Winter Time Can Be Good for Exterior Work20191112223512
Winter Time Can Be Good for Exterior Work
November 12, 2019calgary, downpipes, eavestroughs, exterior, fascias, gutters, price, quality, repairs, service, siding, soffits, winter0 comments
Winter can be a good time to get your eavestroughs, siding and soffit repairs done. However, many clients are unaware of the benefits, although others...
Roof Types and Challenges for Gutters20191105213131
Roof Types and Challenges for Gutters
November 5, 2019calgary, cross gabled, eavestroughs, flat, gabled, gutters, half hipped, hipped, mono pitch, roof, types0 comments
There are many different roof types in the world, although some are more popular in Calgary. Sometimes these are a matter of personal preference. On o...
Thermal Expansion Factors in Guttering20191030004729
Thermal Expansion Factors in Guttering
October 30, 2019aluminum, brass, calgary, copper, eavestroughs, expansion, gutters, iron, metal, steel, thermal0 comments
Metals vary their shape, area and volume when their temperature rises. This phenomenon is due to kinetic energy agitating their molecules more, and th...
Leaves the Silent Enemies of Eavestroughs20191022224029
Leaves the Silent Enemies of Eavestroughs
October 22, 2019blocking, damage, debris, downpipes, eavestroughs, gutters, leaf cleaning service, leaves, overflowing, sticks, stoppages0 comments
Doctors told us elbows were the smallest things to put into our ears when we are kids. Likewise, leaves should never enter eavestroughs and down-pipes...
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...
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...
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...
Things You May Not Know About Aluminum Metal20180801065006
Things You May Not Know About Aluminum Metal
August 1, 2018aluminum, carbon, eavestroughs, environment, fascias, gutters, history, production, soffits0 comments
Aluminum comprises around 8% of Earth’s crust, making it the third most abundant element after oxygen and silicon. However, we seldom find it in raw f...
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...
How We Need to Improve Water Management in Calgary20180321120026
How We Need to Improve Water Management in Calgary
March 21, 2018alberta, barrels, calgary, drought, eavestroughing, global warming, gutters, harvest rainwater, rocky mountains, save, security, shortage, snow melt, tanks, water, winter rain0 comments
We came across a news item concerning eleven cities most likely to run out of drinking water, as Cape Town, South Africa appears to be. We had ...