Cass Jacoby
Veteran Known for Helping Other Veterans Receives Free Roof Replacement From Community
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Vietnam veteran in Pennsylvania is gifted roof from his community. Walter Torres has lived in his Lansdale, Pennsylvania home since 1976. Walter fixed up his roof in 1995, but recently problems have begun to start with his roof again, and he wasn’t able ...
4 Ways to Tell if You Need a New Roof
By Cass Jacoby. You don’t have to wait for your ceiling to start leaking to know it’s time for a roof replacement. Watch for these signs to help you decide when to call a roofer. It can be difficult to the untrained eye to tell when it is time ...
Check Out This 300-Year-Old Roof
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Sitting within seven acres of California’s Silicon Valley is a piece of old Italy — literally. Estimated at $23 million, the Mediterranean-style villa located at 30 Trail Lane in Woodside, pans 7,956 square feet. According to The Sacramento Bee, many of its architectural elements ...
Talk About a Good Neighbor!
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. A ”neighborhood handyman” in Waco, Texas receives a new roof after his neighbor realizes the condition of his home and reaches out to the community to help him. Good neighbors are hard to come by, but not in this neighborhood in Waco. James Macwhorter ...
PolyFlash® 1C is a Must-have Product
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. This product easily solves all your flashing challenges, even emergency leak repair over damp surfaces. PolyFlash 1C is a white flashing compound designed for sealing various roofing and waterproofing details such masonry, wood, curbs, vents, roof drains, pitch pans, specialty gypsum sheathing products and unusually ...
Undulating Canopy Roof Creates “Garden-Like Living Room for the City”
By Cass Jacoby. This roof was designed to build coherence and unity of indoor and outdoor spaces while making the three buildings it covers more energy efficient. The civic center in the city of Jiaxing, China will be topped with a continuous roof designed by architecture studio MAD. The canopy ...
Does Homeowners Insurance Cover Roof Damage?
By Cass Jacoby. Homeowners insurance can be tricky. Here is an overview of what types of roof damage are generally covered by your homeowner's insurance policy. It can be hard to tell what kind of coverage you have and how much is covered by your homeowner's insurance policy. It is ...
Virtual Selling and Technology
By Cass Jacoby, RS Reporter. Patrick Fingles discusses sales with technology in a post-COVID world. In a Roofing Road Trips podcast, Heidi J. Ellsworth sits down virtually with CEO of Leap Patrick Fingles to talk about how technology is changing in-home sales and the ever-growing demand for refining ...
Love Thy Neighbor: Reverend Organizes Community to Rebuild Neighbors Roof
By Cass Jacoby. After a tree fell on Jeffery Hughes’ roof nearly destroying his home, his neighbor organized the community to save his home. It was a quiet Sunday in Peoria, Illinois southside when the sound of a tree crashing into Jeffery Hughes’ roof shook up the neighborhood. His ...
Financial Strategies for Profitability Despite 8th Grade Math Skills
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. In episode 14 of Contractor Evolution, Igor Trninic takes listeners through a step-by-step strategy on building a strong financial plan. Contractor Evolution is a new podcast from Breakthrough Academy, produced specifically for high-performing contractors who want to scale up, work less and increase profitability. While ...
