A Swale for Overflow Drainage20230124050150
A Swale for Overflow Drainage
A swale is an old English word for a shady spot, often nearby a sunken or marshy place. In its natural role it facilitates overflow run-off, mitigatin...
Wonder Why Some Roofs Sag?20230118013913
Wonder Why Some Roofs Sag?
January 18, 2023age, calgary, construction, design, leaks, reasons, remedy, roof, sag, weight0 comments
A conventional roof framework is a solid structure, resting on walls on a strong foundation. A roof may be a reinforced concrete slab. However, most C...
Nowhere to Attach the Gutters20230104065431
Nowhere to Attach the Gutters
The building in our image is an eavestrough-installer’s dilemma. They arrive on site to quote, but find there’s nowhere to attach the gutters. We’re i...
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 ...
Eavestrough Expansion and Contraction20221222025506
Eavestrough Expansion and Contraction
All materials expand when they are warm, and contract when they cool. Steel gutters are less reactive than aluminum ones, while PVC plastic is most af...
Is Your Home Graded Properly?20221213021856
Is Your Home Graded Properly?
December 13, 2022calculate, calgary, fall, garden, gradient, grading, land, measure, property, rise, slope0 comments
Property grading has nothing to do with property zoning, and development rights in this instance. Here we are thinking of the natural, or artificial a...
What Is the Rake of a Gable Roof?20221130014742
What Is the Rake of a Gable Roof?
November 30, 2022calgary, definition, explain, maintain, rake, repair, replace, roof, surface0 comments
The rake of a gable roof can be quite confusing, because a roof rake is a handy device for removing snow from the surface. Especially as that term us...
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 ...
It Pays to Have Eavestroughs in Calgary20221101082042
It Pays to Have Eavestroughs in Calgary
Roof gutters are essential in regions where rain falls regularly in significant amounts. Although you could probably do without them if you lived in a...
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...