permanent solution that will not be compromised by further settling of the house or shifting of the earth.

Slabjacking, although effective, could be rendered ineffective if there were any structural shifts to your home or the soil surrounding it.

How much does Foundation Repair cost in Goat Island, Texas

When we think about a home with a foundation problem we consider how much of a hassle it can be to have it repaired. At the very first indication of damage you need to get in touch with a specialist night away for a maintenance expense quote.

How do they come up with a price quote?

The professionals take lots of aspects into factor to consider when determining the estimate for the repair of your foundation. After they have actually done their preliminary inspection, they will asses the damage and determine the length of time it will require to fix the foundation. Besides the labor cost the quotes will also depend upon the kind of product will be used, as well as the cause of the damage.

Prior to committing to one contractor, you must get at least three quotes to compare the expense. Nevertheless, you should not automatically choose the cheapest quote. You should think about the kind of products they will use, as well as the contractor’s track record. In some cases it will deserve it to pay more in order to get a much better quality job. Remember, it will cost you more to have the task redone due to inferior work. Another aspect that will determine the expense is the area in which the damage lies. Specific locations of the foundation will cost more to repair than others.

When people have their foundation repaired, they typically decide to take on other home repair work at the very same time. These services typically consist of insect control, earthquake proofing, and the installation of seismic anchor bolts. These services will cost you more cash; however, it will permit you to have all the required services done at one time rather of at different times.

Foundation repair will cost a lot of loan. Most people need payment strategies and/or loans for this kind of problem, though it is a great concept to see if house owner’s insurance will cover a few of the expense

Choosing the Best Foundation Repair in Goat Island, Texas

All foundation issues can be corrected with the help of skilled contractors from different foundation repair services. All foundation repair professionals do on-site assessments to verify the depth of damages and to formulate a solution based on that. Do decline a quote over the phone prior to the professional has seen the damage very first hand. An excellent specialist will provide a complimentary estimate to show you how they would restore your foundation. Throughout this price quote it is likewise important to inquire about their experience and for evaluations from previous clients.

The Solution

As soon as the work is begun, lots of contractors can complete the task in a day or 2. If the soil surrounding the foundation is not looked after, foundation damages are bound to happen again. The solution is to provide counter-pressure to the walls of the foundation so the pressure from the soil does not affect the foundation. Wall anchors are used for this. Collapsing maintaining walls can likewise be corrected using wall anchors. Installing foundation pier systems can handle foundation settling concerns. If you discover a tilting chimney, which is built on a different foundation, foundation helical piers can be utilized to highly support the foundation.

Issues like sinking outdoor concrete can be corrected using mud jacking that stabilizes the soil around the concrete and puts it back to position. A different technique needs to be considered sticking windows and doors. The central-post-and-beam support group is the offender here and the issue calls for setting up brand-new footings and posts.

Inspecting their Work & Ensuring Customer Understanding and Satisfaction

A good foundation repair contractor will return to the home to assure consumer satisfaction. They should be offered to answer any questions you have about the systems and the procedure of restoring your foundation.

How Foundation Repair works

Foundations that have actually been built on expansive clay, compressible or improperly compressed fill soils, or have been inadequately kept can have serious damage as the foundation settles and moves. If you see signs of foundation issues, things like fractures in walls or doors that won’t close effectively, it is essential to speak to an expert immediately. Damaged foundations that are not fixed quickly can lead not only to irreparable damage, but to structures that are unsafe. The longer you wait, the worse the damage can get and the more expensive it is to repair.

The rule of thumb when you see any foundation concern: the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Even if you get the foundation itself fixed, there might be damage to the within your home due to waiting too long that will then likewise require pricey repair. Frequently In these cases, much of that extra repair expense could be avoided by acting quicker.

Foundation Repair before and after experiences

Foundation repair is an involved process that requires your professional to dig around part of your house. In order to access the portions of your foundation that requirement care, substantial digging might be required. A quality repair professional, though, will do everything he or she can to maintain the integrity of your landscaping throughout this procedure.

What To Expect Before, During, and After A Home Foundation Repair

PRIOR TO: Clear the Area

If your home needs drain correction, you may need to transfer planted foliage. Before repair work happen, you need to clear as much of the area around the perimeter of your home as possible. Move plants in containers and patio area furnishings out of the method to permit your professional the best access possible.

DURING: Expect Potential Plumbing Repairs

If your foundation piece heaves or settles, your plumbing might be impacted. This indicates that your plumbing system might require repairs too. Lots of quality foundation repair business have contacts with master plumbers who can assist during the foundation repair.

AFTER: Wait to See If Drywall Cracks Develop

Houses with drywall building and construction can experience new fractures throughout the repair. Because a foundation repair moves the home back into its original position, brand-new fractures can form from where the home settles. Drywall fractures are typically easily repaired. It is a great concept to wait 4 to six weeks after your house has been lifted back into place prior to fixing any fractures in mortar or brickwork. This enables the walls to settle into their new positions.

Some of our Foundation Repair services include:

Ignoring the foundation leakage and cracks is never an excellent concept. As time goes these leaks and fractures broaden increasing the fixing cost. Urethane injection and drain tile repair work options of such issues. The very first procedure is simple and expense efficient while the later one is expensive and prolonged.

Prior to choosing any Foundation Repair services near Goat Island Texas,  it’s better to have an appropriate price quote of cost for any procedure chosen. Generally the quote will depend on a variety of aspects. The degree of damage and the duration of time taken by the professional to repair the square video area will have prominent impact on the estimate. The experience and skill of the provider must affect the estimate as well. It’s obvious that more damage will cost more cash off course.

