Plumbing Boots Not Made for Walking20210119062029
Plumbing Boots Not Made for Walking
January 19, 2021calgary, flashing, plumbing boots, seal, stack pipe, vent pipe, waterproofing0 comments
Those boots are made for walking, sang Nancy Sinatra in December 1965. Although to tell the truth the boots were actually made to keep the moisture ou...
Parts of Aluminum Eavestrough Systems20210112045845
Parts of Aluminum Eavestrough Systems
January 12, 2021brackets, calgary, corners, down pipes, eavestrough, elbows, ends, fix, gutter, hangars, joints, screw, seal, system0 comments
An eavestrough system has the job of gathering snow and melt as it flows down the roof, and channeling it into the storm water drains below. The term ...
6 Ways to Spot Shingle Hailstone Damage20210105065610
6 Ways to Spot Shingle Hailstone Damage
January 5, 2021causes, cracks, damage, dents, hailstone, ridges, shingle, splits, types, valleys0 comments
Shingles are soft and pliable when new. In fact the way they flow over ridges and valleys is part of their charm. They may harden and become a little ...
Chimney Tales You May Not Know20201229030345
Chimney Tales You May Not Know
Chimneys on older Calgary houses tell tales their owners may not know. Tales when wood-burning fires roared through their flues, and sent sparks burst...
What You Should Know About Roof Decking20201222073227
What You Should Know About Roof Decking
December 22, 2020oriented strandboard, plank sheathing, plywood, roof decking, roof sheathing, step sheathing, timber, tongue and groove0 comments
Roof decking is supposed to cover over attic space, not conceal a multitude of sins. You might be surprised to know how often roof decker’s cover subs...
Eavestroughs Are Not Responsible for Ice Dams20201215074757
Eavestroughs Are Not Responsible for Ice Dams
Look up at your eavestroughs in winter, and you may see icicles hanging over them like a partly frozen waterfall. However, you can’t blame your gutter...
Ice and Water Protection for Your Roof20201208002736
Ice and Water Protection for Your Roof
Home insurance policies cover us for unexpected damage, in other words things we can’t reasonably plan to avoid. Insurers expect us to do regular main...
Which Is Best Steel or Aluminum Gutters?20201201031410
Which Is Best Steel or Aluminum Gutters?
December 1, 2020aluminum, calgary, choosing, contractor, deciding, eavestroughs, gutters, steel0 comments
Gutters have been on houses for as long as our ancestors knew they needed to drain rainwater away from their foundations. The earliest solution may ha...
Why We Use K-Style Gutter Profiles20201124051242
Why We Use K-Style Gutter Profiles
November 24, 2020aliminum, compare, eavestroughs, extruded, features, gutters, k-style, review0 comments
The eavestrough gutters that flow around the lower perimeter of our roofs have a most important task. This is to catch the moisture flowing down, and ...
Ways to Shingle a Roof Valley20201117072642
Ways to Shingle a Roof Valley
November 17, 2020advice, closed valley, how to finish, open valley, roof, shingle, valley, waterproof, what's best0 comments
A valley, in the natural sense is elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along...