The Best Gutter Hangar Types for You20230404081739
The Best Gutter Hangar Types for You
April 4, 2023attach, bracket, calgary, eavestrough, fascia, gutter, hanger, hidden, spike, strap, timber, tube, underlay0 comments
There are more than a few gutter hanger types available in Calgary, and making the right choice can be quite confusing. We call our gutter brackets ou...
How to Avoid Frozen Gutters20230321054450
How to Avoid Frozen Gutters
Water will freeze faster when it is not flowing, and that’s because the motion that jumbled the molecules in the water has ceased. That’s why ri...
Roof Splash Guards – Do We Recommend20230315071731
Roof Splash Guards – Do We Recommend
Our image shows the vulnerable parts of a roof, which are most likely to be where the sections join. These, as far as this particular roof goes, are t...
Attaching Vinyl Siding With Nails20230306010814
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...
Seamless Gutters Should Mean That20230216010041
Seamless Gutters Should Mean That
In our world at Valiant Exteriors, seamless means consistently high standards throughout a job. It’s a goal we constantly strive to maintain, and we k...
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 ...