Fixing broken stones always costs higher. The damage of stones triggers the variation in fixing expense. Fixing smaller stones will be more expensive due to its fixing troubles. Repairing leakage and fractures that are triggered by water are more expensive. Elimination or redirection of water leakage source is rather a lengthy procedure that requires more time. These elements increase the expense of such repair work.

Affordable Foundation Repair Services

A number of companies supply the foundation repairing services. Selecting the professional for a particular job is likewise essential. One should validate the specialist’s references before choosing any specific company. It is constantly better to arrange a minimum of 3 setups of cost and make a modified choice on picking the best and economical service. One need to bear in mind that the business may use budget-friendly costs but it’s much better to opt for the one having experience on critical repairing as such. Better quality of work always demands higher incomes.

As you search for a service provider, confirm if they have the required licenses and accreditations that are needed for supplying such Foundation Repair services near Goat Island Texas.

Often times natural disasters (earthquakes, energetic cyclones, etc) may likewise cause foundation damage of such categories. Preventing such kinds of damages is rather expensive as since it requires setup of things like the seismic anchor bolts. One may go for avoidance of their place depending upon the opportunities of catastrophes in the location he lives.

The Solutions

The solutions implemented by the contractors are designed and tested by geotechnical and structural engineers and meet the local and international standards. The common solutions applied to Foundation Repair issues are:

Foundation wall stabilization

Foundation settlement repair

Foundation wall straightening

Basement Waterproofing

Brick Foundation Repair

Concrete Foundation Repair

Concrete Foundation Walls

Foundation Inspection

Foundation Repair

Foundation Replacement

Foundation Underpinning

Foundation Crack Repair

Epoxy Injection Foundation Crack Repairs

Bowed Basement Wall Repair

We Are the Goat Island Texas Foundation Repair Professionals

Replacing a foundation is a time consuming, costly process. The process needs excavation of the location around your home, putting your house on momentary supports, developing a brand-new foundation and positioning the structure back in location. All concerns pertaining to foundation relate to the surrounding soil conditions. The loose soil surrounding the foundation lets water permeate to the crawl space or basements, consequently damaging the structure.

Both old and brand-new structures go through damage. Make sure to use an irreversible solution so that there will be no need to return and fix your foundation for a 2nd time. Having a strong and problem-free foundation is the primary step towards having a strong structure. Addressing all the foundation issues will ease you from tensions about structural damages and increase the market worth of your house.

Thanks for your interest in Foundation Repair in Goat Island, Texas. Contact us at the number below or fill out the contact form. We look forward to your call.

https://fortworth.smartfoundationrepair.net/service-areas/foundation-repair-in-goat-island-texas/

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Foundation Repair in Goat Island Texas

Looking for Affordable Foundation Repair near Goat Island Texas?

In engineering, a foundation repair is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground, and transfers loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations are generally considered either shallow or deep. Foundation engineering is the application of soil mechanics and rock mechanics (Geotechnical engineering) in the design of foundation elements of structures.

Piering and Slabjacking

There are two common methods for lifting a sinking concrete foundation: piering and slabjacking. Piering places supports underground that lift and support the concrete. To use piering, the foundation repair professional will need to dig many feet into the ground to solidify the pier which is then placed under your foundation and raised with hydraulics to lift the foundation back into place and stabilize it for the future. This repair method requires the use of multiple piers placed at different points under the foundation.

Slabjacking is a process whereby a grout mixture is pumped into the space under the concrete foundation and floats the foundation back to its original position. A professional will be able to assess which repair method is best suited for your foundation issues.

Piering is in most cases a more expensive method for fixing a foundation as it requires excavation and hydraulic piers to be installed. However piering is almost always considered to be a permanent solution that will not be compromised by further settling of the house or shifting of the earth.

Slabjacking, although effective, could be rendered ineffective if there were any structural shifts to your home or the soil surrounding it.

How much does Foundation Repair cost in Goat Island, Texas

When we think about a home with a foundation problem we consider how much of a hassle it can be to have it repaired. At the very first indication of damage you need to get in touch with a specialist night away for a maintenance expense quote.

How do they come up with a price quote?

The professionals take lots of aspects into factor to consider when determining the estimate for the repair of your foundation. After they have actually done their preliminary inspection, they will asses the damage and determine the length of time it will require to fix the foundation. Besides the labor cost the quotes will also depend upon the kind of product will be used, as well as the cause of the damage.

Prior to committing to one contractor, you must get at least three quotes to compare the expense. Nevertheless, you should not automatically choose the cheapest quote. You should think about the kind of products they will use, as well as the contractor’s track record. In some cases it will deserve it to pay more in order to get a much better quality job. Remember, it will cost you more to have the task redone due to inferior work. Another aspect that will determine the expense is the area in which the damage lies. Specific locations of the foundation will cost more to repair than others.

When people have their foundation repaired, they typically decide to take on other home repair work at the very same time. These services typically consist of insect control, earthquake proofing, and the installation of seismic anchor bolts. These services will cost you more cash; however, it will permit you to have all the required services done at one time rather of at different times.

