About Robert Collins
Rob Collins serves as President/Owner of Quarve Contracting, a leading home exterior remodeling contractor in the Twin Cities founded in 1983 by Pat Quarve. His background and experience includes leading teams, marketing and strategy development for brands including Pella Windows and Doors, EMCO Storm Doors, Nike, Valvoline and Buffalo Wild Wings. In his personal time, Rob enjoys time with family in the wilderness, working in the woodshop and RV camping.Home remodeling here in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area has seen a real boom in recent years. Remodeling your home can be exciting, and it’s a way for you to get the look and function out of your home that you’re currently lacking.
Read MoreThere are some considerations that need to be taken into account before you decide on metal roofing for your home here in Minnesota.
Read MoreMetal roofing is a good solid option for most homes here in the Minneapolis area and the rest of Minnesota, but it can be a bit more difficult deciding whether you should install a skylight into that same roofing.
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photo courtesy of minnpost.com There are plenty of myths floating around that keep people from getting metal roofing. Even if you live in a section of the world with serious winters like Minnesota, you can enjoy plenty of benefits from a good quality metal roof.
Read MoreWhat if you could put a siding product on your home that would last for decades? And what if that siding was eco-friendly? That siding product is here and available in the Minneapolis area - it's seamless steel siding.
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Pat Quarve has been installing steel siding in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area for nearly 40 years. Pat's first steel siding installation is a Minneapolis home shown in this photo and had steel siding put on by Pat in 1983.
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(Editor's note: This post is the first in our new series of project spotlights where in each post we'll share the details of a recent exterior remodeling job.) This home on the bay of White Bear Lake, Minnesota was the perfect candidate for a metal roof.
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(Editor's note: In Part 1 of our interview with Pat Quarve, owner/CEO of our Minneapolis area roofing company, we asked him to share some basics about metal roofing. In that post he discussed the drawbacks of standing seam metal roofing as well as different types of coatings.
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Installing metal roofing on homes in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area is our specialty. Metal roofs are becoming very popular, both in Minnesota and throughout the country. But for many people it's a new technology they're not very familiar with.
Read MoreWe install energy-efficient replacement windows in the Minneapolis area, so we understand there are a lot of decisions to be made. When shopping for replacement windows, you'll find you have numerous options to choose from.
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