Keep Your Home Safe during the Holidays

When living in Metro Vancouver, keeping your home safe can be a major concern. It’s important to keep you, your family, and your home protected, especially during the holiday season. If you’re spending the holidays in Whistler for a week,… Read More »

Curb Appeal for the Holidays

Now that the days are getting darker sooner and many of us are beginning to feel festive, December is a good month to get ready for the holidays and the visitors they bring to your home. Adding colour to your… Read More »

Why Drip Edge Flashing is Important

Flashing refers to thin pieces of water-resistant material used to protect a structure from water infiltration. Flashing is typically installed where two surfaces are joined together like around entry doors, chimneys, skylights, or dormer windows. Different kinds of roof flashing… Read More »

How Storms affect Your Gutters

Gutters are designed to deal with the elements – a gutter system in good working order is the best protection your home’s exterior could have. But there’s no denying that seasonal weather can give your gutters and downspouts a good… Read More »

How Cleaning the Gutters can save You Money

One of the most important fall home maintenance chores on your to-do list this season is gutter cleaning before winter arrives. The last thing you want to deal with is a flooded basement or a leaking roof during the holidays… Read More »

Easy Fall Home Maintenance Tips

It’s officially hearty soup and heavy sweater season. But before you cozy up on the couch to support your favourite team or host some themed marathon movie weekends, it’s important to get your home ready for winter this fall. If… Read More »

Do You need New Gutters if You get a New Roof?

An aging roof can be a liability. Gutters that constantly overflow cause severe water damage to your siding, soffit, fascia, and foundation. Major home improvement projects cost money. So when it’s time to replace the roof or install a new… Read More »

Common Reasons Residential Roofs Leak

Taking care of your roof is the best way to ensure that your roof will take care of you and your family. Regular home maintenance helps prevent your home from becoming vulnerable to leaks and other moisture-related issues such as… Read More »

When Downspouts become Blocked

Fall is here and the leaves are changing colour. Sooner or later they will land on the roof and in the gutters. A clogged gutter system as the result of a bird’s nest, wet leaves, or clumps of dirt can… Read More »

New Roofs Need Maintenance Too

Your roof is out there every day, exposed to wind, rain, sun, cold, and temperature fluctuations. But this fall, you won’t have to worry about the newly installed roof, because, well, it’s new. The bottom line is new roofs need… Read More »