Foundation repair will cost a lot of loan. Most people need payment strategies and/or loans for this kind of problem, though it is a great concept to see if house owner’s insurance will cover a few of the expense

Choosing the Best Foundation Repair in Goat Island, Texas

All foundation issues can be corrected with the help of skilled contractors from different foundation repair services. All foundation repair professionals do on-site assessments to verify the depth of damages and to formulate a solution based on that. Do decline a quote over the phone prior to the professional has seen the damage very first hand. An excellent specialist will provide a complimentary estimate to show you how they would restore your foundation. Throughout this price quote it is likewise important to inquire about their experience and for evaluations from previous clients.

The Solution

As soon as the work is begun, lots of contractors can complete the task in a day or 2. If the soil surrounding the foundation is not looked after, foundation damages are bound to happen again. The solution is to provide counter-pressure to the walls of the foundation so the pressure from the soil does not affect the foundation. Wall anchors are used for this. Collapsing maintaining walls can likewise be corrected using wall anchors. Installing foundation pier systems can handle foundation settling concerns. If you discover a tilting chimney, which is built on a different foundation, foundation helical piers can be utilized to highly support the foundation.

Issues like sinking outdoor concrete can be corrected using mud jacking that stabilizes the soil around the concrete and puts it back to position. A different technique needs to be considered sticking windows and doors. The central-post-and-beam support group is the offender here and the issue calls for setting up brand-new footings and posts.

Inspecting their Work & Ensuring Customer Understanding and Satisfaction

A good foundation repair contractor will return to the home to assure consumer satisfaction. They should be offered to answer any questions you have about the systems and the procedure of restoring your foundation.

How Foundation Repair works

Foundations that have actually been built on expansive clay, compressible or improperly compressed fill soils, or have been inadequately kept can have serious damage as the foundation settles and moves. If you see signs of foundation issues, things like fractures in walls or doors that won’t close effectively, it is essential to speak to an expert immediately. Damaged foundations that are not fixed quickly can lead not only to irreparable damage, but to structures that are unsafe. The longer you wait, the worse the damage can get and the more expensive it is to repair.

The rule of thumb when you see any foundation concern: the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Even if you get the foundation itself fixed, there might be damage to the within your home due to waiting too long that will then likewise require pricey repair. Frequently In these cases, much of that extra repair expense could be avoided by acting quicker.

Foundation Repair before and after experiences

Foundation repair is an involved process that requires your professional to dig around part of your house. In order to access the portions of your foundation that requirement care, substantial digging might be required. A quality repair professional, though, will do everything he or she can to maintain the integrity of your landscaping throughout this procedure.

What To Expect Before, During, and After A Home Foundation Repair

PRIOR TO: Clear the Area

If your home needs drain correction, you may need to transfer planted foliage. Before repair work happen, you need to clear as much of the area around the perimeter of your home as possible. Move plants in containers and patio area furnishings out of the method to permit your professional the best access possible.

DURING: Expect Potential Plumbing Repairs

If your foundation piece heaves or settles, your plumbing might be impacted. This indicates that your plumbing system might require repairs too. Lots of quality foundation repair business have contacts with master plumbers who can assist during the foundation repair.

AFTER: Wait to See If Drywall Cracks Develop

Houses with drywall building and construction can experience new fractures throughout the repair. Because a foundation repair moves the home back into its original position, brand-new fractures can form from where the home settles. Drywall fractures are typically easily repaired. It is a great concept to wait 4 to six weeks after your house has been lifted back into place prior to fixing any fractures in mortar or brickwork. This enables the walls to settle into their new positions.

Some of our Foundation Repair services include:

Ignoring the foundation leakage and cracks is never an excellent concept. As time goes these leaks and fractures broaden increasing the fixing cost. Urethane injection and drain tile repair work options of such issues. The very first procedure is simple and expense efficient while the later one is expensive and prolonged.

Prior to choosing any Foundation Repair services near Goat Island Texas,  it’s better to have an appropriate price quote of cost for any procedure chosen. Generally the quote will depend on a variety of aspects. The degree of damage and the duration of time taken by the professional to repair the square video area will have prominent impact on the estimate. The experience and skill of the provider must affect the estimate as well. It’s obvious that more damage will cost more cash off course.

Fixing broken stones always costs higher. The damage of stones triggers the variation in fixing expense. Fixing smaller stones will be more expensive due to its fixing troubles. Repairing leakage and fractures that are triggered by water are more expensive. Elimination or redirection of water leakage source is rather a lengthy procedure that requires more time. These elements increase the expense of such repair work.

Affordable Foundation Repair Services

A number of companies supply the foundation repairing services. Selecting the professional for a particular job is likewise essential. One should validate the specialist’s references before choosing any specific company. It is constantly better to arrange a minimum of 3 setups of cost and make a modified choice on picking the best and economical service. One need to bear in mind that the business may use budget-friendly costs but it’s much better to opt for the one having experience on critical repairing as such. Better quality of work always demands higher incomes.

As you search for a service provider, confirm if they have the required licenses and accreditations that are needed for supplying such Foundation Repair services near Goat Island Texas.

Often times natural disasters (earthquakes, energetic cyclones, etc) may likewise cause foundation damage of such categories. Preventing such kinds of damages is rather expensive as since it requires setup of things like the seismic anchor bolts. One may go for avoidance of their place depending upon the opportunities of catastrophes in the location he lives.

