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...
Roof Overhangs and Drip Edges20230614030538
Roof Overhangs and Drip Edges
The main purpose of a roof is to keep the interior of a building warm and dry. But, it also keeps the moisture flowing down the roof away from the wal...
Can I Install Eavestroughs on Stucco?20230606082556
Can I Install Eavestroughs on Stucco?
Yes you can do that, in fact we can think of very few wall finishes where this is impossible, if done with due care. The thing to remember about stucc...
The Effect of Heat on Gutter Runs20230531094756
The Effect of Heat on Gutter Runs
Various metals expand and contact at different rates, depending on their atomic structure. Aluminum gutters are particularly susceptible, although the...