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Top designs of 2013

Local builders look back on their most impressive spaces in an article in the Connection Newspapers. Guy Semmes, of named a whole house renovation that resulted in a clean, modern space as one of Hopkins & Porter’s top jobs. The remodel included a white kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Read more…

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Green home building tips that can help you reach your green home goals

​Green Home Building has become a staple type of construction for the efficiency and environmentally friendly conscious across the U.S. When deciding to build your new home there are many considerations you and your contractor must make to not only keep it green, but make it comfortable as well. With careful planning and the use

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Hopkins & porter construction, inc. Recognized as a 2013 guildmaster!

The Guildmaster Awards celebrate service excellence in the building, remodeling, contracting, and real estate professions. Each year, GuildQuality gives special recognition to the companies that demonstrate an ability to deliver a consistently superior customer experience.   In granting awards, GuildQuality considers two primary metrics for each candidate: the percentage of customers who would recommend and the percentage

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A primer on roofs

​At least we still have a roof over our heads.” This old saying causes me to muse about roofs. When the dark English philosopher Thomas Hobbes said, “Life is nasty, brutish, and short,” he might have also added “damp.” One of the miracles of contemporary life which we usually do not appreciate is our dry

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Rot never sleeps

​Although it may be an unappealing subject to address, we Marylanders must acknowledge our mid-Atlantic location to be a perfect setting for fungus, mold, mildew, and rot, not to mention insect infestation. This is one aspect of the natural world we live in. On the other hand, we live in a increasingly synthetic world of

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