DECRA has came out with a stone coated steel roofing system that is designed to look exactly like a wood shake shingle and you can install this product directly to the decking. It is called the Shake XD panel and a lot of Home Owners Associations are starting to go with this product because of the benefits that it offers. Some of the benefits are: it is a maintenance free product, it will protect your home from hail up to 2.5″ (helping decrease the amount of times you have to file a claim on your insurance for a new roof), it has an excellent fire rating, and its look keeps the integrity of your neighborhood in tact. For more information on DECRA stone coated steel roofs in Kansas City (Shawnee, Lenexa, Overland Park, Leawood) feel free to visit our websites www.KCSteelRoofs.com or w-+.CountOnAmerican.com. American Roofing & Renovations Inc. 913-706-8710

With a majority of homes having wood shake roofs throughout Kansas City (Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Overland Park) that are in need of costly repairs or total roof replacement there is a solution. Stone Coated Steel Roofs are very durable, gives a wood shake roof so your neighborhood will not lose its integrity, protects your home up to 2.5″ of hail, and has a superb fire rating which will help lower your home owners insurance.

Home Owners Associations are starting to look at this as a standard replacement product because of the durability and look that Stone Coated Steel roofs bring to the table. We at American Roofing & Renovations Inc. specialize in stone coated steel roofing using DECRA roofing products, radiant barrier sheeting that keeps your attics 30 degrees cooler year round, and a synthetic underlayment that will not detiorate over time.

Check out YouTube under CountOnAmerican for a video of the installation process for the DECRA Shake XD panel that looks like a wood shake shingle or you can visit www.KCSteelRoofs.com or www.CountOnAmerican.com for more videos and information.

American Roofing & Renovations Inc. 913-706-8710, installing DECRA stone coated steel roofing systems throughout Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Overland Park, and Kansas City

With these two past hard winters, your home is in need of some help! What do I mean by this? With all of the snow and moisture that has been pounding on your home lately, if your house had wood rot or is not sealed up properly then your home is going to get moisture into those cracks/siding/windows and so on. This will lead to wood rot on your home or if you already had wood rot then it is just going to increase the amount of damage on your home. How can you beat wood rot in Kansas City?

Proper preparation and a good paint job will help ensure your homes protection from wood rot and moisture out of your home in Shawnee, Lenexa, Overland Park, and Kansas City. What do I mean by proper preparation? We at American Roofing & Renovations Inc. take these steps to help ensure proper preparation: go through the exterior of the home and replace any rotted wood or siding with new composite materials that will never rot again, we renail all loose nails throughout the home, we use a 65 year caulking that helps seal up the vulnerable areas, then we prime all of the exposed areas, and then use Sherwin Williams painting products to wrap up your home for years to come.

Stay tuned for more informational blogs or visit us at www.CountOnAmerican.com 913-706-8710
or call us to take a look at your wood rot and painting project in Shawnee, Lenexa, Overland Park, and Kansas City. American Roofing & Renovations Inc.

Is your home in Kansas City (Overland Park, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, etc.) in need of new siding due to wood rot? Let’s beat the rot with James Hardie Siding Products. James Hardie siding products is a fiber cement product that is very durable, will not rot, has an outstanding fire rating, and it adds value to your home. If your home is like mine or most of Kansas City homes it has been built with masonit materials that cannot withstand the elements and the siding tends to rot away. With the combination of James Hardie siding and the right preparation on your home (i.e. caulking, painting, etc.) you will eliminate the wood rot and get that maintenance free home that you had always dreamed of. American Roofing & Renovations Inc. 913-706-8710 or www.CountOnAmerican.com

Here we go again, more snow supposed to come into the area today that could cause more snow/ice damning on your home in Overland Park, Shawnee, Lenexa, or just Kansas City. Roof repairs are going crazy due to the roof leaks caused by snow and ice damning. The only way that you can prevent ice/snow damning on your house in Overland Park, Shawnee, Lenexa, Kansas City is to either have an ice/water protective barrier installed on your roof. For more information feel free to visit our website www.CountOnAmerican.com, call us: American Roofing & Renovations Inc., or check us out on YouTube under CountOnAmerican to view some of our videos on roof repairs in Kansas City.

If you are looking at James Hardie siding for your home in Kansas City or surrouding cities such as Shawnee, Lenexa, Overland Park, Leawood, then here are a fews Pros to investing in this product. I would say one of the biggest pros of this product is that it will Never Rot again. Think about it. Every year you walk around your house to see if there are any repairs that you will need to do and you almost always find something. What if you could install a siding product that will never rot again, looks great, has a superb fire rating, and adds value to your home? What would you do? That is what James Hardie siding products does for homes in Kansas City and surrounding cities. Stay tuned for more information on James Hardie siding products and American Roofing & Renovations Inc. 913-706-8710 or visit us at www.CountOnAmerican.com to see some video of the product installed.

Gutters in Kansas City

Posted: February 3, 2011 in Uncategorized

Something think about! With all of this snow and ice, your home in Kansas City is vulnerable to damage. Especially your gutters. What happens is that all of this snow and ice sits in your gutters for long periods of time until it thaws and this is an added weight that puts stress on your gutter system. What can happen is that the snow and ice will weight the gutters down so much that it will tear the gutters away from the house causing damage to your gutter system and possibly your facia boards. Unfortunately there is not much you can do to prevent this except for making sure on your installation that you use a heavy duty hanger system that can support additional weight in times like these. Give American Roofing & Renovations Inc. a call at 913-706-8710 or visit www.CountOnAmerican.com to find out more on how to protect your gutters in Kansas City.