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I would like opinions regarding some exteriors cracks on this home. There is no evidence of damage on the inside of the home yet. The house is 20 years old and the cracks appeared two months after the home was ...
A client of mine wants to add exterior insulation over wood siding and cover with vinyl. I don't think this is the best option but am looking for some feed back. The house (cottage) is a 1974 2x4 80...
I will try to be concise (if I can!). The problem was noticed a few weeks ago, on our living room ceiling, when the stains were very light with light brownish borders - and hardly visible. ...
Recently built a new construction home on a piled foundation with a larger builder here in the prarie provinces. My home is 6 months old now. Upon walk through with the site supervisor on my possesion date I ha...
Hello, I have been having an issue where I am smelling cooking and burning odurs coming from my neighbours semi detached unit. It seems these are travelling through the ducts, I can smell it from th...
Hi, There are water marks that appear on one of the exterior walls. I contacted a roofing company but they weren't able to figure out the problem. Attached file you will see the water marks. Could...
I am looking a purchase in Nova Scotia. The home is 20 years old and two sides (weather affected) have some serious cupping in the wood siding. Attempts by the seller to correct this by screwnailing has...
Hi, I have a heat pump that freezes in the summer, it never cools the house. The thermostat will never reach the temperature required. Problem is that I have brought many techs to inspect and t...
Hi all, I had my front walkway done by a local contractor a couple years ago. Last year I had a guy come back and re-seal it. Now after the winter it appears that the seal on top has deteriorated in vari...
The walls in my hundred plus year old house are crumbling. In some places the crumbles smell and look like dirt. The floor is also cracking in multiple places. The previous owners patched the walls and floor so...
I have a support beam that either needs adding to it or replacement. Here is my problem, I need a contractor who is experienced in this kind of work but I live three hundred kilometers northeast of Edmont...
I met with a potential customer tonight. In a nutshell, he has two bedrooms over his garage. These rooms are extremely cold in the winter (though fine with the A/C in the summer). There is good ...
Customer, seasonal cottage, block basement, half finished with cement floor, other half Canadian Shield rock. Walls NOT insulated, ceiling IS with fiberboard covering. Firberboard has mold...
There's a random piece of insulation surrounding a metal pipe/vent near our basement stairs on the ceiling. It's exposed and there are wires wrapped around it, is it hazardous? What shou...
Does it matter if the furniture is in the house when doing floor joist work under my house? Stuff is in storage, should i leave it there tyvm...
My house is 1905 built one and a half storey which need repair on roofing, electrical wiring, and I want to renovate the kitchen, washroom and the upper floor and the basement. With this renovati...
We have been told that the horizontal cracks in one, possibly 2 of our basement walls must be fixed. One way would be to support the house and replace the entire walls. Do you have any advice for fixi...
I just put in a new furnace and I was wondering if I should get the ducts cleaned as well. We have had them cleaned once in the 20 years we have lived here....
I have several 2nd floor floor joists that sag to as much as 1 5/8 inches. They do not look broken or rotted. How much would it cost to replace them and are they safe the way they are? The Joists are...
Our back porch composit decking is full of small black spots we have tried power washing only gets rid of a few small ones. Is there anything else we can try? We have to build another deck out front ...