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Total Home Roofing has been recognized nationally as one of the Top 100 Roofing Contractors by Roofing Contractor magazine. The team at Total Home Roofing consists of the most reliable and experienced roofers serving the Brevard County, Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida area.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA Total Home Roofing has been recognized nationally as one of the Top 100 Roofing Contractors by Roofing Contractor magazine.The team at Total Home Roofing consists of the most reliable and experienced roofers serving the Brevard County, Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida area.

A special thanks to the tireless efforts of the entire Total Home Team members, and of course our amazing customers, for helping elevate our humble little roofing company to national levels, said owner Kevin Delaney.

Total Home Roofing has grown to become among the largest and most trusted residential roofing companies in the country, with offices in Cincinnati, Orlando, Brevard and Volusia counties.

Total Home Roofing hasmore than200 employees, and as one of Central Floridas largest and most respected roofing contractors, strives for 100percent customer satisfaction. (See testimonials below)

From our knowledgeable roofing consultants, to our highly trained courteous and respectful roofing crews, Total Homesgoal is to handle all the stress and frustration of any major construction project, said Delaney.

Total Home Roofingfeatures roofing, re-roofing and roof repair services and always provide theirclients with the highest quality workmanship in the industry.

Total Home Roofing takes great pride in ensuring your satisfactionand appreciates all the feedback theyreceive.

TOPS IN AMERICA: The team at Total Home Roofing, led by owner Kevin Delaney, consists of the most reliable and experienced roofers serving the Orlando, Brevard and Daytona Beach Florida area. Total Home Roofing features roofing, re-roofing and roof repair services and always provide their clients with the highest quality workmanship in the industry. CALL 321-394-8850 FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

Check out some of Total Home Roofingsrecent work and see what theirclients are saying about them:

Just do yourself a favor, you will be glad you hired them. They explained and answered all my concerns and questions. They were prompt and attentive with concerns and placed the missing fascia. They replied to my emails right away, and were very considerate. This roofing company works hard to make their customers happy. I will recommend them to my friends and family. James W.: Winter Park, Florida

Just do yourself a favor, you will be glad you hired them. They explained and answered all my concerns and questions. They were prompt and attentive with concerns and placed the missing fascia. They replied to my emails right away, and were very considerate. This roofing company works hard to make their customers happy. I will recommend them to my friends and family.

James W.: Winter Park, Florida

We received several quotes. Their quote was competitive with their competitors. The price was better than most. The presentation and level of detail during the sales effort was better than the competition. The crew arrived on time each morning. They were professional in every regard. They cleaned the yard each day before leaving. The work quality was superb. It was clear that customer satisfaction was important to them. I recommend them highly. Amy R.: Melbourne, Florida

We received several quotes. Their quote was competitive with their competitors. The price was better than most. The presentation and level of detail during the sales effort was better than the competition. The crew arrived on time each morning. They were professional in every regard. They cleaned the yard each day before leaving. The work quality was superb. It was clear that customer satisfaction was important to them. I recommend them highly.

Amy R.: Melbourne, Florida

FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC! They were very fast, efficient, and in the end a job very well done. All the neighbors were wow-ed as well! Wouldnt consider using anyone else, A++ in my book! Virgil L.: Daytona Beach, Florida

FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC! They were very fast, efficient, and in the end a job very well done. All the neighbors were wow-ed as well! Wouldnt consider using anyone else, A++ in my book!

Virgil L.: Daytona Beach, Florida

Total Homes Roofing had been on several of the same job sites that I had worked on, and I had only heard good things, so when my wife asked for a referral for one of the ladies she works with at her Law firm I gave her the name of Total Home Roofing. My wife and I would highly recommend them to anyone in the Brevard area. Richard C.: Merritt Island, Florida

Total Homes Roofing had been on several of the same job sites that I had worked on, and I had only heard good things, so when my wife asked for a referral for one of the ladies she works with at her Law firm I gave her the name of Total Home Roofing. I was a little nervous because if it didnt go well I would have heard about it for a very long time, and usually when I think about working with a roofing company I get very nervous because of all of the horror stories you hear, but my wife said her co-worker was amazed at how friendly and professional they were and loved the job and working with Jake. My wife and I would highly recommend them to anyone in the Brevard area.

