Make a Shingle Roof Last Longer20220711225113
Make a Shingle Roof Last Longer
A good quality shingle roof, installed correctly could last as long as twenty-five years with good care. If not, it could show curling and buckling so...
How Eavestrough Screws Work Loose20220704213602
How Eavestrough Screws Work Loose
Did you ever wonder what keeps your eavestroughs from falling down? Well the truth is they attach to the ends of rafters protruding from the roof spac...
Hand-Mitered Corners Are Better20220629065418
Hand-Mitered Corners Are Better
A call came through the other day from a disgruntled customer of another eavestrough company in Calgary. “I thought I was getting a seamless gutter sy...
Why Keep Trees Away From The House20220621064842
My Eavestroughs Are Raining Water – Why?20220614040120
My Eavestroughs Are Raining Water – Why?
An overflowing gutter system is more than an annoying irritation splashing windows, and saturating the garden. That’s because the pooling water sinks ...
Gutter Versus Eavestrough What’s in a Word20220606082314
Gutter Versus Eavestrough What’s in a Word
Folk often use the term eavestrough in Canada and northern United States, but gutter further south to mean the same thing. It’s a matter of culture re...
Practical Uses for LED Soffit Lights20220531083810
Practical Uses for LED Soffit Lights
LED soffit lights are a great innovation, because they are lightweight and low energy consumption. When we come across them we reinstall them, if we a...
Galvanizing Explained: Protection, Longevity, and Limitations20220524022456
Galvanizing Explained: Protection, Longevity, and Limitations
Galvanizing, or galvanization to give it full name, applies a coat of protective zinc coating to steel and iron to prevent rusting. The hot dip proces...
Roof Edges and Poor Eaves Trough Overhangs20220516060826
Roof Edges and Poor Eaves Trough Overhangs
May 16, 2022alignment, drip edging, eaves troughs, fascias, gutters, overhangs, roof edges0 comments
(Image Copyright May Only Be Reused With Permission from Valiant Exteriors) We completed an eaves trough job the other day where the roof overhang was...
What Rooftop Solar Panels May Conceal20220510025637
What Rooftop Solar Panels May Conceal
It’s fairly easy to cursorily inspect an asphalt tile roof from the ground, if it is not covered with snow and you have 20:20 clear vision. However, t...