A couple of weeks ago, I attended the first annual “Renovators’ Roundtable” a new conference put on by Jim Caruk, the host of Real Renos on HGTV, and the man behind the “Renovation Contractor” trade publication. If you’ve seen any of Jim’s shows, you know that he places a high value on learning from others and sharing [...]

Had a couple of interesting visits last week to homes in Unionville and Markham. I got a call from a homeowner in Unionville  asking me to come and look at his eavestroughing. I told him that we didn’t do any repairs. But he kept insisting that something wasn’t right, and could we stop by if we [...]

This 15 year old home in Markham had 4″ eavestroughing throughout with 2″ x 3″ downpipes. The problem was that the eaves were backing up and water would overflow every time they had a good rain. Something wasn’t right, and had a closer look. In most cases you’ll find that the downpipes are full of [...]

Are you happy with the colours on the outside of your home? What I mean by that, are you happy with the colour of your siding or brickwork? How about your shutters? What about your garage door? Does it go with the rest of your home? The reason I ask is that we recently did the [...]

This is an informative post on the types of eavestroughs and rain gutters out there. There are many rain gutter styles, types or profiles and shapes available. And they all have their origins from the late 1800′s when gutters were made of wood. These were cut or carved into a variety of shapes from simple [...]

After 20 years in the business, I thought I’d seen everything. But when I recently went to visit a home in Thornhill for a quotation, I quickly realized that I hadn’t. You’ll see what I mean when you see the pictures below. The customer told me that they were having a problem with overflowing and [...]