Sept.

15, 2010
D1
INSIDE
Use a little
energy this fall
to save a lot
on energy costs
this winter,
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Get the most

out of your
mower as you
prepare lawn
for winter,
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CLEANING CREW — McPike employees remove algae from a roof of a storage unit.
Perspective photo / Steve Geiselman

Fall’s a great
time to prepare
a new garden
Save money
for next year,
page D4 Cleaning a roof
Let there be increases lifespan
light — or not.
Window film is of a roof by
a bold, or
subtle, option, 5 years
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Algae unsightly,
decreases life of roof,
Color your
world with increases utility costs
paint; warm up
a room with by Lisa Fipps
draperies,
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managing editor
editor@kokomoperspective.com

“ It’s simply a

L
ook up. Are
there streaks way to save your
and stains on roof. We can also
As it gets your roof? If use it to clean
so, expect to
colder, it’s time have to pay for a new roof
algae off siding,
to have furnace to be installed five years gutters and
serviced, earlier than you had origi- overhangs. The
page D7 nally planned. chemicals are UP ON THE ROOF — Mcpike's Paul Townsend uses a
Those streaks and safe for humans, chemical solution and hot water to clean a roof.
stains are more than un- Perspective photo / Steve Geiselman
sightly. They’re costing
pets and
you money — in more landscaping. Mother Nature unleashes, the shingle,” he said. “It
Don’t get ways than one. shingle manufacturers doesn’t allow the roof to
hammered; tips Brian McPike, sales add limestone. Limestone breathe.”

manager at H.P. McPike
for choosing a Inc., explained the prob-
good contractor lem.
for your project, To make roof shingles
page D9 heavy enough to with-
”
makes shingles heavier. McPike gets many a
Problem is, limestone call from local residents
also attracts algae, who think that the streaks
stand high winds and McPike said. and stains mean they need
other weather conditions “The algae deteoriates new roofs. A new roof can

SAVE–D2