Richard C.: Merritt Island, Florida

I just started working with Total Home Roofing and Construction a few weeks ago and by far this company has the highest dedication level to serve their customers. If you choose to have work done on your home and you are in need of a terrific company that is willing to go above and beyond your needs and expectations this is the company to choose!!! Jessica Coley

I just started working with Total Home Roofing and Construction a few weeks ago and by far this company has the highest dedication level to serve their customers. If you choose to have work done on your home and you are in need of a terrific company that is willing to go above and beyond your needs and expectations this is the company to choose!!!

Jessica Coley

I was home when they wrapped up the job and they had 3 guys with the magnet brooms sweeping for nails. They went all the way around the house 10-12 feet looking for nails. It took them over an hour to sweep for nails which was impressive. Overall, I am very pleased with the work performed and highly recommend Total Home. Total Homes team was responsive to phone calls, emails, and text messages. If you are re-roofing I recommend investigating the OC products and the extended warranty they offer. Jeff Driscoll

I was home when they wrapped up the job and they had 3 guys with the magnet brooms sweeping for nails. They went all the way around the house 10-12 feet looking for nails. It took them over an hour to sweep for nails which was impressive. Overall, I am very pleased with the work performed and highly recommend Total Home. Total Homes team was responsive to phone calls, emails, and text messages. If you are re-roofing I recommend investigating the OC products and the extended warranty they offer.

Jeff Driscoll

Kevin quoted the job within a couple of days of us contacting him and started the job the next week. He was able to get us the dimensional shingle we wanted and stayed in touch with us throughout the job. I was surprised to look outside one day and see him up on the roof with the roofers. He is very thorough! Denise M.: Orlando, Florida

Kevin quoted the job within a couple of days of us contacting him and started the job the next week. He was able to get us the dimensional shingle we wanted and stayed in touch with us throughout the job. I was surprised to look outside one day and see him up on the roof with the roofers. He is very thorough!

Denise M.: Orlando, Florida

During the last rain storm, I experienced a leak from the furnace gas vent above the roof. Since I had used Total Home in the past and was extremely pleased with their work, I didnt hesitate to call them again. They came out and checked out the entire roof and explained where the leak was coming from. They sent out a technician within a couple of days and it was fixed very professionally. When I think of integrity, I think of Total Home. They are outstanding. Jason D.: Orlando, Florida

During the last rain storm, I experienced a leak from the furnace gas vent above the roof. Since I had used Total Home in the past and was extremely pleased with their work, I didnt hesitate to call them again. They came out and checked out the entire roof and explained where the leak was coming from. They sent out a technician within a couple of days and it was fixed very professionally. When I think of integrity, I think of Total Home. They are outstanding.

Jason D.: Orlando, Florida

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Tesla (tsla) said Wednesday that it has finished the first installations of its solar roofs, less than a week after the company's mass-market Model 3 cars started rolling off the production line.

Announced in its second-quarter earnings report, Bloomberg reports that these early adopters of the solar roofs are all Tesla employeesjust like the first Model 3 customers last week. Tesla said that this approach allows the company to smooth the sales and installation process ahead of a wider release to the public.

"I have them on my house, [Chief Technology Officer] J.B. [Straubel] has them on his house," CEO Elon Musk said, according to Bloomberg. "This is version one. I think this roof is going to look really knock-out as we just keep iterating."

The tiles are made to resemble regular high-end roofing material, while sunlight can pass through them onto solar cells thereby producing energy.

First unveiled last October ahead of the automaker's acquisition of solar power equipment maker SolarCity, Musk later said that the solar roof will cost less than conventional rooftops. Tesla has opened online orders since May, allowing prospective buyers to estimate the cost of installing a solar roof after putting down a $1,000 deposit.

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SIOUX CITY | A severe June 30 hail storm that dinged most of metro Sioux City also heated up certain sectors of the local economy and drew the interest of numerous outside contractors.

Phones rang off the hook at area auto body shops, insurance agencies, roofing companies and other auxiliary businesses that benefit from the storm's aftermath.

