Affordable Room Additions

Two Easy Solutions to a Common Problem

The Holidays are coming and that same problem will come up that comes up year after year. Where do you put all the extra people? This year it is 35 - 40 people for Thanksgiving or 25 people for Christmas Dinner, or MORE! You already use the dining room and the family room and the breakfast nook - family is spread out all over the house. With the economy and the housing crunch going on, maybe some of those relatives are staying beyond the holidays?

You could add a room to your home but, traditional construction takes months! The project is messy and takes quite a bit of effort and a very serious time commitment on your part. This would never be ready in time for the holidays this year plus, who wants to spend $100 Grand today anyway?

Well, you could get all the space you need at a fraction of the cost and at a fraction of the time commitment! You very well could have your room ready to decorate for Thanksgiving!

What I am talking about is avoiding the mess and fuss of traditional framed construction and getting your room addition back on budget and in the time frame you need it to be. By adding a Sun Room for example, you could have a new room on your home in less than 2 weeks build time! A Screen Room can be yours in a matter of days! With a sunroom, you are adding a bright and cheerful, temperature controlled room at less than one half of the cost of traditional framed construction. Complete with all the lighting and outlets you need to really use this space as if it is an integrated room that flows and fits in with your home's design and your lifestyle.

Here in Texas, maybe all you need is a screen room to add comfortable space that is usable 10 months out of the year. How many cold days are there in Houston? For Austin and San Antonio you'll still get more than 9 months of comfortable use out of a screen room.

Are you ready to find out how soon you'll be enjoying your new room? Call All-Tex Exteriors at 866-921-5715 or visit our website and request a FREE No Obligation Quote?

Kingwood Recent Power Outage

Monday afternoon brought severe weather to North East Houston and the Kingwood area. The power went out at our office at just after 4pm and did not come on at my house until after 10pm.

The severe weather brought down trees, tree limbs, brought very heavy rain and even a house fire caused by lightning. That is typical of the capabilities of the storms we get and being prepared for them is very important.

Part of being prepared is knowing who to call for help with your home and any damages that you may have received. We hope that we can either help you or find a resource that can help you.

Now, back to the power outage.

After Hurricane Ike we have seriously considered a standby generator for our home. Enduring a 10 day power outage is tough even on the experienced campers. The cost of a standby generator and installation makes it a major purchase in the range of $5000 to $20000 depending on the capacity you desire. Best solution but, a serious commitment.

We do have a portable and affordable (usually $150 to $600 range) generator now and can pull that out for the medium term power outages. You just never know how long the power will be out so you may have been in the same position as myself, do I take the generator out, inspect it, gas it up, connect the extension cords, etc. and suddenly the power comes on and my work was unnecessary?

For these unexpected power outages, we have found a better solution. Portable power packs sold by Duracell that can power a lamp, charge a cell phone, run small appliances, etc. These are perfect for the short term outages. They even come with built in radios and jumper cables...yes, you can even start your car with them. We used one to power one or our small LCD televisions so that we could watch the 6:00 news and again at 10pm while keeping out cell phones charged. At around $120 each, Perfect!

I have shared a link to them on Amazon and hope that you seriously consider getting one or two of these. They are cost effective and extremely handy to have.

Thank you for reading and remember that All-Tex Exteriors is here to help.

3 Months of Mortgage FREE!

This is link to YouTube where our vendor James Hardie is offering a great way to win 3 months of your mortgage paid for you!!!

Take a look...if you were one of our clients that received Hardie Siding services from us, Great. It is also open to anyone, anywhere AND if you have been on the fence about replacing your siding, there is still time. Get it replaced, do the video, win the contest!!

Good Luck!

You can follow me on Twitter as well. I am @goalltex

Robert Green
All-Tex Exteriors

Pergola Leader in Texas

Hello Texans!

There are still a lot of hot sunny days ahead in the coming months. We know exactly what the problem is too. You'd like to enjoy your back yard more but, there is no shade to sit or entertain in!

