What In The World Are Fire-Stops?

Fire-stops – what are they? It is a simple passive fire prevention method that can diminish the chance of a fire spreading throughout your home through holes in your wall. These openings are mainly found around the perimeter of pipe channels, PVC, and electrical...

Radon in Ontario?

When buying a home, it is important to make sure that a radon test has been performed. A certified home inspector usually does this as part of the seller’s home inspection. You might ask yourself, though, what exactly is Radon? How dangerous is it? How common is it?...

Proper Bathroom Ventilation

Seeing that bathrooms, by nature, are humid and warm environments, it is most important that they are fitted with a proper ventilation system which will effectively extract moisture and odor from the room.  Most bathroom ventilation systems are in the form of a fan...

What Exactly Is Mud-Jacking?

If you have concrete sidewalks at your home or a concrete driveway, and its been a very wet season. You start to notice that the foundation the concrete was built on starts to crumble, and in turn, the concrete itself starts to drop into the dirt. What can you do to...

Mud-Jacking: When Your Concrete Starts To Fail

If you have concrete sidewalks at your home or a concrete driveway, and its been a very wet season. You start to notice that the foundation the concrete was built on starts to crumble, and in turn, the concrete itself starts to drop into the dirt. What can you do to...