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The Fixr team is both proud and humbled to have received over 500 5-star reviews on TrustPilot for its Roofing Calculator app. If you're in need of roof repair or replacement after a stormy summer, go to roofingcalculator.com for your free cost estimate. Click below to read a few of our happy customer stories.

You're in the grocery to grab something quick for dinner. 🧺 After a long, hard day, you still need to pick kids up from the ball field. By the time you get home, the entire brood will be hangry. 👺 You have no time to waste. A frozen pizza sounds good but— 20 minutes to preheat the oven + 20 minutes to bake = 40 minutes. Will they last that long? ⏲️ Oh, wait! You have a brand new smart oven! While dodging other shoppers in the frozen food section, you whip out your phone 📱 and set the oven to preheat. Then you pop that pizza into the cart, and head for the checkout. Within the hour, kids are picked up, fed, and heading to their rooms to do homework. This is just one example of why automation and smart appliances top the list of smart home technology trends for 2024. Don't cook? No problem. Smart home technology has infiltrated every area of our lives. Fixr analysts surveyed 71 top interior design and home staging experts to uncover the latest smart home tech trends. Some key takeaways include: • 80% of experts agree that automation is the dominant smart home trend in 2024 • smart security follows closely at 73% • 70% of experts say smart lighting outshines other tech this year • 57% point to voice assistants as a must-have. Where would you most benefit from smart home technology? Click through to read what experts have to say. Then, to learn more about how smart technology is transforming the home design industry and creating new opportunities for professionals in this field, visit the link in the final slide to read the full report. Shivani Vyas

Whether you want to fix up your home to sell, or need remodeling ideas that keep your home from rocking that vintage vibe, our Home Buyers' Top Priority Features in 2024 report has everything you need to know. Fixr data analysts interviewed 56 industry experts who chose features they believe are the most wanted by home buyers in 2024. Here are a few of the top results. For more, visit the link on the final slide.

𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭. Fixr content specialist Carol J. Alexander 🏡 spent 20 years feeding six kids in her kitchen/dining room before having the bandwidth to remodel. 💰 💰 As a homesteading/homeschooling family, the kitchen had seen many hours of canning and preserving of home grown fruit, vegetables, and meat. 🥫 Add the many large-family meals, 🍲 and the wear and tear showed. This kitchen needed a complete gut remodel. Carol, husband, and sons removed the original 1960s cabinetry and replaced it with new custom-made cabinets and dual cabinetry pantries. They blocked up an unused door and window to create more wall space, 🚪 resized the remaining window for more natural light, and replaced the exterior doors in the dining room. The new kitchen and dining room feature: • Wilsonart solid surface countertops • Mosaic luxury vinyl plank flooring in Nord Cement • Moen fixture in brushed stainless • Custom kitchen cabinets painted Kendall Charcoal by Benjamin Moore • DPI Kingston brick wall panel painted Vanilla Milkshake by Benjamin Moore • Lighting by Quoizel, Kira Home, and Kenroy Home in stained glass, brushed nickel, and cork • Window blinds by ChrisDowa "I'm thrilled," says Carol. "And to say we did it ourselves is mind-boggling. The only items we tasked out were the block work and the custom cabinets. But if my husband and sons didn't have trades experience, we never would have tackled it. It was a lot of work and took months." Need ideas for your kitchen reno? Check out Fixr's 2024 Kitchen & Bathroom Trends Report. (link in the final slide) Click through to see the Alexanders' kitchen makeover.

The big storm is coming your way. You cross your fingers and hope for the best! Meanwhile, as you pack your car to head out of Dodge, you notice your neighbor looks unruffled by the whole event. Four days later, you both return home. Your home is in shambles. The neighbor's? Not so much. Should you have had those hurricane shutters installed after all? It seemed so expensive at the time. The cost to prepare for a hurricane does sound prohibitive, until one hits. Then reality sets in. Click through to see a comparison of the two. And for more in-depth information, the link to the full report is on the last slide. 

When you start to get nervous because your phone's not ringing off the hook, Fixr helps you grow your business. We know the need to stay busy is crucial. Whether you're just starting your home remodeling business or need leads to see you through a slow time, we're here to help. Our vast library of home remodeling content includes cost guides, original research, trends reports, and cost calculators that attract homeowners who are looking for answers. From there, we gather leads to pass on to you. Each lead is text-verified and meets a strict qualification process before being sold. When you buy leads from Fixr, you're assured the homeowner is waiting for your call. Shoot us a DM and we'll connect you with a sales rep today.

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School's back in session. 📝 The days are growing shorter. But that doesn't mean outdoor living is done yet. 🔥 You still have time to host an evening soiree for coworkers, invite the neighbors for a BBQ, or just relax in your own hot tub at the end of the day. 🛀 And, there's still time to make a few improvements to your outdoor living space. For that, you need Fixr's Outdoor Living Trends Report for 2024. Scroll through these slides to see amazing tips to elevate your outdoor living experience.

Do you struggle to match wall and trim color? Maybe you need ideas for window treatments? Or, more seriously, how to protect your home from wildfires? For all that and more, Fixr has you covered. When you subscribe to the Fixr Designr, you receive the best of expert tips for decorating, how-to, and fresh home improvement ideas. In its bi-weekly installments, you'll read articles that assist you with common home improvement projects, like painting your siding, estimating costs, choosing the materials, and more! And if you don't subscribe, you're missing out. Click the link 👇, and never suffer FOMO again.

When you read articles like "Teen Roofer Fatally Electrocuted on the Job, Federal Probe Launched" on sites like Roofing Contractor Magazine, you can't help but wonder what's being done to make the industry safer for all. Here's some good news. Roofing workers encounter risks from side, rear, and front of head impacts, as well as flying debris and overhead hazards. But for all these scenarios, the typically worn Type I ANSI rated hard hat doesn't provide adequate protection. Some studies now suggest workers who want the best protection should consider wearing a Type II helmet with a chin strap. To aid in this research, this summer Virginia Tech's Helmet Lab began developing a grading system for construction helmets. Their 18-month study will analyze the types of head impacts workers experience on job sites, couple that with data collected from sensors used in decades of studies performed on athletic helmets, to determine which helmets best protect workers. According to a VT press release, this work is funded and guided by the John R. Gentille Foundation, ELECTRI International, the American Society of Concrete Contractors, and the Association of Union Constructors. As a building contractor or home remodeling professional, you want to keep your eye on the VT Helmet Lab next August for their results.