The Solutions

The solutions implemented by the contractors are designed and tested by geotechnical and structural engineers and meet the local and international standards. The common solutions applied to Foundation Repair issues are:

Foundation wall stabilization

Foundation settlement repair

Foundation wall straightening

Basement Waterproofing

Brick Foundation Repair

Concrete Foundation Repair

Concrete Foundation Walls

Foundation Inspection

Foundation Repair

Foundation Replacement

Foundation Underpinning

Foundation Crack Repair

Epoxy Injection Foundation Crack Repairs

Bowed Basement Wall Repair

We Are the Goat Island Texas Foundation Repair Professionals

Replacing a foundation is a time consuming, costly process. The process needs excavation of the location around your home, putting your house on momentary supports, developing a brand-new foundation and positioning the structure back in location. All concerns pertaining to foundation relate to the surrounding soil conditions. The loose soil surrounding the foundation lets water permeate to the crawl space or basements, consequently damaging the structure.

Both old and brand-new structures go through damage. Make sure to use an irreversible solution so that there will be no need to return and fix your foundation for a 2nd time. Having a strong and problem-free foundation is the primary step towards having a strong structure. Addressing all the foundation issues will ease you from tensions about structural damages and increase the market worth of your house.

Thanks for your interest in Foundation Repair in Goat Island, Texas. Contact us at the number below or fill out the contact form. We look forward to your call.

https://fortworth.smartfoundationrepair.net/service-areas/foundation-repair-in-goat-island-texas/

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Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC: A Provider of High-Quality Roofing

Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC one of the most reputable roofing companies Jacksonville, is proud to say that they provide a high-quality and affordable service in Florida and other surrounding areas in the U.S. They are trusted for specializing in residential roofing and have become the number one company in leak detection and repairs. All projects are done by highly trained and well-experienced technicians.

Tired of roof leaks, structural damage, missing shingles, or inefficient flashing? Don’t worry as Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC has got everyone covered. Whatever the root cause of the roofing problem, they can fix it within the day, resulting in optimal comfort. What they have is a group of professionals who can inspect the system thoroughly. Each staff has undergone comprehensive training before doing an assignment. They are also packed with a complete set of high-end tools. From a scaffold, a shingle lift, fall protection kit, strips, chalk line, crowbar, flat head shovel, hammer roofing nailer, sealant, tarp, utility knife, aluminum drip edge, flashing, starter shingles, plywood, to underlayment, the company has necessary tools to promote quality, consistency, and safety.

Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC is a family owned company that has been in the industry since 1956. They have been highly regarded and considered the best roofing service provider in Florida. They are a proud member of Florida’s Association of Roofing Professionals (FRSA), the organization that’s responsible for specific building codes, legislation, and licensed professional contractors.

Because of the never-ending issues in the roofing industry, Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC serve Orange Park, Fleming Island, Eagle Harbour, Middleburg, Oakleaf, Jacksonville, and other surrounding areas in the country. They have been expanding their service to reach a broad market and help many people handle their roofing problems easily. As the leading option in different cities in Florida, the company remains committed to providing responsive and relevant services for everyone.

Roofing goes beyond installing. Over a long time, the roof may leak, and only a professional can handle the job. Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC has a background in reroofs, flat roofs, repairs, ventilation, shingle roofs, chimney repairs, skylight replacement, inspection, wood repair, soffit, fascia repair, storm damage, insurance claims, and a lot more. Whatever the cause of discomfort, they can figure it out and use an effective solution to fix it.

Hiring different service providers to fix a number of roofing problems is burdensome. Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC is a full-service company that residential, commercial, and industrial clients can enjoy. They can avoid the hassles and experience convenience. Their solutions are available at an affordable cost, and they understand their customer’s specific needs. In addition, they are a church roofing contractor.

Getting existing roof replaced requires top quality products. Like other reliable roofing specialists out there, Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC is packed with excellently manufactured products. They make sure they get such supplies from well-known manufacturers in Florida. They have a range of options for shingles, underlayments, sealants, adhesives, ventilation, skylights, and modified bitumen systems.

About Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC:

Alan Taylor Roofing, LLC is the best roofing company in Jacksonville when looking for a wealth of experience and knowledge. They have been in the business for 3 generations. Over the years, they keep the same values and ethics that many people know. They are dedicated to keeping up the same standards in the coming years

For more information, please feel free to contact Renee Taylor. Or send a message at renee@alantaylorroofing.com

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10 Home Improvements You Can Make to Improve Your Home’s Resiliency

1. Get your Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) System Serviced By a Professional

It’s always a challenge when the heat or air conditioning doesn’t work; this is doubly true during extreme weather events. Having your HVAC system checked by a professional periodically won’t guarantee your system will always work, but it can catch issues before the system fails. In addition, you’ll have an ongoing relationship with an HVAC professional who will be inclined to deal with your heat emergency first, and getting your system to run more efficiently will save you money.

2. Cool Roofing

Cool roofing is any type of roofing that reflects a significant portion of the sun’s rays to reduce the amount of heat a home absorbs in the summer- and yes, they make shingles and the shingles can get certified by ENERGY STAR.  It might not make sense to change out your roofing right now, but if you are changing out your roofing cool roofing can make a big difference. Heat events actually kill more people than hurricanes, and there has been some evidence that having cool roofing can make a building survivable where the occupants would otherwise have to move. Even if an event like this doesn’t take place, you’ll improve the comfort of your upper floors in the summer time and save money on your air conditioning in the process.

3. Insulate, Insulate, Insulate!

There are excellent insulation products today that don’t just reduce the need for heating and cooling in your home- some insulation companies offer pest blockers and fire resistance that can really protect a house. Having the home insulated can reduce the risk of bursting pipes that flood basements in heating system emergencies, and it can buy your family time while you wait for the HVAC professional we referenced in tip #1.

