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Asphalt maintenance with acrylic crack fillers and CrackMaster Supreme Once moisture penetrates the asphalt, it will deteriorate the underlying layers, eventually causing failure. One of the major ways moisture penetrates asphalt is through cracking. These cracks allow water into the pavement which slowly breaks it down, eventually forming a pothole. SealMaster Hawaii provides cold and hot pour crack sealants, such as CrackMaster Supreme, that will stop moisture. It also provides all the necessary tools and equipment to get the job done. Asphalt repair If cracks are not repaired soon enough, a pothole could form. SealMaster Hawaii has a high performance pothole patch, PatchMaster, which can repair those problems. This product can be used in any weather and is easy to use: just pour and tamp.
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Equipment SealMaster Hawaii is the only local manufacturing facility with oil that meets state specifications. SS-1H (tack coat) is an anionic asphalt emulsion designed for use as a tack coat for patching, paving and coating processes. SS-1H is available in 5gallon pails or in any bulk quantity. Tack coat acts like glue and binds the hot asphalt to the current surface. It is sprayed in the patch area and around the edges. CQS-1H is a cationic asphalt emulsion designed for use in slurry seals. The City and County of Honolulu used this oil last year to slurry seal, which was done
Sealcoat Sealcoating protects against oxidation. Unsealed pavement allows water to penetrate into and through the pavement structure leading to base erosion and ultimately pavement failure. Sealcoating provides a protective barrier to stop water penetration. Also, if left unsealed, oil and gasoline will soften and deteriorate the exposed asphalt binder. Sealcoating provides a protective barrier that resists attack from oil and gasoline. SealMaster Hawaii provides two main sealcoat products: SealMaster Ready-To-Use and OptiPave Plus. These products are made at the company’s shop in Mapunapuna with local materials. It was designed to be made with Hawaii products for Hawaii asphalt. Traffic paint SealMaster traffic paints are high per-
SportMaster SportMaster tennis court surfaces are technically advanced, 100 percent acrylic resins to ensure long-term protection from all the elements and supreme resistance to the sun’s damaging ultraviolet degradation. Tennis court resurfacing is a unique trade, and sports surfaces are not available in common hardware stores. SportMaster sports surfaces are available at SealMaster Hawaii. Not only does it stock sports surfaces and repair products, but also many of the common tools used for mixing and applying tennis court resurfacing products. The City and County of Honolulu has used Sport-Master in fixing more than 70 tennis courts last year. Sports surfaces for basketball, roller hockey, track and field and other sports also are available.
All product specifications and MSDS are located on the company’s website at www.sealmasterhawaii.com. Pavement maintenance is simple with the help of SealMaster Hawaii. Do it yourself or use a SealMaster-authorized contractor. SealMaster Hawaii services all islands. Call 839-2782 and visit the company showroom, located at 2927 Mokumoa St. Representatives will be at the Hawaii Buildings, Facilities and Property Management Expo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7 and 8 at Neal Blaisdell Center, booth #512. MARCH 4, 2012 | HAWAII RENOVATION | 3
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eco Painting Hawaii offers residential and commercial interior and exterior painting, as well as wood staining and a variety of faux finishing services. But the services don’t end there. Our sister company, Aloha Interior Design & Remodeling, takes upgrading your home to new levels — offering wallpapering, venetian plastering and mosaic tiling services as well. Our motto is “dream the unthinkable, build the unimaginable.” This can be seen firsthand in the owner’s personal residence, where a few colors on the palette are enhanced by contrasting textures and accent colors. Deco Painting uses a special tech-
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ith record crowds at this past January’s BIA Home Building and Remodeling Show at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, the “buzz” among attendees was solar electricity. Hawaii’s leading solar design and installation firm, RevoluSun, was one of the busiest booths at the show, according to a number of BIA staff. Hundreds of homeowners visited RevoluSun to talk one on one with the company’s experts to learn about solar energy and how it can work for them. “This year our goal for the BIA Show was honest, data-driven, solar education,” said Eric Carlson, RevoluSun principal. “Because of the amount of confusing information in the marketplace regarding which solar company is the largest, RevoluSun pulled permit data from the City and County of Honolulu Building Department to showcase the truth.” In 2011, RevoluSun installed solar systems in 951 homes — more than double the amount of its nearest competitor. “These numbers are nice to see, but
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also can check out one of the free solareducation series RevoluSun holds in locations around Oahu every month as well as on Maui and the Big Island. Find a listing of these free open houses and solar education seminars at RevoluSun .com or by calling 748-8888.
it’s not our top measure of success,” Carlson added. “Numbers don’t mean anything unless our clients are receiving the highest level of support, service, design, product and installation. Because we focus on this side of the equation, we expect to continue to be Hawaii’s No. 1 choice for solar electric systems.” For those of you who missed the show, RevoluSun recommends homeowners interested in a solar system should:
• Ask if company employees are NABCEP-certified. NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Professionals) is the national “gold standard” for PV installation certification. Designed to raise industry standards and promote consumer confidence, NABCEP offers certification and certificate programs to renewableenergy professionals throughout North America. RevoluSun boasts five out of the seven NABCEP-certified professionals on Oahu.
