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Keep rust stains off your concrete

By Jake Barnhart | Mar 23, 2020

Whether it’s indicative of an underlying structural fault or not, rust can cause unsightly orange stains on the outside of the building. It can leave streaks across your concrete, and if you’re not careful, it actually could indicate a deeper issue.

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Put down that pressure washer

By Jake Barnhart | Mar 16, 2020

Are you using a pressure washer for all your exterior cleaning needs? Plenty of people do—and plenty of people are harming their building.

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More building maintenance, less building insurance

By Jake Barnhart | Mar 9, 2020

It’s easy to let things slide. Sure, that coating on the floor of the parking garage needs to be replaced, but it doesn’t really need to be right now. It’ll be OK. You can just get the stains out if you need to. And that crumbling bit of mortar will probably last another couple of years.

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Protect your building’s expansion joints

By Jake Barnhart | Mar 2, 2020

The building you’re probably sitting in is moving right under your feet. You might not notice it, but it’s true. Every building is subject to the forces around it, which is why you see issues like foundation cracks in some older homes—the ground moved the home and the slab cracked under the strain.

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Freezing water: your building’s worst winter enemy

By Jake Barnhart | Feb 24, 2020

Winter is hard on everyone, but it’s particularly hard on buildings. Cold weather can cause issues that get overlooked in the summer months to come to the fore, and if left untreated some of these issues can cause tremendous maintenance headaches.

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Hail’s impact on stucco and EIFS

By Jake Barnhart | Feb 17, 2020

Hail is one of the greatest dangers to any structure in the Great Plains. The hailstorms that can crop up during the winter can damage any exterior surface, but stucco and EIFS are in particular danger.

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Guard your building against winter weather

By Jake Barnhart | Feb 10, 2020

Winter weather in the Great Plains is hard to predict. As anyone who’s lived in the region for long knows, you can leave the house in the morning in a T-shirt and have to thaw the car out to get home. Freezing precipitation and wild temperature swings make winter a dicey prospect.

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Know when historic brick needs renovation

By Jake Barnhart | Feb 3, 2020

Brick is one of the most durable and ancient building materials in human history. It came into being around 6,000 years ago and has survived largely unchanged to the present day. So it’s no surprise that so many historic buildings are still made of brick, especially in areas where clay was common.

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How to find roof and building leaks quickly

By Jake Barnhart | Jan 27, 2020

There’s a hidden killer lurking around your commercial building. It goes hunting around the exterior, probing the roof, the doors, the windows and every nook and cranny hunting for a way in. When it discovers an entry point, it strikes, shredding its vulnerable prey and leaving devastation in its wake.

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