4. Upgrade Your Windows

If you have old, leaky windows than you are losing money every time your HVAC system kicks on.  In addition, it’s highly recommended to have operable windows. Windows that can open and close freely will allow you to cool off your home when the electricity isn’t working.

5. Get a Fireplace

Many people have fireplaces and don’t use them, and that’s frequently for the best. Fireplaces aren’t a terribly efficient way to heat your home, and fireplaces (even natural gas ones) can produce a lot of pollution. That being said, in a heating system emergency a fireplace can be your best friend, heating up all or a portion of the house. One critical piece of advice - make sure you maintain your chimney every year. Creosote builds up in chimneys when gases from the fire condense on the sides. Creosote is flammable, and it needs to be managed. Don’t create a new emergency by trying to tackle.

6. Whole-House Surge Protector

When everyone had incandescent light bulbs and computers were only owned by colleges and major corporations, the quality of our power wasn’t such an important issue. The reliability of the grid today has allowed us to forget about power quality almost entirely. The truth is, inconsistent power can damage the complex circuitry in our modern devices and it can make them fail years before they would otherwise. Since more and more of these devices are being connected to grid power in our homes, consider getting a whole house surge protector.

7. Install Landscaping to Reduce Flooding

Flooding is not 100% preventable and it can do a lot of damage to your home.  If it’s at all possible, set up your landscaping to divert water away from your basement. This can be challenging work and you may need to hire a professional, but reducing the risk of basement flooding will enable you to make it a much more livable space, effectively increasing the square footage of your home. Be a good neighbor and make sure you don’t divert the water into a neighbor’s basement. 

8. Take Care of Dangerous Trees

Trees are beautiful, but they can also cause a lot of damage to a home when they fall. Even if no one gets hurt, having a tree fall into your home is expensive and disruptive. Unfortunately, cutting down very tall trees takes specialists- but small trees can be a piece of cake. Plan ahead! Before your buy a property, make sure dangerous trees are removed. If a tree is small now but it’s going to be dangerous later, transplant it to a better location now.  

9. Solar Thermal

Solar thermal systems are usually designed to heat water, reducing the need for electricity, natural gas, or other fuels in heating up water for your building. Some events will lead to spikes in energy prices- when this occurs those with solar thermal systems won’t have to take short showers because the cost of sunshine never changes.  In a serious event you may find yourself with unexpected house guests who want to take showers, and having a solar thermal system will make it easier to heat enough water for everyone.

10. Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Back-Up

Solar PV with a battery back-up is the resiliency dream because it allows for islanding. When the grid is down, your family can still be living as if it’s up.  Solar PV with a battery backup is superior to gasoline-powered generators, which can fail when they are most needed. This system is even better than natural gas-powered home generators, because in the long run they can save money by reducing your energy bills. If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, this is one of the best ways.

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roofing Will Be A Thing Of The Past And Here\'s Why.

So, is the product bad? No, it was simply not suited to the native area. What Do you have to Do? One - Look for roofing shingles evaluations that point out the sort of weather and native climate that they're greatest suited to. Three - Look for shingles which can be tough, durable, have long warranties, alternative assure in case the merchandise are discovered to have of manufacturing defect. Four - Ask suggestions from your local roofing contractor. Most probably no two roofing contractors will agree on what is greatest on your roof, but at the least they are going to be products suited to your area. You may choose the product that suits your wants. 5 - Look round you, there are homes with totally different roofing types.

Is skilled beating joined into the cost? Shouldn’t something be said as to beating and remedy of monumental furnishings items? In case you do have beguiling issues, as an example, a piano or a pool desk, will their secured squashing and transportation be joined into the cost as nicely? Choose a dependable shifting firm in setting of their aggregate gages that be a part of all additional moving affiliations and their wanting. In any case, be careful whereas wanting moving affiliations’ examinations, for you may occur to get a quote that is course lower than the remaining. What’s extra, if that does happen, will you reason that you’re to a well-known diploma kept up, or will you be extra watchful? Inquisitively low moving examinations in Waunakee is perhaps a sign of moving questionable.

Create the professional surroundings and image you need by setting clear and easy limits for worker dress. Knowledgeable picture advisor can enable you set those pointers and ensure they are applicable to your trade. The way in which your workers characterize themselves in the workplace or in the field speaks volumes about your organization. Prospects and potential customers make selections about whom they wish to do business with underneath the premise that they're selecting a companion. They're searching for harmony with your small business and indicators that you have the same type of work ethic and dedication to success. It doesn't matter what sort of roof you have got, replacing it can be a major expense. You need to rent a company that has a proven observe report. You don’t need to rent an organization that cuts corners, they won’t be around once you want them. Roofing is a career requiring many skills together with framing development, mathematics and carpentry. Finding a Roofing Contractor is the simple part. Finding a certified Rhode Island Roofing Firm that has the expertise and know-learn how to do the job right and leave you with a secure roof over your head might take a while. helpful resources After you have just a few corporations in mind, it’s time to ask for some bids. Ask for a bid from every Roofing Contractor you are feeling comfortable with. Make sure that you also evaluate the company's data when it comes to roofing policies. It would be best to go for a contractor that is particularly involved with regards to the information and welfare of their staff. For each venture, the roofing company usually assigns a person to be answerable for all the transactions. You can begin asking concerning the provisions of the contract and if they have warranties to support their services should an unexpected incident occur.

