Maintaining Eaves as Interactive Systems20240326021034
Maintaining Eaves as Interactive Systems
An eave is a collective term for an overhang at the lower edge of a roof, that keeps rainwater away from the walls below. This eave normally projects ...
How Long Can an Eaves Trough Be?20230525025920
How Long Can an Eaves Trough Be?
The maximum length of an eaves trough gutter depends on a number of factors pertaining to a particular site. At the end of the day, it’s a matter of u...
Why Keep Trees Away From The House20220621064842
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...
Roof Overhangs Keep More Than Windows Dry20211207010851
Roof Overhangs Keep More Than Windows Dry
December 7, 2021advantages, appearance, eaves, energy savings, roof overhangs, safety, uses, ventilation0 comments
Allowing a roof to extend beyond the outer walls of a building, creates more than a pleasing architectural feature. It also shades the doors, and wind...
Ten Mistakes with Shingles to Avoid20200208110734
Ten Mistakes with Shingles to Avoid
February 8, 2020aligning, asphalt, eaves, exposure, flashing, ice dams, mistakes, nails, over hang, shingles, slopes, tips, valley, venting0 comments
A shingle roof comprises literally hundreds of small tiles. Laying them correctly needs special care, because you only need one mistake to have a pote...
The Science of Attic Ventilation in Residential Homes20190123040248
The Science of Attic Ventilation in Residential Homes
January 23, 2019attic, eaves, roofspace, soffit, summer, vent, ventilation, venting, winter0 comments
Attic ventilation is not a hit and miss affair. The technology evolved through a systematic understanding of the interaction between buildings, and th...
Why We Use K-Style Profile Gutters on Our Jobs20181219044042
Why We Use K-Style Profile Gutters on Our Jobs
December 19, 2018calgary, canada, dripster, eaves, gutta, gutters, manufacture, materials, profile, rhone, troughs0 comments
A gutter is a conduit for conveying water away. The word comes from the Roman ‘gutta’ meaning a ‘drop, spot, or mark’. Gutters have various names incl...
Using Leaf Guards on Gutters The Pros and Cons20181205002206
Using Leaf Guards on Gutters The Pros and Cons
December 5, 2018asphalt roofs, compare, cons, decide, downpipes, eaves, eavestrough, gutter guards, longer life, pros, protect, save, trough0 comments
Eaves trough gutters are really only as good as the down pipes that carry the water away that they collect. When dry debris blows into the channels it...
How Fibre Cement Siding Retains Its Appeal Over Time20180214080024
How Fibre Cement Siding Retains Its Appeal Over Time
February 14, 2018applications, calgary, eaves, fascias, fibre cement, fire proof, insect resistant, rot resistant, siding, soffits, uses0 comments
Although fashions may come and go in Calgary, fibre cement siding has retained its appeal since an Austrian invented it in 1901. It is not difficult t...