Eavestroughs Are More Than Gutters20230131045844
Eavestroughs Are More Than Gutters
We had a customer ask us the other day, how come your eavestroughs seem so expensive. Surely all you do is hang a few gutters and add a couple of down...
A Swale for Overflow Drainage20230124050150
A Swale for Overflow Drainage
A swale is an old English word for a shady spot, often nearby a sunken or marshy place. In its natural role it facilitates overflow run-off, mitigatin...
Wonder Why Some Roofs Sag?20230118013913
Wonder Why Some Roofs Sag?
January 18, 2023age, calgary, construction, design, leaks, reasons, remedy, roof, sag, weight0 comments
A conventional roof framework is a solid structure, resting on walls on a strong foundation. A roof may be a reinforced concrete slab. However, most C...
Safety Harnesses First for Roofers20230110032719
Safety Harnesses First for Roofers
January 10, 20230 comments
Occupational safety always comes first for our work teams and customers, especially when working on roofs. Our people know how important this becomes,...
Nowhere to Attach the Gutters20230104065431
Nowhere to Attach the Gutters
The building in our image is an eavestrough-installer’s dilemma. They arrive on site to quote, but find there’s nowhere to attach the gutters. We’re i...
Attaching Medium Density Fibreboard Siding20221228014715
Attaching Medium Density Fibreboard Siding
December 28, 2022advice, attach, brittle, calgary, cost, fibreboard, medium density, nails, screws, siding0 comments
Medium density fibreboard is an engineered word product comprising broken down hard- and softwood fibres combined with wax and resin binder. It is an ...
Eavestrough Expansion and Contraction20221222025506
Eavestrough Expansion and Contraction
All materials expand when they are warm, and contract when they cool. Steel gutters are less reactive than aluminum ones, while PVC plastic is most af...
Is Your Home Graded Properly?20221213021856
Is Your Home Graded Properly?
December 13, 2022calculate, calgary, fall, garden, gradient, grading, land, measure, property, rise, slope0 comments
Property grading has nothing to do with property zoning, and development rights in this instance. Here we are thinking of the natural, or artificial a...
Does Aluminum Rust Like Metal?20221206104751
Does Aluminum Rust Like Metal?
Rust is the colloquial term for a coating that occurs on the surface of iron, and many of its alloys. This happens as a response to the presence of ox...
What Is the Rake of a Gable Roof?20221130014742
What Is the Rake of a Gable Roof?
November 30, 2022calgary, definition, explain, maintain, rake, repair, replace, roof, surface0 comments
The rake of a gable roof can be quite confusing, because a roof rake is a handy device for removing snow from the surface. Especially as that term us...