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Six Reasons Why Sealants May Fail
Sealants have become almost indispensable in the construction industry, and associated services such as ours. However, there are a variety of reasons ...
How Sheathing Under Siding Matters20230301054935
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
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 ...
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
October 26, 2022advice, calgary, downpipe, downspout, extension, open channel, rainwater, rollout sleeve, stealth flow, water barrel0 comments
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
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...