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Protecting Plants During Paint and Construction
Homeowners spend much of their time and money during the warmer months to create a beautiful exterior for their home. A great source of curb appeal comes from the flowers and plants that may line their property. Unfortunately, traffic from painters...

What To Do About Lead Paint in Your Home
As we near the end of summer and the exterior painting season, it is important to consider the lead paint practices of contractors when deciding to paint your home. For the majority of customers with homes built prior to 1978, it is likely that lead...

Have a Tall or Large House to Paint?
Do you have a condo or a home with multiple floors that needs painting? For customers with homes that reach tall heights, it can be difficult to find the right company to paint their home’s exterior and be certain that every potential problem will...

Why Tom Curren Companies Won’t Power Wash Your Home
Power washing introduces one of the biggest pain points for customers to consider when trying to make a change to their home: the cost. While some companies may sell you a seemingly reasonable price, the potential for damage during the process and...

Carpentry Inspections: An Investment Instead of an Estimate
At Tom Curren Companies, we believe customers benefit from the knowledge that carpentry inspections provide through additional information that simple estimates cannot uncover. These carpentry inspections do carry a fee, as they not only tell the...

Natural Stained Homes
Q: How do I make my natural stained home look brand new?

Cedar Shingles
Historically, red cedar has been the premier choice for shingles in the Northeast—a durable, high-quality option for Shingle-style homes. Red cedar comes to us mainly from the Pacific Northwest, growing across a range that spans from southeastern...

Volatile Organic Compounds – What is VOC?
Paints are composed of three central elements: pigment (which gives paint its color), binders (which makes the pigment adherent), and solvents (which keep the paint liquid). It’s the latter category that we’re concerned with here, primarily because...

Deck Stains
Wood decks are always subject to damage from the elements: that’s unavoidable. Some common issues we come across are UV damage, insect damage, rot, greying, splitting, and splintering. Without something to protect your exterior wood, any deck will...