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What are Common Types of Storm Damage and Repair?
Heavy rain, pounding hail, driving wind and massive blizzards – these are all the realities of life in Central Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metro. As a general contractor serving those areas, Angell's Construction is no stranger to storm damage repair. If the weather...
5 Reasons to Finish Your Basement And How to Get Started
Is your basement nothing more than concrete block walls, exposed plumbing, dust, and several boxes of Christmas decorations? Don't think of your basement as a place you only want to visit during a tornado warning. Think of it as buried treasure! With a few...
Why Should I Clear Snow off My Roof?
If you've ever lived in an apartment, you probably miss how convenient your life used to be. Whenever something in your apartment broke, all you had to do was inform the landlord and then hope he would get around to fixing it before the next papal election. Now that...
Top 5 Home Renovation Projects for Winter
A true Minnesotan contractor doesn't fear the cold. When their client needs exterior renovations in freezing temperatures, they put on their thickest long johns, fill their thermos with coffee that's hot enough to melt iron, and they get to work. If you are a...
10 Must-Haves for Your 2023 Kitchen Remodel
Remodeling your kitchen is an exciting phase of your journey as a homeowner. It allows you to create your dream kitchen and make it more inviting, streamlined and functional. But as exciting as planning a kitchen remodel can be, it can also be an overwhelming...
Roof Maintenance Tips for Winter
We like to compare roof maintenance to football. Spring is the preseason. Summer is the regular season. Autumn is the playoffs. And winter? Winter is the Super Bowl, where everyone has to bring their A-game if they want their roofs to stay their very best. But unlike...
6 Benefits of Having Your Roof Replaced During Fall
Autumn is our absolute favorite time of year for roof replacement. As a roofing contractor in Minnesota, we'd much rather spend time on top of houses during fall when the weather is cool and dry – as opposed to during summer, when it is broiling hot and only slightly...
How to Inspect Your Roof for Storm Damage
There were 3,763 major hailstorms in the United States in 2021. The Minneapolis area had 98 reported hailstorms between August, 2021 and July, 2022 alone. State Farm paid over one-quarter billion dollars to Minnesotans whose homes and vehicles were damaged by hail in...
Guide to Choosing Your Home’s Roofing Material
Take it from a roofing expert in Minnesota – the roof you choose for your home matters. Your next roofing material will command the overall appearance of your home's exterior for decades to come. It will determine how much time and money you have to spend on...
Why You Should Have a Detached Garage Built
Detached garages used to be the norm. This is because they were modeled after (or converted from) carriage houses, which were used to store horse-drawn carts and tack. As beautiful as horses are, no one wanted the animals inside a building attached to their home. They...