There were reports of golf ball size or larger hail in some Sioux City neighborhoods. The storm left behind piles of the frozen rain pellets large enough to resemble a light snowfall in the middle of summer in areas.

Charese Yanney, owner and managing partner of Sioux City-based Guarantee Roofing, Siding and Insulation Co., said the hail storm may have been the most widespread since a June 1978 that pelted nearly the entire metro area with pellets as large as softballs.

The late June 30 storm was nearly as widespread, sparing only portions of the northside and Riverside neighborhoods, she said. It came on the heels of earlier hail storms this summer that caused widespread damage in cities to the north such as Hinton, Iowa, Akron, Iowa and Elk Point, South Dakota.

In the aftermath, Guarantee Roofing and other roofing crews with more work than they can handle in the near future.

"I'm guessing we'll be busy for a couple years," Yanney said Friday. "You're trying to serve a lot of people, but it's hard because you just can't get to everybody at the same time."

Rick Quintana, general manager of ABRA Auto Body & Glass in Sioux City, said he cant recall seeing such an influx of customers after a storm and hes been involved in the business since the late 90s.

Its been kind of nuts around here lately, he said. Were a pretty high volume production shop probably, if not the biggest, one of the biggest in the area and we stay steady all the time.

Weve got a lot of great relationships with our insurance partners, but when something like this happens it completely turns your whole company upside down with the volume of work that comes in from it.

Roughly, Quintana thinks the hail storm has quadrupled his business and he expects to see upwards of 1,000 vehicles before its all said and done.

Local insurance firms also have been overwhelmed by a ton of post-storm calls from clients.

Kendra Hoffman and Brock DeVries are insurance agents with the Farm Bureau Financial Services office in Morningside.

DeVries said theyve been filing a lot of residential and vehicular claims.

"The low number is 150, said DeVries when asked how many claims he thinks he has written since the storm occurred. Thats a low number though. I didnt keep track of them its tough to keep track.

Hoffman noted they still have clients who are still waiting on an adjuster to stop and assess damages.

She knows the process can be frustrating for those on the waiting list, but she and DeVries said the fallout from this storm is not typical.

We appreciate the patience of the members and the clients while we work through this, she said. We are here for you, we will get through this, well return your calls its just been a lot of extra work.

Because of the widespread damage in the region, Yanney noted that many insurers are giving policy holders up to two years to file claims, far longer than under normal conditions.

Yanney, whose family business was founded by her grandfather in 1926, said most of the roofs she and her crews have examined will be fine until they can be replaced, even if it takes two years.

"It's not like they're going to leak tomorrow or the next year or the following year," she said. "

John Cain is the owner of JC Roofing & Insulating, a family-owned South Sioux City-based commercial and residential roofing company thats served the area for a little more than three decades.

Like other local businesses, Cain has been busier than normal since June 30.

Were swamped; its crazy, he said. Weve got appointments out for a couple months and were probably two weeks down from probably being able to even look at a roof right now, but its great.

Cain said since the storm, his office receives 20-30 calls a day.

I hate to see it happen, but its good for business, he said.

While the storm has provided a boom for local businesses, local roofers like Cain and Yanney are concerned by the amount of fly-by-night companies that have popped up in the area offering cheaper services to impacted homeowners.

Thats just the way it is. People come in here, they tell you they're local and they're going to be gone in a few months, Cain said. Soon as winter gets here they are going to be gone.

Next year, everybody is going to be wondering where the heck they are if they got a problem. They can guarantee you the world, but if they arent here to back it up what the hell are you going to do?

In the industry, these types of roofing contractors are called storm chasers or roofing gypsies because they swarm into an area after a calamity and promise cheaper and faster solutions that may not always be beneficial in the long run for homeowners.

According to Angies List, a popular online contractor referral service, storm chasers often do shoddy work, lack proper licensing and insurance and quickly move on to the next storm afflicted community.

Cain is keenly aware of this practice, but until this recent storm, he hasnt seen it as much in Sioux City.

Weve had storms before and Ive seen storm chasers come into town, but never seen the level that there are this time, he said. I dont know if its just not any work anywhere or what it is, but Ive seen dozens of roofers Ive never heard of in town.

