As the world continues to become more complicated with wildfire smog and water quality scares it is important to think about the positive ways you can keep your family healthy and safe. Our blog theme often focuses on “Practically Green”, hoping to share affordable options for our home improvement and remodeling clients in Southeastern Pennsylvania….
Many houses in Havertown and in our surrounding communities were built prior to the 1950’s when layouts and priorities in the kitchen were much different. Cumming Construction has helped many homeowners like yourself upgrade layouts and create warm, welcoming, and inviting kitchen spaces.
As the populations grows in urban areas, there has been more talk and effort into building sustainable rooftop decks and attractive gardens on top of city structures. There are many reasons why this building trend is becoming incredibly popular in urban highly populated cities all over the world today.
Groundhogs aside, the coming of spring is marked for us by people calling for new roof decks. Roof decks are possibly the easiest, least expensive, and most rewarding way that urban dwellers can increase their private living space without the trauma of building a large addition or the aggravation of relocating. One of my favorite…
You may have heard of the LEED Certification system, which is a national standard for green building. LEED is still rare in residential remodeling, due to the high costs involved in retrofitting the existing home and the rigorous third-party certification process. That being said, one of my favorite aspects of LEED is that it requires…
Jon has been building custom homes and remodeling for over half of his life (which, I jokingly remind him, is a very long time). And simply by practicing thoughtful and responsible habits — considering long-term and life-cycle sustainability, and maximizing nature’s resources in an efficient and conserving manner — he was a green builder, I believe, long…
Jon Cumming and I have put a lot of thought into what “building green” means to us, as builders, contractors, architects and designers are at the forefront of the surging eco-friendly movement. We decided that — although there are a handful of exclusively “green” remodelers in the area enjoying great demand, and believe me it’s tempting…