• Get comfortable with the technology and the installer by visiting a solar open house, where other Hawaii homeowners invite the public to see their solar system in action, and talk story about design, installation and how it affected them. Hawaii homeowners
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f you’re getting ready to sell your house, take a moment to look at your roof from a potential buyer’s perspective. Does your roof look ratty or like a problem waiting to happen with tattered or missing shingles? Or does your roof look clean and wellmaintained? Hawaii’s real estate market is fairly competitive, so it makes sense to get your roof in tip-top condition and ready for showing. Whether you just need to buff up the roof for showing or opt to replace your roof, a call to Murakami’s Roofing for a free roof inspec-
tion makes sense. If you do replace your roof, according to Remodeling magazine’s 2010-2011 Cost to Value Report for Honolulu, 65.5 percent of the cost for an average roof replacement is recouped. This is higher than the national average of 59.5 percent of the cost recouped. The company offers free roof inspections, so call Murakami’s Roofing at 348-8270 to set up a free inspection by a roofing professional. Murakami’s will make a recommendation to repair or replace and will provide a written estimate based on the condition
and size of your roof. The following do-ityourself steps to beautify your roof are among the top 10 basic repairs recommended by Marilyn Lewis of MSN Real Estate: • Replace missing shingles or broken tiles. This is not entirely a do-ityourself repair, but easily improves the appearance of your roof. Call a roofing professional if you need help. • Wash and treat the roof. Mold is a common problem in Hawaii, causing a dark appearance in some areas where the mold is growing. Power wash the roof and treat
with a zinc solution recommended by a roofing professional. • Clean and caulk the gutters. Clear out leaves and debris from the gutters, and while you’re there, recaulk the gutter end caps. Just like your bathtub or kitchen sink, old caulk allows for leaking, or in the case of your roof, will cause pooling and potential damage. When you need help, Murakami’s Roofing is ready. The Murakami family began their roofing business more than 35 years ago in Kaneohe. Clinton Murakami grew up learning the business
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he Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “nanotechnology” as the art of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale. Nano Tek-On takes this art to a higher level, benefiting office buildings, industrial and agricultural complexes, hotels, condos and individual homes. Nano Tek-On’s products reduce costs by eliminating expensive cleaning products, cutting the time needed to clean and maintain surfaces or the costs involved in replacing them. Nano TekOn’s advanced technology also can save on water costs, equipment repair and replacement. Often, the cost of “moneysaving” products outweighs the cost-saving benefits. This is not so with Nano Tek-On. Harald von Sydow, director of Nano Tek-On, explains that its surface protective coatings, for example, will reduce cleaning costs by up to 90 percent with
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up to 10-year warranties. Think about that statistic for a minute: reduce cleaning time of glass, stone, tiles and grout, even stainless steel by up to 90 percent. That is very impressive! Nano Tek-On’s surface protective coatings are perma-
nent, invisible and not slippery. The technology used makes it possible to fill the pores of these surfaces, blocking dirt, stains and corrosion. Other Nano Tek-On products seemingly permit surfaces to clean themselves. Perfect for using on walkways, driveways, roofs and eaves. Just watch as the dirt seems to disappear. If you have surfaces that are subject to mold and mildew or are porous and in areas where bacteria and allergens collect, you know how expensive and nearly impossible they are to clean. Nano Tek-On’s antimicrobial coatings put molecular spears to work to kill these illnesscausing microbes. And they work in residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural applications. Another Nano Tek-On product that works in all these areas is HydroFlow. Not a coating, HydroFlow is an environmentally safe system installed (plugged on) on the
plumbing of a structure to break down existing lime-scale deposits, and prevent future build up. This adds years of life to dishwashers, refrigerator/freezers, pumps, heat exchangers and even boilers in apartment buildings and solar hot-water systems. All of these Nano Tek-On products are environmentally friendly. And von Sydow says that Nano Tek-On’s experienced staff will apply the coatings and install HydroFlow, or show you or your maintenance people how to maintain the products.
To see a HyrdoFlow unit and how these coatings work, come to the Hawaii Buildings, Facilities & Property Management Expo on Wednesday, March 7 and Thursday, March 8 at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. You’ll find Nano Tek-On at Booth #518, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, and admission is free. If you cannot make it to the show, please visit nanotekhi.com or call 395-2996 and learn how the company puts nanotechnology to work for you, lowering maintenance, time and labor costs.