With so many people still waiting on estimates or work to commence on their roof, Cain advises locals to be patient, do their research and look for familiar names when choosing their roofer.

Quintana is staffing his auto body shop and office with about a dozen workers to better accommodate customers. Appointments are filled for the next six months, he said.

Ive been in this business and in Sioux City for many, many years and I dont remember one (storm) in recent history that was even remotely close to this, he said. We kind of yearn for the weather in our business icy roads, hail, wind, tree damage, you know stuff like that.

...I hate to capitalize on somebodys misfortune kind of like going to the doctors office, were here if you need us but, man, this one has just really been incredible as far as the volume and amount of work its creating for not (just) us, but the whole industry in our market.

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Roofing pushes building permits to upper floors

A surging in roofing activity brought on by spring hailstorms continues to send construction activity soaring.

According to the City of Plainviews July building report, 161 construction permits were issued during the month for construction totaling $3,325,978.74. By comparison, the city issued 146 permits from the first of January through the end of July 2016 for a total value of $3,414,185.

For the year-to-date through July 2017, construction values stand at $9,012,578.73.

The big difference comes from roofing activity, with 134 for the month for a value of $3,255,861.74, and 401 for the year with a value of $7,039,612.82. The City of Plainview began requiring building permits for roofing Jan. 1. As a result, there is no comparison data for 2016.

Other than roofing, the city issued 27 building permits in July for a value of $70,117.

Those projects include six residential additions for $12,900; three residential remodels, $8,220; 15 garage/carports, $24,737; one commercial addition, $5,000; and two commercial remodels, $19,260.

For the year-to-date in 2017, the City of Plainview has issued permits for 20 residential additions, $63,650; 14 residential remodels, $40,003.51; one residential demolition, $10,000; 35 garage/carports, $56,087; three storage buildings, $25,500; one new commercial, $21,000; four commercial additions, $814,988; 10 commercial remodels, $773,860; one commercial demolition, $20,000; three commercial accessory, $23,000; and 14 signs, $124,877.40.

Thus far during 2017 the city has issued no permits for new residential construction, residential repair, residential accessory building nor masonry fences.

Three certificates of occupancy were issued in July, for JM Estate Liquidators, LLC, 505 Broadway; Mi Linda Michocana, 906 W. 24th; and Armor Roofing, 1023 Broadway.

Non-roofing construction permits in July include:

--Commercial remodel, Thornton Construction, 1415 W. Fifth

--Garage/carport, Manual Heredia, 1309 W. 15th

--Garage/carport, Garvina Sepeda, 1213 Davidson

--Residential remodel, Maria Porras, 1215 Portland

--Residential addition, Domino Rodriguez, 1213 Independence

--Garage/carport, Domingo Rodriguez, 1213 Independence

--Residential remodel, Juan M. Chavez, 500 S. Broadway

--Garage/carport, Jose Banales, 1506 Portland

--Residential addition, Irma Lucio, 1105 N. Broadway

--Commercial addition, Frisco Bakery, 601 E. Sixth

--Residential addition, Larry Sanderson, 1410 Nassau

--Garage/carport, Joel Castillo, 610 W. 19th

--Garage/carport, Pete Dr. Rojas, 1315 Utica

--Garage/carport, Rodolfo Calderon, 305 Cedar

--Garage/carport, Arcelia Calderon, 1611 Joliet

--Garage/carport, Graciela Romero, 613 W. 27th

--Residential addition, David Arteaga, 1306 El Camino

--Garage/carport, James Odom, 401 Ennis

--Commercial remodel, Artisan Jewelers & Repair, 4308 Olton Rd.

--Garage/carport, Angel Pena, 2604 Lexington

--Residential addition, Juan Bustos, 2504 Rochelle

--Garage/carport, Mark Ybarra, 1309 Garland

--Garage/carport, Billy Savage, 3002 W. 28th

--Garage/carport, Larry Scott, 2607 W. Seventh

--Garage/carport, Jose and Christina Lopez, 1209 Lexington

--Residential remodel, Estrella Perez, 1601 Utica

--Residential remodel, Macario Najera, 2010 Kokomo

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By line / Cutline:With the subfloor installed and primed and the vinyl tile glued down, the only remaining task is to rent a 100-pound roller from the lumberyard and roll it over the finished floor.

