Steel and Aluminium as Residential Cladding20190212074443

Steel and Aluminium as Residential Cladding

Siding is arguably the second most important part of your home exterior after the roof. That’s because it keeps the weather at bay, while keeping you ...
Why Rain Screen Siding is a Good, Green Idea20190116031821

Why Rain Screen Siding is a Good, Green Idea

Siding’s main purpose is to protect the inner wall of a building from rain, snow, wind and sunlight. Canadians have also turned siding into a craft, w...
How Red Cedar Wood Is Ideal For Exterior Use20181227022912

How Red Cedar Wood Is Ideal For Exterior Use

Canada’s giant, magnificent cedars can grow an impressive 60 metres tall provided they have rich soil to sink their roots. We find these ‘thuja plicat...
Why Winter Is a Good Time to Have Your Siding Done20181012055921

Why Winter Is a Good Time to Have Your Siding Done

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...
Caulking James Hardie Siding Facts You May Not Know20180926011524

Caulking James Hardie Siding Facts You May Not Know

HardiePlank fibre-cement lap siding is a tinted product available in a range of colours, or as plain. The joints between the boards do not require sea...
Faulty Vapour Barriers Causing Unsightly Streaks20180905005404

Faulty Vapour Barriers Causing Unsightly Streaks

What’s happening to this house. Something seems to have gone wrong and is causing those unsightly streaks. After you scroll down to view it, we&...
James Hardie – The Company And the Fascinating History20180829053812

James Hardie – The Company And the Fascinating History

James Hardie the company began when an enterprising young Scotsman left his family’s tannery business, and moved to Melbourne, Australia. It was 1888,...
Why Engineered Wood is Better that Real Wood for Exterior Applications20180725050845

Why Engineered Wood is Better that Real Wood for Exterior Applications

If you are longing to give your Calgary home a traditional siding effect, or just add trim around the doors and windows, you may be asking is there an...
We Pay for What We Get in the Contracting World20180718033056

We Pay for What We Get in the Contracting World

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...
Visible Cues That Siding Needs Replacing Before Winter20180711055812

Visible Cues That Siding Needs Replacing Before Winter

Chilly winters, snow, and biting winds return in Calgary winters. Therefore, it is a wise decision to repair or replace damaged and aging siding befor...