Home Improvement Month Upgrades

Parkersburg, W. VA. (PRWEB) May 05, 2011

Feel like cheating? Forget what the inside of your home looks like for just a bit and focus on outside enhancements during May?s National Home Improvement Month.

?The exterior of your home makes a lasting and daily impression on your friends and family, along with your neighbors,? says Mark Clement, professional contractor and host of MyFixItUpLife home improvement radio show. ?While the weather is good, my advice is to get outside and fix up problem areas, work on the landscaping and invest in products that make your home?s exterior not only look great, but work great. Then, once the weather gets too hot during the summer months you can re-focus on interior home improvement projects.?

Clement, who is in the middle of an ongoing renovation of his 100-year-old home in Pennsylvania, recommends assessing your needs and then diving in on projects. ?On the exterior of the home there are three big, critical areas I recommend people evaluate every year — the roof, the windows and the entry door. Those are key areas because, along with being focal points of the home, they help protect a house from severe weather. And, if you have problems with older windows, doors or roofing tiles, you?re looking at higher energy bills and growing problems that can affect your wallet long-term.?

When it comes time to focus on improvements for these vital areas of the home, Clement offers these recommendations:

Roofs:
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