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My first inkling that the previous owner of our adorable little Craftsman bungalow might not have been the next Bob Vila came a week or so after we moved in, when I walked across the kitchen floor and heard a series of popping sounds.

I glanced down and realized what I'd heard was the grout in the brand-new tile floor cracking and popping up like popcorn.

The cat was thrilled; flying grout is fun to chase. I was less amused -- especially when I pulled up one of the tiles to discover why the grout was crumbling: The previous owner had installed the tiles directly onto the floorboards.

Bless.

His.

By line / Cutline:Emily Priddy runs a 100-lb. roller over the vinyl tile once it's installed.

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Heart.

With a new floor in my future, I decided to swap the ceramic tile for vinyl. It's not as elegant, but it's kinder to glassware, and it's faster and easier to install.

Out with the old

I bought an electric grout remover and took up the old floor, using a hammer and a hive tool -- a type of small pry bar, normally used for prying apart frames in a beehive -- to pull up the tiles that weren't already coming loose on their own. (A putty knife probably would have worked just as well; I just grabbed the hive tool because it was handy.)

When I was done, I put on a dust mask and goggles and ran an angle grinder over the mastic-covered floorboards to knock down the roughest spots. I'm told larger tools can be rented for this purpose, but I wasn't willing to mess with that for less than 100 square feet.

Emily Priddy runs a 100-lb. roller over the vinyl tile once it's installed.

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Installing the subfloor

The trickiest part of installing a floor is working around cabinets.

Right angles are easy: Just measure a rectangle and cut a piece of cheap quarter-inch waferboard to fit.

In my kitchen, the cabinets start about a foot into the room, with a corner cabinet at the end nearest the dining room, which creates some awkward angles.

To figure out the angle at which I needed to cut the waferboard abutting that cabinet, I cut a rectangle just wide enough to fit the narrow section of floor between the cabinet and the dining room.

A yardstick and a rectangular strip of waferboard yield a handy template for working around awkward angles while installing the subfloor.

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I slipped the waferboard into place, then laid a metal yardstick against the angled side of the cabinet and drew a line from the cabinet all the way across the board.

I cut along the line with a jigsaw, laid the now-angled end of the board on top of a new piece of waferboard the width of the angled cabinet and repeated my earlier process, this time laying the yardstick along the edge of the angled board and extending the line out to the edge of the new piece of waferboard.

The other challenge in installing the subfloor is working around doors and trim. Fortunately, the waferboard and vinyl together were about the same depth as the old tile, so I just slipped the edges of the boards and vinyl tiles under the baseboards and moved on. Had they been thicker, I'd have had to remove the baseboards, trim the moulding around the doors with a jamb cutter to allow clearance for the flooring below and reinstall the baseboards when I was done.

Once I'd cut all the waferboard and laid it in place, I anchored it to the floor with half-inch wood screws.

Priming the subfloor

By line / Cutline:Vinyl tile is relatively easy to install over an inexpensive waferboard subfloor.

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I used a short-nap weenie roller to coat the subfloor with latex floor primer, which runs less than $20 a gallon and goes on like paint.

Following the instructions on the container, I applied two coats, but given the way waferboard drinks primer, I probably should have given it a couple more to reduce uneven spots and make the tile stick better. Live and learn.

Installing the vinyl

If your house is good and square, you can use a tape measure and a chalk line to make a big cross extending out from the exact center of the floor and use it as a guide for laying self-adhesive vinyl tile, but our house is so old and wonky, I decided it would look better if I just picked the longest wall with the fewest visual distractions and aligned the tiles with that, trimming as necessary to work around awkward corners, heat registers and other obstacles.

Once I'd stuck down all the tiles, I rented a 100-pound roller from the lumberyard and ran it over the whole floor.

By line / Cutline:Installing a subfloor around an obstacle such as this heat register requires some piecework with a tape measure and jigsaw.

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I can't say it looks perfect, but the whole project cost less than $100, and it's much better than it was. At worst, if I decide I hate it later, I'll have a decent subfloor I can use as a starting point for something fancier.

