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Reducing tree damage around the home

The leading causes of wind damage are hurricanes, windstorms, and blizzards. Falling trees and limbs are responsible for millions of dollars in damage each year. Reducing tree damage around the home can save you money and inconvenience.

Read the tips below to see how you can help prevent the loss from occurring. A couple of hours of preparation is much easier than days or weeks of cleaning up the aftermath from one of these brutal storms!

You know that dead tree in your backyard you’ve been telling yourself you need to cut down? Yes, that one- well procrastinating could cost you, like in a new roof, car or power lines!

June 13, 2019 slocumstudio 1

Social Media Marketing for the Contractor

Social Media Marketing for Contractors

Are you a carpenter, contractor, roofing company, or mason? Then you’ll want to read this. Social Media Marketing for Contractors is a How-To on setting up your Facebook marketing.

5 Ways to Get More Customers using Facebook

You know you do great work and your customers know you do great work, but how do you get that out to the masses? How do you get more customers? You’re great at what you do, but not so good at marketing? We can help!

Potential customers are doing a lot of research online these days. They like to see your finished work and they ask for referrals! They’re not likely to just take the first contractor they find in the phone book.

That’s why it’s so important to put together a social media marketing plan to help you get the word out about yourself and show off your work. To help you do that, we’ve put together our top five tips for getting more customers through social media.

March 27, 2019 Pete Covill 0

Waterproofing your Basement

Though water is great for plants, animals, and life all around, it is not for the home! This is why waterproofing your basement is so important.

Water can weaken foundations, damage floors, and cause mold, all of which are dangers to your home.

Mold is especially dangerous. It forms in a dark, poorly vented area with high moisture levels and the basement is often neglected, allowing the mold to grow for a longer period of time.

February 28, 2019 Pete Covill 5

5 Tips to Keep Your Home Safe This Holiday Season

The holidays are an exciting time, but without proper protection, what seems like a holly, jolly season can take a devastating turn for the worse. Keep these tips in mind when you’re planning for the upcoming holidays to make sure your home stays safe and sound.

Keep Travel Plans Private

If you’re traveling for the holidays, it may be compelling to tell friends, coworkers, and acquaintances while making small talk, but do your best to avoid this. Letting people know your house will be sitting unattended can be a recipe for disaster, putting your personal property at risk for theft and vandalism. Instead, keep travel plans close to the vest. Don’t post about your vacation plans on social media, share images of your time away from home before you return, or do things like allow mail or newspapers to pile up. The more you do to stay quiet about travel, the less of a target you will be.

November 13, 2018 Pete Covill 1

Why Insurance Companies ask about your roof

Insurance and your roof

If you are a homeowner or are looking to purchase your first home, you’ll find a lot of emphasis on the roof. As one of the most important structural elements of the foundation, the roof holds center stage. When there is a storm or any type of inclement weather, the roof is your first line of protection. Matter-of-fact when it comes to insurance and your roof you will be asked by the insurance company how old is your roof.

insurance companies place a high emphasis on the condition and quality of your roof when they quote your homeowner’s insurance policy.

WHY THE ROOF IS IMPORTANT TO INSURANCE COMPANIES

Since the roof is your first line of protection, it essentially protects you, the family and all your belongings. In any weather, the roof is usually the first thing that will be affected. If your roof is having problems, the effects of that inclement weather can get into your home, causing a lot of damage. That damage will have to be fixed, along with items that will have to be replaced, so you’ll end up filing a claim.

October 2, 2018 Pete Covill 0

Insurance for business owners

Are you an owner of commercial property, or are you in the process of building or remolding a structure? I read an article the other day titled “Massive fire does 55 million in damage to Concord apartment construction site”. Mind you this site was under construction. It wasn’t old or occupied. This is why Insurance for business owners is extremely important.

Apartment buildings, especially older ones, can be subject to faulty wiring, sometimes caused by a load on old knob-and-tube-wiring or just age. Also, improperly connected appliances, extension cords and air conditioners are culprits.

Hopefully, the building owner of this commercial property had enough insurance to repair the damages. A question comes to my mind if there were tenants, would they have had renters insurance?

July 25, 2018 Pete Covill 0

Car Rental Insurance 101 What you need to know

Your big vacation is right around the corner, and you’re starting to pack your bags. So now that your family vacation plans are coming together, have you given some thought to transportation? In this article, Rental Insurance 101 What You Need to Know, we explain the ins and outs of renting a car.

June 22, 2018 Pete Covill 0

Techno Drivers

My neighbor’s daughter is the text messaging queen.

She received and sent 68 messages in a one hour period the other day.”

I was quite impressed. She could hold a full-fledged conversation with the people in the room while madly typing on her cell phone with one hand. I was ready to sign up to take lessons. Thankfully, she is not in this group of Techno Drivers. It takes me an eternity to eek out a mere sentence. To me, it is so much easier to make the call and talk to the person; I don’t understand this generations fixation with cell phones and the need to constantly text.

I have had a cell phone for almost 20 years now. My sister finally convinced me to get a hands-free earpiece. Great investment if you use your phone a lot, especially if you are driving in states that ban cell phone use.

May 30, 2018 Pete Covill 0

Protect your waterfront property

It’s impossible to know where a hurricane will strike, but if history has taught us anything if you live on the coast, you know from experience that it can be devastating. So it’s important to protect your waterfront property.

You know too that weak tropical storms hitting the U.S. can cause significant impacts, particularly if it moves slowly and triggers flooding rainfall.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 – November 30th.

According to researchers, the 2018 hurricane season is expected to be “above average.” They are projecting 14-18 tropical storms & hurricanes.
Here is another fun tidbit for you… The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is set to expire on July 31st. Smack dab in the middle of hurricane season. After a brutal year last year, the NFIP currently owes nearly $25 Billion to the US Treasury and taxpayers for covering claims. So you can bet your flood policy will be going up AGAIN this year.

May 3, 2018 Pete Covill 0

Is your boat Insurance Ship Shape?

It is getting warm out and summer looms just around the corner. This is the time of year that all of us “old salts” get those tarpaulins off the boat that has been cooped up all winter. It is paint scraping time, clean up time, sail prep, and engine prepping time. Yes, it is time to get our boats ready to launch into summertime filled with joy and great memories. Is your boat Insurance Ship Shape?

It is also a great time to peel the shrink wrap off of your boat’s insurance policy.

Watercraft insurance varies greatly and is customized to each boat owner. There are a variety of coverage options and credits available to tailor your policy.

Physical damage coverage

April 16, 2018 Pete Covill 0