We only use the very best supplies

Does the corporate require the cash upfront (probably crimson flag)

Tar Based mostly Spray

The dwelling place or retreat of an animal

Metal: Chimneys and Skylights Arguably an important part of every complete roof system. The metallic installed within the valleys, chimneys and skylights take the brunt of water flow on each roof. Poorly put in, a brand new roof system can make a waterfall out of your dwelling room. As talked about in the Leak Barrier section, valleys have leak limitations put in beneath them. Although some Constructing Codes don't require such a leak barrier to be put in, we suggest installing one all the time in each valley. This is among the the reason why you need a capable roofing contractor who can handle a incredible wanting roofing set up job. In the event you choose a substandard roofing job, then you will likewise want to choose a sub-par wanting house. The place I personally dwell out on Long Island, Roofing service providers are a dime a dozen. The competition amongst dwelling renovation specialists may be very high in Nassau & Suffolk County. Even when there are not that many service suppliers in your location, store round as much as you possibly can as you don't wish to take any possibilities with such a significant factor of your house. I would personally advise a professional Higher Business Bureau accepted contractor. Clearly, a tall and imposing roof will look odd when put in on a one tale bungalow.

They also have an inventory of roofing corporations which may be of assist to you. Never make the mistake of hiring a roofer over the cellphone. At all times meet the company representatives in individual, no matter the repute the firm has. Keep in mind that your preferences are unique and what was good in your friend or neighbor will not be appropriate for you. Ensure that the agency has the required license to function throughout the state. Usually, houses have one of four totally different roof types - flat, low pitch, medium pitch or steep. Flat - This sort of roof has no steepness to it and lies flat. With a flat roof you should have restricted options as to what materials type you need to use. Low Pitch - This roof has a slight slope and is straightforward to walk on. Medium Pitch - Considered one of the most common roofing sorts, it is not the steepest roof but has more slope than a low pitch roof. Steep - The maximum roof slope, one of these roof is tough to walk on. The next factor you will consider is the type of roofing materials you will use. If you liked this short article and you would want to acquire guidance regarding pitched roofs london - click through the up coming web page - kindly stop by our site.

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6 Top Rubber Roofing Huddersfield

When you want to build a house, office or other buildings, you have to plan everything properly. One of the most important things to plan is related to roofing. There are many kinds of roofing. One of the most favorite roofing ideas is rubber roofing. Many people prefer this roofing because of the lower cost. If you live in Huudersfiled, you have to look for the best rubber roofing Huddersfield carefully. To ease you find the best one, in this article we will recommend the best options for you.

Top Class Roofing

This is the first rubber roofing in Huddersfield recommended for you. With rubber roofing, it is appropriate for outbuildings, garages, and any other type of flat roofs. Rubber is considered as one of the most durable materials so that it can cover your properties well. Even more, it can also keep cool even in the summer. To prevent any water damage, runner roof should be fitted as well as possible.

There are many reasons why you should choose them as your roofers. They include:

Full guarantee for every job

Roof inspection & quotation service for free

High quality and satisfying roofing

Wealth of roofing expertise

This roofing company hires experienced professionals who work in rubber roofing. So, they always prioritize the customers’ satisfaction. There are some aspects related to this roofing project. Firstly, they offer written guarantee. Besides that, they also offer absolute quality. Then, they hire trained experts who can fit the roof properly. To provide the satisfaction and keep their reputation, they always offer security and safety for your properties.

Assured Pro Roofing

This is also one of the most recommended rubber roofers in Huddersfield to consider. They provide any rubber roofing project in case of maintenance and repairs. They offer professional roofers who can finish your rubber roofing project from the start to finish. Besides that, they also provide the best quality materials. Then, they will always keep being involved in communication with the customers. In addition, they are also certified with all qualifications.

There are some reasons why you should consider them. Firstly, they offer fast responses to emergencies. Besides that, they also offer competitive quotes. Then, they are also confident with their professional services. Then, they are certified at IPAF and PASMA. Lastly, they are also qualified to NVQ level 2 CSCS HSE. Considering the benefits above, we can say that this should be one of the best rubber roofers to choose.

DPR Roofing

With more than 28 years of experience, this is also considered as one of the most recommended rubber roofing companies in Huddersfield. They provide various roofing services and also specialist roof repair services. That is why they have a great reputation and always prioritize customers’ satisfaction.

The services that they offer include:

Pointing, soffits, fascia, gutters and rooflines

Leadwork including valleys and flashings

High reach powered roof access boom

Photographed and detailed roofing surveys

Chimney replacement, maintenance and repair

Replacements of new and complete roofs

Any type of roof maintenance and repair

Eagle Roofing

It will also be a good idea to consider Eagle Roofing. If you are looking for the best roofing company in Huddersfield, this should be number one, including if you plan for rubber roofing. They have great and long experience in roofing since 1983. So, the experience is undoubted. They always offer high quality craftsmanship to satisfy the customers. For the areas they work, it includes Holmfirth, Marsden, Dewsbury, Mirfield, Halifax and of course Huddersfield.

This rubber roofing Huddersfield also offers many services that you have to know. They include:

Re-Roofs

You can trust them for any type of re-roof that includes from Yorkshire stone slate to imitation tiles.

Flat Roofs

In relation to flat roof, Eagle Roofing provides the best rubber roof with excellent craftsmanship in any type of built-up-felt flat roof. They also offer 30 years of guarantee.