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he Building Industry Association of Hawaii (BIA-Hawaii) will present the 27th annual BIA Renaissance Building & Remodeling Awards on May 2, 2012 during the Gala Awards Dinner at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. This premier statewide competition is open to all residential and commercial projects, either new construction or remodeled, that have not been previously entered in a BIA Renaissance Building & Remodeling Awards competition. To enter the competition, the new final deadline is
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online at www.biahawaii.org. For more information and to obtain a BIA Renaissance Building & Remodeling Awards entry form, call Clarice Watanabe at 629-7503, email ckw@biahawaii.org or visit the www.biahawaii.org website. Chartered in 1955, the Building Industry Association of Hawaii is a professional trade organization affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders, representing the building industry and its associates. The 500 members of BIA-Hawaii are devel-
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stone floor. The thought of putting down a floor that will last a lifetime appeals to many consumers, and if you can afford the upfront investment, your beautiful wood or stone flooring will end up costing you less than two or three carpet change outs, depending on your selection. But where to begin? Shirley Pai Hilton is president and CEO of Hawaii’s largest wood flooring wholesaler, Pacific Imports International, and she understands the consumer’s plight. After years of being in the woodflooring business and educating hundreds of consumers one on one, Hilton decided that one of
the best ways to effectively educate her customers would be in the form of a short seminar. Hilton is one of the foremost experts on wood flooring in Hawaii and she is very happy to share in-depth information on the various types of wood flooring, decorating with wood flooring and proper installation of the products. Her expertise is often tapped for local home improvement publications, and she also has consulted on many large flooring projects.
Thus Pacific Imports’ “Wood and Stone Flooring 101� seminars were born. The totally free seminar is held monthly at the company’s beautiful 3,000-squarefoot showroom, where guests enjoy a continental breakfast while Hilton walks attendees through valuable information such as the various types of wood flooring, the pros and cons of each type, wood species and their characteristics, installations, moldings, moisture issues and subfloor preparation, among others. Lasting about 90 minutes, feedback from past attendees has always been incredibly positive. Even seasoned professionals, such as contractors and architects, have been in atten-
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momentum each year and will continue to influence how we build our homes,” said Ken Laughlin, president of HLPA. “Homeowners who choose to build green using boratetreated lumber are fundamentally creating a home that preserves the future of our environment.” To encourage the use of treated wood in Hawaii, HLPA is committed to promoting wood as a sustainable and economical building material. As Hawaii’s only devoted lumber association, the HLPA is dedicated to providing homeowners and building industry professionals with information on wood’s environmental benefits and money-saving opportunities. Wood’s worth is rooted in the fact that it is the most environmentally sustainable building material. From this, homeowners can benefit from reduced costs during the building process and all through the
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it all. He will not only conduct a thorough evaluation of your roof’s current condition, but also will work hand in hand with the electrical contractor to determine the most ideal panel layout for your home, without compromising the water tightness of the roof. Upon completion of the installation, they also will waterproof all areas with roof perforations. The other major, if not most important, component of a PV system is the
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electrical component. An experienced and knowledgeable licensed electrical contractor has the ability to not only properly size a system to offset your specific power consumption, but methodically install and power up the entire system. Conduit size and type, proper fittings, wire size and type, disconnecting means, grounding means, etc. are all part of the electrical aspect. The state of Hawaii requires a licensed electrical con-
tractor to provide the complete installation of your PV system. A licensed electrical contractor has thorough knowledge of electrical codes (NEC) and a full understanding of engineering principles and hazards associated with electrical and photovoltaic power systems. Prior to finalizing your PV system size, All G Electric will conduct a thorough electrical evaluation. This will not only assess your electrical consumption but also address any major electrical concerns such as rewiring, panel replacement and other electrical tasks to help improve the overall electrical safety and efficiency of your home. Increasing the home’s efficiency and updating its electrical system can
potentially reduce your consumption, resulting in a lower electric bill. A lower electric bill means a smaller PV system and less out-of-pocket money that you will need to spend. There are a number of existing and pending codes and standards that govern the installation of PV systems and equipment. In most cases, the standard for photovoltaic systems is the National Electrical Code (NEC), published every three years by the National Fire Protection Association. There are codes specific to PV system installations, as well as a number of other articles covering wiring methods, overcurrent protection and disconnect provisions, grounding and other issues. PV systems are required to be inspected by a City and County electrical inspector. Using an electrical contractor with the right know-how will help facilitate the entire process so that permits will be closed and HECO will be coordinated and Net Energy Metering will be installed. In celebration of this perfect union, Murakami’s Roofing is offering free rain gutters on any home needing a complete re-roof, and All G Electric is offering your choice of a free 200 amp upgrade (overhead only) or backfeed system, which allows a generator to power a portion of your home through the electrical panel during the next power outage without needing to run extension cords. The minimum PV system size is 5 kW. Feel free to contact us for a comprehensive photovoltaic home evaluation at 531-2554 (ALLG) or 3488270.
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