This blog is your go-to source for expert advice on maintaining your eavestroughs, upgrading siding, adding gutter guards, replacing fascia and soffit, and preventing long-term water damage.
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Ice Dams Revisited
February 7, 2016
I’ve written about Ice Dams before so I am not intending for this article to be a rehash of what I wrote previously. My other
How to get a cheap eavestrough job (and guarantee sub-standard work)!
February 7, 2016
Here is an interesting ad I came across on Kijiji: Looking for someone to do the eavestrough at my house as cheap as possible. Sides
Home Depot Eavestrough and Siding
February 3, 2016
Home Depot….A name you can trust! Well, of course, we all shop there. It’s a great store. In the last few years, the Home Depot
Guest Blog: Why Bad Workmanship Costs More Than You Think
January 29, 2016
This post is a guest blog from Dan Leytham, owner and operator of Peak Roofing, a Hamilton roofing company. As a roofing
Crooked Contractors at your door!
October 7, 2015
Crooked Contractors! They are everywhere and in every city. There is not a month that goes by we do not get a phone call or
A working vacation in Saskatchewan
June 18, 2015
Alas, my daughter fell in love, got married, and moved…..TO SASKATCHEWAN. They live 1600 kilometres away from us now. They bought a house in the
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