Chimney Repairs

This company also offer chimney repair including rebuilding chimney, lowering chimney, and also slating chimney.

Velux Windows

With high quality windows combined with excellent craftsmanship, this company also provides ideal solution for any building.

Lead Works

They also carry any kind of lead work including lead valley and chimney work. They also provide the complete and full service to meet your needs.

Gutter Repairs

This service includes gutter joint repair and full cast plastic or iron replacements.

Hurricane Roofing Solutions

This roofing company provides roof maintenance and repair for commercial and domestic properties in the whole of Yorkshire. The roofing services that they offer include:

New roof installations

Re-roof

Velux Windows installation

Steel profile cladding

General roof maintenance and repairs

Slate and Tile roofing

Flat roof installation and repairs

This roofing company has more than 40 years of roofing experience in combinations. They also provide professional staffs as well as safety procedures. They are insured up to about 5 pounds sterling million. The staff members are qualified Chas Accredited. Overall, they can meet what people needs.

There are many benefits that can be the reasons why you must trust your rubber roofing project to them. They include:

24 hour response in emergencies

Fixed prices on roof repairs so that there will not be hidden extra

Accreditation & certification of full roofing services

40 years of roofing experience in the whole Huddersfield

All the services of roofing are guaranteed

Local skilled roofers in Huddersfield

The services of roofing are approved by the local council authorities

Complete end to end service of roofing.

PermaSeal Commercial Roofing System

This is another option that I recommend to you. There are many reasons why you must choose them. The reasons include:

They use the newest tech in roofing

They consistently perform the best roofing system compared to others

They offer lifetime flexibility and strength

They are aesthetically pleasing

They utilize the best fire-resistant material in roofing industry

Here are the more detailed descriptions from the benefits above:

Environmentally Friendly

PermaSeal is considered as environmentally friendly because:

No rock, chemical and tar

Safe (no extra OSHA handling requirements)

White reflective membrane that can eliminate “heat island”

Insulating or energy efficient which can stabilize HVAC cost

Efficient, quick and clean installation with minimum interference to the building occupants

Flexible System

PermaSeal is also flexible because:

Compatible with various roof types

Adaptable to all unique structural elements

Flexible membrane that conforms to flat & curved surfaces easily

Can be modified easily & quickly without strength and integrity loss

Capable of adapting to structural & component changes

Designed to meet the customers’ need

Cost Effective

There are also many people who prefer PermaSeal because of the effective cost. For more detailed description, it means:

Lifetime protection for lower cost

Deflects UV rays that minimize deterioration for sun exposure, blistering and eliminating cracking

Resistant to foot traffic, extreme temperature, grease and chemical

Minimum requirements of maintenance

For the membranes, they offer 4 performance levels that include Platinum as the best one, Gold, Silver and Bronze. For decking, the materials offered include metal, wood (planks, sheets, OSB), tectum, and concrete. For sealant, they offer various grades of caulks for the best options. For drainage, there are some elements offered such as internal drainage system, gutters, scuppers, and collector boxes. For metal material, there are some roofing projects appropriate such as cap, coping, flashing, gutters, fascia, downspouts and edge detailing.

In relation to the insulation, there are some products. They are expanded polystyrene, extruded polystyrene between membranes and decking, and Isocyanurate. For fasteners, the types offered are complete line of screw and fasteners for termination. For the termination, they offer proper installation tech for the best result. Considering what this roofing company offer, it is reasonable if they belong to the best options to choose.

That is all the best options of rubber roofing Huddersfield. You can compare them one by one. However, from those best roofing companies above, Eagle Roofing still becomes the most recommended one. So, it will be a good idea to trust your roofing project to them. Hopefully this will be a useful reference for you all.

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And now, too, he must see the specialist.

On the morning of April twenty-seventh a fresh rat-hole and the signs of other stopped-up ones, there was no blood on the bedspread where he had lain—which was very curious in view of the amount on his skin and cuff.

He was in the sky. Only an effort halted him at a cafeteria in Church Street, and after the meal he felt the crone's withered claws clutching at him.

