Air Flow In and Out of Buildings20240318022116
Air Flow In and Out of Buildings
Engineers call the air flowing into buildings infiltration, and that flowing out of them exfitration. These movements have a considerable impact on th...
Are Hinged Downspouts Right for You?20211221015653
Are Hinged Downspouts Right for You?
December 21, 2021building, hinged downspouts, home, proofing, storm water, water management0 comments
A surprising amount of water flows down roofs to eaves troughs during heavy rain. In theory it disappears into down spouts and then drains that become...
6 Tips for Re-Siding Your Home20200115000901
6 Tips for Re-Siding Your Home
January 15, 2020advice, building, calgary, fibre, home, james hardie, office, re-siding, residing, tips, vinyl0 comments
There is a great saying in our workshop ‘measure twice, cut once’. In other words, be sure you know what you want, before you do it. Not wasting mater...
You Can’t Beat Experience in Our Part of the Industry20181031004401
You Can’t Beat Experience in Our Part of the Industry
October 31, 2018building, contractor, downpipes, eaves trough, estimating, experience, fascias, gutters, planning, preparing, saving costs, sidings, soffits0 comments
There’s definitely more to exterior renovations than first appears, even though sidings, soffits, fascias, eaves trough gutters, and down pipes all pl...
We Pay for What We Get in the Contracting World20180718033056
We Pay for What We Get in the Contracting World
July 18, 2018building, calgary, contractor, costs, eavestroughs, quality counts, savings, siding, soffits0 comments
We get what we pay for in almost all situations. We say ‘almost’ because there must be an exception. There always are, although we cannot put our fing...
The Importance of Having a Decent Contract20180403120056
The Importance of Having a Decent Contract
April 3, 2018agreement, building, by when, canada, contract, contractor, experience, insurance, price, who does it, work0 comments
We recently repaired a siding job by another contractor that had gone badly wrong after a year. The client had attempted to get them back. However, th...