Best Exterior Insulation Practice in Calgary20230918090827
Best Exterior Insulation Practice in Calgary
Calgary lies between the Canadian Rockies and the Canadian Prairies. The semi-monsoonal climate creates temperatures ranging from 16.5 °C (61.7 °F) in...
Why Gutter Hangar Space Always Counts20230912023436
Why Gutter Hangar Space Always Counts
A satisfied customer once proudly told us, “Your extruded aluminum gutters look so good up there, I feel as if I could hang on them”. We hastene...
Down Pipe Dilemmas We May Face20230830022320
Down Pipe Dilemmas We May Face
You must have a minimum number of down pipes on your house, so there are enough of them to drain your eaves trough system during heavy rain. The most ...
Pressure Treated Wood, and Siding20230816060042
Pressure Treated Wood, and Siding
August 16, 2023color, copper, duration, paint, pressure, pressure treated, seal, treatment, wood0 comments
Wood degrades naturally unless we intervene and take counter measures. Insects too can take their toll. Alexander the Great’s engineers soaked wood fo...
Downspout Extenders Pros and Cons20230809082147
Downspout Extenders Pros and Cons
Downspouts are an obvious solution for receiving water from eavestrough systems. However, it’s surprising how many folk including building contractors...
Flat Roofs and Gutters and Drains20230802082536
Flat Roofs and Gutters and Drains
August 2, 2023alignment, chutes, down pipes, drains, flat roofs, gutters, internal, scuppers, tips0 comments
Flat roofs catch rainwater and snow, but they don’t have the advantages of peaks and valleys to direct moisture away to drainage points. We therefore ...
Why Proper Roof Drainage Really Matters20230719045221
Why Proper Roof Drainage Really Matters
July 19, 2023calgary, drainage, eavestroughs, multi-level, rain barrels, roof, water runoff0 comments
The force of water is a mighty powerful thing. Ponder over the depth and width of the Grand Canyon for a moment. And then turn your attention to the f...
Custom Angled Endcaps for Eavestroughs20230712064439
Custom Angled Endcaps for Eavestroughs
At Valiant Exteriors we believe that if a job is worth doing, then it is worth doing well, and this applies to eavestrough systems too. We wish we cou...
A Hole Through a Roof With Problems20230704055342
A Hole Through a Roof With Problems
It was a real joy to watch flames flickering in the hearth, and sparks shooting up the chimney when we were kids. Little did we think then that a chim...
Galvanic Corrosion in Eavestrough Systems20230621090640
Galvanic Corrosion in Eavestrough Systems
June 21, 2023aluminum, calgary, corrosion, galvanic, galvanised steel, mild steel, stainless steel0 comments
Clients sometimes ask us why we insist on changing gutter brackets when we replace their eavestrough systems. Our reasoning is sometimes because the p...