Three Flat Roof Drainage Options20240424025456
Three Flat Roof Drainage Options
Flat roofs have a number of advantages, although these depend on each application. They can make a commercial building seem less imposing, because the...
Commercial Gutter Guide for Business20240417052444
Commercial Gutter Guide for Business
Our customers are sometimes surprised to see our team at business sites in Calgary. While it’s true we spend more time on residential projects, we hav...
Lindab Steel Gutters With Magnesium20240410021342
Lindab Steel Gutters With Magnesium
We have begun supplying Lindab steel gutters in their full ‘Magestic’ eaves trough range. The magnesium in the enhanced galvanized coating extends the...
Attic Insulation Baffles and Their Importance20240402002116
Attic Insulation Baffles and Their Importance
Free air flow in attics is essential to keep humidity out of a house. For if we fail to attend to this housekeeping detail, then we may find ourselves...
Maintaining Eaves as Interactive Systems20240326021034
Maintaining Eaves as Interactive Systems
An eave is a collective term for an overhang at the lower edge of a roof, that keeps rainwater away from the walls below. This eave normally projects ...
Air Flow In and Out of Buildings20240318022116
Air Flow In and Out of Buildings
Engineers call the air flowing into buildings infiltration, and that flowing out of them exfitration. These movements have a considerable impact on th...
Attic Vents Provide Natural Protection20240313020132
Attic Vents Provide Natural Protection
An ‘attic’ for our purposes is an open space directly beneath the pitched roof of a building. This ‘loft’ may also go by the name of a ‘garret’ depend...
Board and Batten Back in Fashion20240306020110
Board and Batten Back in Fashion
Our image for today is of a green ‘carpenter gothic house’ dating from 1840 in New Haven, Connecticut. There’s something about this enduri...
Can I Decorate the Exterior in Winter?20240227052218
Can I Decorate the Exterior in Winter?
February 27, 2024ambient, brushes, calgary, curing, exterior, paint, painting, surface, temperature, winter0 comments
Most of us prefer to do our home decorating on warm, dry summer days, when the paint dries quickly, and there is less chance of the weather deteriorat...
Are Permanent Wood Foundations Effective?20240220060302
Are Permanent Wood Foundations Effective?
The foundations of most North American houses are poured concrete, onto which the walls rest beneath ground. However, in the case of timber frame home...