For humans, the health benefits of a balanced dose of daily sunlight are numerous. However, the torturous heat of the summer often leads people to stay inside their air conditioned homes.

Problem: How can you enjoy more of the sun’s beautiful rays while relaxing in the cool comfort of the indoors?

Solution: A VELUX skylight! No, it’s not just a window on your roof. It’s a brilliant way to add an entirely new dimension to any room in your home while saving money on your energy bill.  As pure, bright sunlight pours through your skylight, it fills the room with a radiance and warmth that 60 watt light bulbs cannot imitate. The yellow hue of electric light cannot compare to the beauty of natural white light from the sun. It’s like being on a beach in the Bahamas but in your kitchen.

Moreover, it’s free light! That’s right. You don’t have to pay for it Turn your lights off. Save your power bill. Enjoy the sun. What else could you want?

Other Details:

-Remote-controlled open/close feature

-Remote activated blinds

-Custom blind shades and designs

-Dozens of sizes and styles

-10-year product warranty!

These days, almost everyone is looking to save a few bucks here and there, and almost everyone is catching onto the Green Wave by being conscious of the environment. Why don’t you do both?

The truth is, you’re wasting money and energy right now because, most likely, your attic is full of hot, moist air that leaks into your home and causes your air conditioner to work harder than it should. Instead, what if you could keep your attic cool, save money, do both using clean, green energy and do all three of those for FREE? Well…

YOU CAN!

Thomas Jefferson Roofing and Remodeling has the solution: Attic Breeze® Solar Powered Attic Fans! Once installed, they remove that hot air from your attic replacing it with cool, fresh air preventing a heat leak into your home. This keeps your house cooler and lessens the strain on your AC. Furthermore, it’s solar-powered! That means it runs at absolutely NO COST TO YOU! Can you believe it?

Free, green energy, monthly savings on your power bill, and a cooler home. 

What’s not to love?

We’re stocked up and ready for the summer heat with our Attic Breeze® Solar Fans and can’t wait to help you stay cool!

Did we mention, it even qualifies you for 30% federal and 50% Indiana state tax credit for owning an energy efficient home? Because it does.

It’s a great product with many benefits both to the environment and to your wallet.

Call us today to start saving!

Thomas Jefferson Roofing & Remodeling

317-846-3598

www.ThomasJeffersonRoofing.com

Before leaving your home for more than few days take the time and go for a walk around the house and check for any water damage or potential damage.

When you spent time on vacation, water could be leaking in your house for days and can ruin your flooring, subfloor, furniture, walls, insulation, wiring and more. The damage can become critical to your home if you not follow the necessary maintenance for the home. To get started, closely inspect your entire roof for any penetration and damage:

• Check that there are no missing, damaged or worn out shingles on your roof;
• Check around the chimney, vents, skylights, flashing, satellite dishes… 
• Look inside the attic carefully for leaks…
• Clear all the debris out of your roof and gutters;
• Check the downspouts for any blockages;
• Trim tree branches because dead or rotting branches can slam on your roof, siding and windows.

However, we do not recommend you to climb up on your roof. Records indicate in 2011, 65,000 people died in the USA by falling off of ladders. Give us a call and ask about our 17-point roof inspection and we can examine your roof in and out, and you can return from vacation to a home free of water damage.

So it’s up to you to get your roof in shape before vacation!

Your friends at Thomas Jefferson Roofing & Remodeling LLC

Man is it hot out there! I don’t know about the rest of you, but Indiana had a day straight out of Dante’s Inferno. 95 degrees, 100% humidity. Ugh! In heat like this, you gotta be sure to check your attic and ventilation systems, otherwise you could be paying big time.

For an everyday Average Joe, the attic is simply the place to store boxes, luggage, old pictures, and occasionally all the ties from his kids he hopes to hide. But the modern day energy discussions, attics have become quite a hot topic. While there are a few antagonistic voices in the crowd, most researchers hold that a well-ventilated attic maintains more comfortable temperatures in both the winter cold and summer heat.

Specifically in summer, the sun’s constant beating down on the roof leads to extremely high attic temperatures, sometimes up to 150F! However, if the attic is ventilated correctly, hot air will escape through high vents creating a vacuum that sucks cool air in through the low vents. This constant circulation eliminates dead space that usually causes abnormally high attic temperatures.

If your attic is not properly ventilated it can cause mold and mildew buildup from all the moist, stagnant air unable to escape.  Thus, while installing vents to circulate air is a rather inexpensive process, repairing or replacing damaged and rotten roofing and sub-roofing is not. Not to mention, rotten wood in a moist atmosphere is a prime environment for pests like carpenter ants and termites. That is why you should call a local roofer to inspect your attic for a properly installed ventilation system before much bigger problems arise.

