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Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings to work with the surrounding landscape, to be part of the local environment and to cause minimal impact. To say he inspires people today, nearly 60 years since his death, is beyond doubt and is no small measure due to his designs being well ahead of their time. Wright’s love of flat roofs is obvious in his work and is almost a signature touch in his building design. He worked mainly in the Mid-West and California, but his architecture also made its way to the East Coast, with many of his designs becoming finished buildings. Fortunately, there are still examples of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural delights to view today. Among the inspirational Frank Lloyd Wright buildings on the East Coast are: Crimson Beech-Staten Island Zimmerman House-Manchester, New Hampshire Rayward Shepherd House- New Canaan, Connecticut Theodore Baird Residence- Amherst, Massachusetts Let’s get a little inspiration by looking at each building in a bit more detail. Crimson Beech -Staten Island The only Frank Lloyd Wright residential dwelling in New York. Though not open to the public, passersby can still see his unique design and marvel at how the roof seems to work perfectly with the building it protects. The house is a pre-fabricated one, which was unusual on the East Coast at the time and was completed shortly before Wright’s death in […]

Hartford is happening. And Chaffee Roofing is poised to see the differences as Hartford reinvents itself. Installing and repairing commercial roofs for over 100 years, Chaffee has won industrial accolades for its performance, including a nod from CertainTeed Saint-Gobain as a Gold Standard Contractor, and the Centurion Award for installing its 100th perfect 10 roof. As a roofing contractor specializing in flat commercial roofs in the northeastern United States, Chaffee Roofing salutes Hartford as it picks itself and dusts itself off. Historic buildings of charm and character that have sat empty on what were once bustling streets are morphing into new spaces: An investor spent 36-million dollars changing the office supply building on Capitol Street into Capitol Lofts, and urban dwellers who want to live where they can walk to restaurants, shops, and cafes, are lining up for lofts. And you may know that two fellows known as the Goodwin brothers built a snazzy upscale apartment building in 1881 that later became a landmark hotel in Hartford, and in 2017 a restoration resulted in the Goodwin Boutique hotel that exudes an urban chic. The city of Mark Twain is standing up on two feet while snapping its suspenders, and developers, architects, business people, politicians, millennials looks for a mid-sized city that mixes a laidback vibe with urban offerings and, yes, roofers, are talking notice. In […]

Chaffee Roofing knows New England: We are a third-generation, family-owned roofing company that has installed over 30 million square feet of roofing for prolific companies and start-ups. Why should this information matter to you, as you set out to find the right roofing contractor for your business? Let us share 3 compelling reasons that you should consider an established roofer that has left a long line of satisfied customers in its wake. Chaffee Roofing removes the drama from roof installation Principia, the prolific consulting firm, published a report titled Commercial Roofing 2016, pointing out that as the demand for commercial roofing has increased in recent years, so has consumer demand for better service – before, during, and after installation. But as consumers look for roofing companies who will work with them as true partners in improving their commercial real estate, they are finding that roofers are not uniformly up to this task. The Better Business Bureau received more complaints about roofers and utility contractors, in 2016, than any other type of businesses. Ouch. Chaffee Roofing does not deal in surprises and drama. We know that you have better things to do than micro-manage your roofing contractor. You will hardly know that we are there Well, this is a (slight) exaggeration. Let us just say that as we install your roof, we make every decision through […]

Human beings have been insulating the roofs of their dwellings for thousands of years: This charming house is Iceland is insulated with a traditional thatched roof of straw and reeds, a country where turf roofs date back to the 9th century. Insulation for roofing has evolved over its history, though its fundamental purposes remains the same: To keep the heat inside a structure, and, when the summer sun shines, the coolness. For industrial structures, roofing insulation is big deal :- • Owners of commercial buildings in America, as a group, save more than 9.6 billion dollars a year, in energy costs, by insulating their buildings, including their roofs. This is 3 times the amount – 3 billion – that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg and his wife have donated to “cure all disease.” • And it is not only money that is saved, insulation in commercial buildings saves energy –by 12 quadrillion BTUs – yes, that is a huge number, and is equal to about 15% of all of the energy used in our country every year. For those of us living in the northeast of our country that sprawls across 6 climate zones, meaning our commercial roofs must stand up to snow, sleet, hail and sun, we should know that: • Choosing the right insulation for our commercial roofs is best done in consultation with […]