In the meantime, it's an improvement that taught me a lot about flooring and gave me a good excuse to buy an angle grinder, which I'm sure will come in handy later.

By line / Cutline:I briefly thought the hardwood floor under the tile might be salvageable, but my lack of experience with the angle grinder quickly put the kibosh on that, so I went ahead with my plan to install this waferboard subfloor, followed by vinyl tile.

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ATHOL The town has received a six-figure grant from the state to help finance infrastructure improvements in the Grove Street neighborhood.

William Caldwell, vice chairman of the Athol Selectboard, and Linda Overing of Breezeway Consulting accepted a $706,748 Community Development Block Grant from the state last week in Boston. Athol Planning and Development Director Eric Smith said the money will be used to bring town sewer to Winter and Wilder streets.

He said the work will involve new roadway construction, a new water line and a sewer line installation. The area is served by septic systems currently. Smith said the grant cannot provide the direct public dollars for homeowners to connect to the new sewer line because CDBG funds can be used only on town property, but Athol will offer opportunities for homeowners to tap into housing rehabilitation grants or other resources to bring sewer connections to fruition.

Smith said a low-pressure pump sewer system is required. The grades of the existing houses prevent a standard sewer installation, he said.

Caldwell, a teacher at Athol High School, said he traveled to Boston because he was the only selectman who could make the trip on a summer weekday.

Its big money, he said Thursday. It allows us to do what we need to do.

Caldwell said he and Overing met with Gov. Charlie Baker, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash and Housing and Community Development Undersecretary Chrystal Kornegay.

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For several years, Summit County Health Department officials suspected there were septic system failures occurring in the commercial area of the lower Silver Creek neighborhood near the Interstate 80 and U.S. 40 junction.

Earlier this year, Summit County Health Department Director Rich Bullough urged the Summit County Council to consider forming a voluntary assessment area or issue a building moratorium. He said Silver Creek and East Canyon Creek had been identified as critically impaired waters, adding "they are very important tributaries of the Weber River providing drinking water to 600,000 people in the Wasatch Front."

"Most of those buildings were built a long time ago when septic was approved because it wasn't an option to get sewer to that area," Bullough said. "But, when Woodside homes came in and requested septic permits about four years ago we denied those permits because of the high groundwater and history of failure in the area. They chose, instead, to run sewer and all of a sudden that gave us the option of extending sewer beyond those homes."

As a result, a voluntary assessment district was recently formed, Bullough said, with the help of the Utah Division of Drinking Water (DDW), the Summit County Council and property owners in lower Silver Creek.

"It's an expensive project roughly $1 million dollars and we wondered if we could finance a bond, but I ultimately ended up going to the state water board and requested a loan and amazingly they gave us a zero percent interest loan," Bullough said. "They really bent over backwards to help us get this done."

Bullough said 22 property owners, commercial and residential homeowners, agreed to sign waivers to join the voluntary assessment district.

"Ultimately, the County Council took a gamble when they formed this assessment area with just 19 waivers signed, knowing they would need about 24 to pay for the project. But they agreed to pick up the balloon payment at the end of the 20 years and we have since picked up three more property owners," he said.

Property owners agreed to pay $1,760 as an annual assessment for 20 years to pay for the project. However, as more properties are developed, officials hope that the 20-year term will be reduced.

"We are already hearing from potential developers who are looking at projects in the area and I suspect we will see more and more come online," Bullough said. "We hope that 20 years is significantly reduced to about 15 years."

Construction to install the sewer lines began on July 17 and the expected completion date is September 17. The lines will only extend to properties in the lower commercial area of Silver Creek.

"If development is to occur within 300 feet of this new line, they will have to hook up to it. That is part of the state law," Bullough said. By bringing sewer to this lower part of Silver Creek, the homes higher up on the hill may, at some point in the future, have the potential to have sewer run to them as well.

Bullough said he walked around the construction site earlier this week and, personally, felt a "huge amount of satisfaction."

"This wouldn't have happened without a whole bunch of people doing the work and without the property owners saying, 'We want this' because they are the ones who are paying for it," he said. "We have a very important water source over there and we have just taken a significant step to not just maintain the water quality, but improve it."

To view the ordinance, go to http://summitcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/6576.

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