Of course, you could grow a tree and in about 15 years or so, you'll have nature's best shade! (we encourage you to plant trees regardless)

However the quickest way to get backyard shade NOW is: Add a Pergola!

With a Pergola, you can have exactly the style and look you are after. Single or twin headers, single or twin rafters. Posts or dozens of column styles to choose from. You can even adjust the amount of shade you want by designing the space between the lattice slats...from 10% to 60% shade are common selections.

Our most popular pergolas are constructed of sturdy aluminum tubing that has a lifetime warranty. Baked on enamel finishes in several colors will ensure you get exactly the look you want in a NO Maintenance material. Never rot, No termites, no painting...no worries.

Call or visit All-Tex Exteriors now to get the ball rolling.

Roofing Services Houston Austin Texas

Hello Houston and Austin area! It's the Weekend!
Okay, well maybe not the best weekend to get excited about since the chance of rain is like 900%! Okay, a slight exageration but, you've seen the forecast. This would be a weekend you may find out you have...a roof leak!!!

So besides putting buckets around your house and putting a tarp up on your roof (you have to do the urgent things first) what are you going to do? Are you going to break out the yellow pages and thumb through all those seemingly identical full page ads about roofers. Maybe you can't even find the yellow pages or they might even be moldy by now!

How about this: Call All-Tex Exteriors! We will come out to your home, thoroughly inspect your roof, assess the problem and explain the solution, all in plain English you can understand. Sounds easy! It gets better...

Your roof may even have damage. Damage caused by HAIL or WIND. Well, that's good.

Why? Because we can also help you with your INSURANCE CLAIM! That's right. You not even have to pay for the repairs or replacement beyond what your deductible is.

Call All-Tex Exteriors and find out the details. Visit us at www.alltexexteriors.com/roofing/ and make the first step towards solving the problem.

Share an Experience

Do you have a great Patio Idea or a Fun Story from a BBQ party?
We'd all like to hear about it. Tell us your story!

Use the comments section to share your experience.

Customer Appreciation Program -C.A.P.

All-Tex Exteriors has just launched a new customer appreciation program for our existing/previous customers.

Our base of over 10,000 customers, regardless of how long ago we worked on your home, is our most valuable resource for new clients. We appreciate the many new leads we have received from all of you. Typically, they are direct referrals from your network of friends, neighbors, co-workers and family members.

There are just a few rules:

1. You must personally know them
2. They must be in our service area
3. They must be a home owner
4. They must at least take our call or have been expecting our call
5. You must fill out one of our CAP cards delivered by one of our team members OR
   
   Fill out the card on our website

There are two ways to GET CASH!

1. Provide 6 leads and get $25.00
2. When a lead produces a sale GET $250.00*

That's really it! You refer us to your social network of friends, neighbors, family, co-workers; You get cash!

*Leads provided that turn in to an order need to be sold within 90 days of the lead. Frivolous leads provided just for the sake of earning cash will be rejected. All-Tex Exteriors can, at our discretion, deem the lead credible or not and we reserve the right to end the program at any time.

The program is open Today September 5, 2009! Go there now!

Houston Weather today

I think today has started out to be the most perfect day of weather all year in Houston, so far. It is currently in the upper 80's and I just finished a walk around Kingwood on our trail system. Everything is green and beautiful and the wildlife is loving it. All the birds and squirrels are out doing their busy work.

Now I am sitting in my backyard in cool, comfortable shade with the overhead fan on medium speed. It is just perfect. I am spending my afternoon doing some web research on new products and services while studying some new topics of interest. There is never an end to the vast array of topics available to read about. My cat is sitting with me. She is studying the concrete, apparently. Half the time she is just staring at the inside of her eyelids.

My next home project will definitely be to double the size of my patio cover. I am still working with just the one provided by the builder. Soon, I'll add new brick columns that will bring it out 15 more feet out and add another fan and speakers. Maybe even power and cable up in the ceiling so I can add an LCD TV. The extra room to entertain and stretch out will be nice.

What is your next project? Tell me about your dream patio!