Responsibilities of Employers When Working on Roofs20181121005207
Responsibilities of Employers When Working on Roofs
November 21, 2018calgary, canada, construction, employee, employer, hazards, health, ladders, ontario, roofs, safety0 comments
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety holds employers responsible for implementing a plan to identify potential workplace hazards. An...
Do I Need a Building Permit For Calgary Improvements?20181024012105
Do I Need a Building Permit For Calgary Improvements?
October 24, 2018building permit, calgary, development permit, difference, fines, ontario, penalties, process0 comments
The short answer is yes you may need a building permit, but probably not for replacement siding. Moreover, if your neighbour puts up an illegal struct...
Why Winter Is a Good Time to Have Your Siding Done20181012055921
Why Winter Is a Good Time to Have Your Siding Done
October 12, 2018calgary, climate, construction, fascias, gutters, new, repairs, replacement, siding, soffits, summer, winter0 comments
Clients sometimes wonder how we keep going successfully all year round, given we work on the outside of homes in Calgary, southern Alberta. While we d...
How Trends in Canadian Home Design Changed20181003013714
How Trends in Canadian Home Design Changed
October 3, 2018calgary, canada, home, inter-generational, loans, mortgage, multifamily, post war, second entrance, single family, size, type0 comments
By the 1950’s Canada was a largely urbanised society. The population increased rapidly after the war, due to waves of new immigrants, and baby boomers...
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...
Choosing in The Rainbow of James Hardie Colours20180627010611
Choosing in The Rainbow of James Hardie Colours
June 27, 2018calgary, colours, get advice, james hardie, palette, rainbow, siding, tints, tones0 comments
James Hardie fibre cement siding comes in a variety of colours so you can pick and choose, and live colourfully as their slogan goes. Of course we cou...
Trends in Alberta Building Materials To Watch in Future20180620084930
Trends in Alberta Building Materials To Watch in Future
June 20, 2018alberta, building material, calgary, canada, home sizes, metrosexuals, millennials, no children, small families0 comments
When the first settlers arrived in Alberta, they slept in their wagons while they cast around for materials to build their shacks. If there were trees...
How Hail Forms and Damages The Exterior of Homes20180612120034
How Hail Forms and Damages The Exterior of Homes
June 12, 2018calgary, clouds, cumulonimbus, damage, green, hail, how to claim, insurance, sleet, storm, thunder, velocity, weight0 comments
Hail is a form of solid rain. This definition also applies to sleet, although there is a difference. Hail is jagged lumps or solid balls of ice, where...
The Importance of a Well-Equipped Gutter Contractor20180606015851
The Importance of a Well-Equipped Gutter Contractor
June 6, 2018aluminium, calgary, eavestrough, experience, extrusion, first time, gutter, quality, right, roofline, run off, seamless, slope0 comments
Installing gutters under roof overhangs is more complex than it looks. Ask any DIY homeowner who tried to do the job themselves, and botched it. They ...
Managing Freezing, Thawing and Heaving Driveways with Gutters and Eavestroughs20180523063627
Managing Freezing, Thawing and Heaving Driveways with Gutters and Eavestroughs
May 23, 2018calgary, crack, culverts, downpipes, drains, driveway, earth, eavestroughs, fall, freeze, gutters, heave, how to avoid, lift, melt, solutions, spring, thaw, winter0 comments
Most liquids shrink when they cool to freezing, because the molecules slow down and cluster together. However, water behaves differently after it cool...