Author name: Dave Blomqvist

Dave writes about exterior maintenance, structural repair, and outdoor projects for Decor Modern. If it's on the outside of your house — siding, garage doors, decks, gutters, or that rotting windowsill you've been ignoring — it's probably in his territory. Dave spent over a decade working in residential construction in the Pacific Northwest, where rain doesn't ask permission and wood rot is a year-round job. He started as a framing carpenter, moved into exterior restoration, and eventually ran his own small crew specializing in deck builds and siding replacement. Over the years, he worked on hundreds of exterior repair and construction projects in real-world weather conditions. That hands-on background shapes how he writes: he knows which product specs actually matter on a job site and which ones are just marketing. He knows which materials fail over time, which installations hold up, and what shortcuts typically lead to expensive repairs later. On Decor Modern, Dave authored the garage door replacement cost guide and the home value ROI series. He's the team's go-to voice on anything structural — when a floor sags, a door frame shifts, or a homeowner needs to know whether a crack is cosmetic or warrants calling an engineer. He focuses on helping homeowners distinguish between cosmetic issues and structural problems that require professional evaluation. Dave lives in Oregon with his wife and two dogs, in a 1970s split-level that he describes as "a never-ending punch list."

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