Articles
As a local family company, ABV Contractors wants to be your resource when you need us and your source for expertise and advice when you don’t. The articles below are one way we can help by sharing simple insights.
Would you rather prevent a problem or merely handle it?
July 2026
This is the third in a series of quarterly articles to help homeowners with things you can do yourself now that can avoid expensive repair work later.
Every day, homeowners have to make this decision: Will they act early with basement waterproofing methods — and be proactive? Or wait until they need to act — and be reactive — after water has invaded their home? It’s not as easy a choice as it might seem. The proactive measure requires a greater investment in time and money, while a reactive strategy seemingly saves money. We say “seemingly” because once a problem is discovered, costly damage may have already occurred.
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Water is your foundation’s worst enemy.
April 2026
This is the second in a series of quarterly articles to help homeowners with things you can do yourself now that can avoid expensive repair work later.
This time of year in the Cleveland area, the weather fluctuates greatly. We’ve had sunny 60˚ days followed by snow. One thing we can count on — sometimes unfortunately — is that there’s plenty of water. On average, there are 159 annual rainy days and 46 snowy days in Northeast Ohio, creating 41" of rain and 64" of snow, both of which far exceed the U.S. averages.
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Gutters don’t like the cold weather.
Winter 2026
This is the first in a series of quarterly articles to help homeowners with things you can do yourself now that can avoid expensive gutter leak repair work later.
Since we’re in the Cleveland area, we all know plenty about tough winters — including all the problems they can bring — some more obvious than others.
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