Don’t let an easily fixed and low-cost repair turn into a massive and costly restoration.

www.ThomasJeffersonRoofing.com

Seeing that Independence Day weekend is upon us, it’s time to call for safety. Fireworks cause thousands of personal injuries each year, almost half of which are to children under the age of 15! Even scarier, the national percentage of house fires caused by fireworks peaks up to 60% at the beginning of July! Please use caution when enjoying your own personal display this weekend, or simply enjoy the local professional ones from a safe distance.

If you are going to have your own display, please read the following list of safety tips from the Indiana State Fire Marshal:

• Never let children handle, play with, or light any fireworks.

• Store fireworks in a cool, dry place away from the reach of children.

• Always purchase your fireworks from reliable, licensed fireworks dealers.

• Use a clear, open area and keep your audience a safe distance from the shooting site.

• Do not alter any fireworks device or attempt to make your own fireworks.

• Only light one firework item at a time and never attempt to re-light or fix a “dud” firework.

• Have a fire extinguisher, water supply, hose, or bucket of water nearby.

• Be cautious when lighting fireworks when it is windy.

• Never smoke while handling fireworks.

• Never aim, point, or throw fireworks at another person.

Again, Thomas Jefferson Roofing and Remodeling wants to wish everyone a happy and, more importantly, a safe holiday weekend.

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Search Google.com for “Gutter Guards” and you’ll find hundreds of thousands of associated hits offering hundreds of products.  RAINDROP has earned the TOP 5 Product of the Year Award for a good reason: IT WORKS!

From RaindropGutterGuard.com:

“Allowing the gutters to do their job and flushing fine sized micro debris, is far better than trying to stop everything, which has a trade off of creating a cleaning maintenance issue, and now you are back cleaning your guards instead of your gutters (what is the point of that). OUR DESIGN WORKS BETTER.”

Vertical bars with a rounded top allow Raindrop to use the entire width of the gutter to maximize water capacity.  This design works with water’s natural chemistry in that it uses water falling through the cracks to suction more water down through the guard. This means that the harder it rains, the better Raindrop Gutter Guards perform.

Raindrop’s design was not intended to stop everything from entering the gutter. Doing so would open up the potential for mold and blockage. Instead, given proper installation, the guards will allow smaller roof granules and debris to pass through and flush out, while filtering off larger particles. 

Lastly, the classic charcoal color makes them practically invisible from the ground!

Raindrop Gutter Guards are a remarkable product that out performs the rest of the competition.  Save yourself the hassle of constantly having to clean your gutters, and protect yourself from hazardous gutter buildup by having Raindrop Gutter Guards professionally installed today.

www.RaindropGutterGuard.com

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Did you know that if your chimney cap is damaged (or worse if you don’t even have one) it can cause major problems for your home? A properly installed and functioning chimney cap works like a protective umbrella for your chimney. 

First, it keeps out wild animals like raccoons, squirrels, and birds which can turn your fireplace into a house for themselves.  They smell bad, they bring fleas, lice, and rabies into your home, they will damage your floors and furniture, and they can even give birth and raise their young in your living room. Do you really want three baby raccoons running around the house? Even worse, when the offspring grow up, they will return to your chimney to start making their own home. It never ends!

 Second, it prevents rain from falling into the chimney and getting into your house.  The water will cause mold and mildew and can mix with the soot in your fireplace and run into your home, staining everything it touches a disgusting shade of black.

Lastly, it keeps burning embers from escaping the chimney and setting fire to trees and houses.  A chimney cap in working order will save your house and your neighbors’ houses from catastrophe.

Call Thomas Jefferson Roofing and Remodeling to inspect your current chimney cap or to install a new one.  We will make sure it is a perfect fit for your chimney, eliminating potential for any of these problems to occur.  

Don’t let something as simple as a missing or damaged chimney cap to cause thousands of dollars of damage to your home!

Call the Chimney Cap Helpline: 317-846-3598

www.ThomasJeffersonRoofing.com

It’s hard to believe I know, but there are “roofers” out there who like to scam people out of their money. Whether they take the down payment and run or damage the house themselves and then sell repairs, they are not the professionals you want working on your roof.

What to be wary of:

·         Door to door roofers offering special deals after a storm

·         Roofers without workers’ compensation, liability insurance, or certification

·         An abnormally low price

·         Roofers who ask for more than 50% upfront

What to do:

·         Do research. Angie’s list, Better Business Bureau, etc.

·         Understand your own insurance

·         Check for proper paperwork (insurance, certification, etc.)

·         Get at least three written estimates with price, materials, and timeline

·         Make the contract as detailed as possible

·         Be assured of a post-job inspection

Many horror stories include a roofer offering a great deal if they sign now who starts tearing down the roof, gets his down payment, and skips town leaving an exposed roof and a trashed yard. 

Sometimes roofers will even cause damage themselves upon signing an agreement with the homeowner so that the insurance company has to pay for repairs. (This is insurance fraud by the way and it’s a federal crime.)

Again, be careful who you open the door to after a big storm rolls into town.  Be smart. Be patient. Don’t get fooled by phonies trying to take advantage of people who need help.

www.thomasjeffersonroofing.com