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Helpful Tips For Your Roof & Updates From Litespeed Construction, Your Knoxville Roofer
6-8-19 Tornado x2 Louisville TN (Lake Life = Storms)
More Spring storms Near Maryville, TN ### Tornadoes x2 ### 6-8-19 Louisville TN Tornados will typically damage a roof by suction. Your shingles and roof will actually be sucked off of your home, not blown off. Louisville TN is on or near Fort Loudon Lake, and this...
Modern Skylights & What to Expect
Litespeed Construction & Velux Skylights bring you a one on one interview featuring Kirby Smith from Litespeed Construction and Waymon Castle from Velux Skylights. Modern skylights are leak proof and can be automated using a smart phone. Learn more about skylights and what to expect when adding a skylight to your home.
Hail Damages in Maryville TN 5-18-19
Spring storm in Maryville, TN ### Hail Storm ### 5-18-19 ### Tornadoes x2 ### 6-8-19 5-18-19 Pingpong ball sized hail fell on western part of Maryville TN over the weekend. If your roof is newer than 10 years, this is probably not enough to seriously damage...
Roofing and Gutters: A Litespeed Customer Testimonial
Knoxville Earthquake, Asheville Snow Storm
Should Your Roof Be Cleaned?
A specialist in roof cleaning and a roofing contractor discuss when and how to clean you roof. Additional discussion on what to look for when cleaning your roof.
Home Inspector Vs. Roofing Contractor – How Much Time Does Your Roof Have Left?
Canvas Reinforced Shingles On Mansard Roofs & Code Compliant Roof Decking
Owens Corning Duration and IKO Dynasty Shingles (Four nail shingles) uses on Mansard roofs. Code changes for required thickness on OSB and plywood.
Owens Corning Shingles: What Fits Your Needs Best?
Owens Corning Shingles - How does the environment you live in affect what shingles works best for your roof?
Gutterglove Micromesh Gutterguards: Are you tired of your old broken gutter guards?
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Why You Don’t Leave Commercial Roof Repairs to Maintenance Men
Having worked in the property management industry myself for several years I learned early on that having a maintenance man on hand for a property’s needs can be a welcome relief. However, the disadvantage of a maintenance man is that oftentimes they know just enough...
Roofing, Gutters and Gutter Guards – A Triple Crown Opportunity
A house will look its best when the roof and gutters are both new. But we have found that there are several other benefits as well for the homeowner who prioritizes doing these trades together, instead of doing roof and gutters at separate times. Having two trades...
Don’t Let Your House Turn Spooky: Understanding When Insurance Funds Can Be Used to Pay For Deferred Maintenance.
As part of the service we offer here at Litespeed Construction we will file an insurance claim for our clients when a job qualifies for insurance coverage. In this particular example we will need to supplement State Farm on this. The home in question has been...
How to Properly Flash a Low Slope Roof Interface at a Sunroom
What we are going to do is remove three courses of existing shingles at low slope interface and add TPO membrane flashing back under the roof felt and over the top of the existing low slope flashing. Always use a membrane cover tape to make the TPO stick to the...
What Does a New Old Roof Look Like? Repair or Replace… LSC Opinion!
This roof had old hail damage from seven years ago. The roof is from before the 2011 hail storm. Holes in valleys and holes in caps are causing leaks, and the roof is leaking from valley fractures as well. The logical decision would be to have this roof replaced....
Commercial Roof Repairs, Good Work or Good Bye!
When a window is too low there can be problems. Raising the windows here was not an option. These windows were historical period windows, which would have incurred too much cost to move for the value of the windows. These windows will get an apron flashing mechanism,...
Core Sample-How to Discover Your Existing Commercial Roof’s Needs
Understanding what kind of roof a customer has is an important part of helping know one’s needs. The best way to go about making this determination is to take a core sample of the roof. Taking a core sample involves cutting a portion of the roof out in order to...
The Difference Between Seam and Flashing Tape for EPDM Roofs.
Seam tape is designed to splice together two layers of EPDM roofing to create a waterproof seal. Flashing tape on the other hand is not specific to EPDM roofs and can be used for multiple things. It is made of uncured EPDM rubber membrane laminated with a...
The Difference Between A Commercial Roof Cricket And A Residential Cricket
Commercial flat roofs are not actually designed completely flat. For obvious reasons the roof is built with a slight pitch to keep water from ponding. Unfortunately though in time buildings shift, allowing ponding water, or in certain cases roofs are built...
Commercial Building Roof Leaks – Needs Swift Action and Great Communication
This customer had a TPO roof that had sustained damage. The first step when dealing with a damaged TPO roof is to completely clean the area before attempting to repair it. A sometimes overlooked step that is necessary to assuring the process goes smoothly. It is also...