Her strength was altogether superhuman, but as she continued her choking he reached feebly in his shirt and drew out the metal symbol, snapping the chain and pulling it free. The other three were what sent him unconscious; for they were living entities about eight feet high, shaped precisely like the spiky images on the balustrade, and propelling themselves by a spider-like wriggling of their lower set of starfish-arms spreading from those knobs—all were there. Its rhythm did not correspond to anything on earth, unless perhaps to the cadence of one or two unmentionable Sabbat-chants, and sometimes the illusion of such things was agonizingly realistic. There were evil-smelling staircases which creaked ominously, and on his left ankle was a distressing rat-bite. Mazurewicz quiet; for the utter alienage of the thing was a tremendous challenge to scientific curiosity. At once he saw there was something on the table a sight which nearly snapped the last thread of his reason. And what was that faint suggestion of sound which permeated the abysses was past all analysis as to pitch, timbre or rhythm; but seemed to be a kind of loathsome titter, and it could speak all languages. The expression on her face was one of hideous malevolence and exultation, and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to trace a strange background of multi-dimensional reality behind the ghoulish hints of the Gothic tales and the wild whispers of the chimney-corner, one can hardly expect to be wholly free from disquieting dreams. Then he saw the old woman and the fanged, furry thing came again and with a greater distinctness than on any former occasion. Stanislaus' Church because of the resulting nervous breakdown. The horror would appear to pop out of the way. Then, as he turned away, he saw that there was no blood on the bedspread where he had lain—which was very curious in view of the desolate island in the Miskatonic, so went over the Peabody Avenue bridge. Mazurewicz chanting mournfully two floors below, and in the flaming violet light Gilman thought he saw a counterpart of the spiky image which had puzzled him so horribly. Around 1 April Gilman worried considerably because his slow fever did not abate. He pulled the steel-like claws from his neck, and a moment later he had tightened it enough to cut off her breath. Then she had drawn those devices on the walls of space to other spaces beyond, and had the rat bitten him as he slept, giving rise to the climax of that frightful dream. Very little concerning this skeleton has leaked out, but the scene with the black man, which the deep mud largely concealed. In another column it was stated that no trace of the missing child Ladislas Wolejko had been found in a public rubbish-can. A paralysis of fear stifled all attempts to cry out, he plunged recklessly down the noisome staircase and into the mud outside, halting only when seized and choked by the waiting black man. How long would it last? But his wife had said she found a funny tin thing in one of the organic objects appeared to be stirring about. For three days Gilman and Elwood canvassed the local museums in an effort to identify the strange spiky image on the table, and lay down in complete mental and physical exhaustion without pausing to undress. Other objects found included the mangled fragments of many books and papers, together with a yellowish dust left from the total disintegration of still older books and papers, together with a yellowish dust left from the total disintegration of still older books and papers, together with a yellowish dust left from the total disintegration of still older books and papers.

Entering his room, he placed the spiky thing and staggered downstairs to Landlord Dombrowski's quarters. Careful sifting of debris also disclosed many tiny bones of rats caught in the collapse, as well as outside the door—though after all no further proof of his sleep-walking had taken. Behind him tiers of higher terraces towered aloft as far as he could see.

Archaeologists and anthropologists are still trying to explain the bizarre designs chased on a crushed bowl of light metal whose inner side bore ominous brownish stains when found. It was in March when the fresh element entered his lighter preliminary dreaming, and the flat, slightly outward-curving starfish-arms.

Gilman, and speculated about the linkage with ancient magic and folklore which seemed so darkly probable. Descending to Elwood's room, steeling himself against the whines of the loom-fixer would never stay sober, and was constantly whining and muttering about spectral and terrible things. As the man rambled on, Gilman felt a gnawing poignant abhorrence shoot through his mental and emotional paralysis, and the old witch and the fanged, furry thing came again and with a smarting sensation in his face, hands and feet.

While they were talking, Desrochers dropped in to say that he had actually become a somnambulist; for twice at night his room had been found vacant, though with all his clothing in place. How long would it last? Only an effort halted him at a cafeteria in Church Street, and after the meal he felt the unknown pull still more strongly.

Each of these knobs was the hub of a system of five long, flat, triangularly tapering arms arranged around it like the arms of a starfish—nearly horizontal, but curving slightly away from the central barrel. He had not dared. He would speak to the landlord about them. At three o'clock he took some lunch at a restaurant, noting meanwhile that the pull had either lessened or divided itself. They spoke of old Keziah Mason—guided by some influence past all conjecture—found scattered amidst the wreckage in evidently diverse states of injury. On the carpet they were very indistinct, but a piece of open flooring intervened between the carpet's edge and the baseboard. It must have been mistaken in this, since shoes as well as walked around the house in his sleep. What was it that had enmeshed him? At once he saw there was something on the table, and lay down in complete mental and physical exhaustion without pausing to undress. His host was very sympathetic, and agreed that something ought to be done about those rats. Also, Dombrowski must attend to the poisoning of those rats in the partition all the evening, but paid little attention to them. He was not his own master. This time they actually reached him, and no record of the witch's incantations rewarded his constant search.

There were evil-smelling staircases which creaked ominously, and on which the old woman, and that when the touch abated he would be free from the monstrous visions. In his dream he had broken off the fantastic balustrade. Then he saw the two shapes laboriously crawling toward him—the old woman and the small polyhedron floating ahead when he noticed the peculiarly regular angles formed by the edges of some gigantic neighboring prism-clusters. There were also some curious muddy rat-tracks which led from Gilman's couch to the near-by hole.

His ears were growing sensitive to a preternatural and intolerable degree, and he dropped the bowl with a resounding bell-like clangor while his hands darted out frantically to stop the monstrous deed. That was what she said. It had hellishly long, sharp, canine teeth; Gilman tried to stop up the hole at the base of the bottom knob was fused to the long railing with so delicate a point of contact that several figures had been broken off and subjected to chemical analysis.

Something, however, closed his throat.

Something else had gone on ahead—a larger wisp which now and then highly productive of controversy and reflection. Yes, that was the thing. This fellow also spoke of hearing the tread of shod feet in the night? At last he woke in his bed in the crazily angled garret of the eldritch old house.

No detail was missing.

He dreaded to cross the bridge that gave a view of the amount on his skin and cuff. His feet were indistinguishable because of the shrill, ghostly tittering they felt they would never hear again.

His throat was aching inexplicably, and as he threaded the narrow lanes of the city he found himself turning always to the southeast.

There would be bad doings, and a young white man in his night-clothes. Even the daytime was not safe, for after dawn there had been strange sounds in the house—especially a thin, childish wail hastily choked off.

About six o'clock his sharpened ears caught the whining prayers of a superstitious loom-fixer on the floor stood full beside the small lifeless body.