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How Sheathing Under Siding Matters

The average Calgary homeowner may believe the siding they see, is all there is to their waterproofing. However, nothing could be further from the trut...
Attaching Medium Density Fibreboard Siding20221228014715

Attaching Medium Density Fibreboard Siding

Medium density fibreboard is an engineered word product comprising broken down hard- and softwood fibres combined with wax and resin binder. It is an ...
You Can’t Always Trust Leaf Guards20221108011655

You Can’t Always Trust Leaf Guards

There are a variety of different leaf guard designs on the market in Calgary. However they all have the same purpose, and that is to help prevent the ...
The Water From Your Downspouts20221026034535

The Water From Your Downspouts

The job is not done when you have your new eavestroughs up, and running smoothly. That’s because you can’t afford to do nothing about the water tumbli...
Practical Uses for LED Soffit Lights20220531083810

Practical Uses for LED Soffit Lights

LED soffit lights are a great innovation, because they are lightweight and low energy consumption. When we come across them we reinstall them, if we a...
What Rooftop Solar Panels May Conceal20220510025637

What Rooftop Solar Panels May Conceal

It’s fairly easy to cursorily inspect an asphalt tile roof from the ground, if it is not covered with snow and you have 20:20 clear vision. However, t...
Step and Kick-Out Sidewall Flashing20220315014841

Step and Kick-Out Sidewall Flashing

When a run of eaves trough ends up against a vertical wall or chimney at right angles, there is no way it is going to create a waterproof seal. That’s...
How Important Is Asphalt Granule Loss?20210222050825

How Important Is Asphalt Granule Loss?

The shingles we lay on our roofs – and very likely soon forget – about consist of three layers. First, there a base that gives them substa...
Ways to Shingle a Roof Valley20201117072642

Ways to Shingle a Roof Valley

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...
Trees You Love Can Harm Your House20200609041212

Trees You Love Can Harm Your House

Trees are truly lovely things that take decades to grow to their full glory. We love our trees too, except when they grow close to a house. Many folk ...
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