Welcome our newest team member – Hannah Jackson, Allied ASID, CSI Hannah studied at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and received a Bachelors of Science degree in Interior Design. While at UTC, she was involved as a student member in the Interior Design Alliance...

American Front Porch – friendly, family focused, and welcoming “Life is better on the porch” The American Front Porch is integral to the formation of neighborhoods throughout our history. The word “porch” comes from the Latin porticus or the Greek...

Green Term Defined: Net Metering Net Metering is a method of crediting consumers for the electricity that is generated on their home or business in excess of the total electricity that they have used.   Consumers that have solar or wind power on their home or business offset...

Vote for us click HERE We are honored to be included in another design awards program. We found great success in the Marvin Windows Challenge finishing in the top 5 in the country. Now we have a house in the Integrity Red Diamond Awards that is located in downtown Harrisonburg....

Green Term Defined: Carbon Neutral Building Carbon Neutral Building is the process of taking into account measuring, reducing, and offsetting carbon energy used by the building.  A typical carbon neutral building integrates passive design, high performance building envelope,...

Your heating and cooling system should be inside your thermal envelope or you are wasting money. We often find the HVAC system in homes in unconditioned attic, basement, or crawl spaces. That means you are trying to cool or heat air and send it through a space that is working...

T air leakage in your home is making your home dirty. For many years a house that could “breath” or leak air through the walls was important to allow for drying of the wall. Then we started adding insulation and mechanical air conditioning and heating to our homes....

We start them young here at The Gaines Group. The advantage to these young workers is you just have to give them a place to live and feed them and they work hard. For those waiting on design solutions from us – we have our best team on it! The one limitation is all our...

Green Term Defined: Fly Ash Fly Ash is a fine, glass like powder recovered from the coal-burning process for the production of electricity. Fly ash can be mixed with lime and water to form a cement like compound similar to Portland cement. Using fly ash in concrete creates a...

Read our progress on the Harmony Square Dairy Queen here: Part 2  –  Part 3  –  Part 4  –  Part 5 It is always exciting to see dirt moving on a project job site. Our latest ground breaking is for the new Harmony Square Dairy Queen. This project is sweet! If you...