Maintenance and Repairs

The floor squees when walk on it, it built in 1928. The subfloor is about 1" thicktness. I do not want to open the downstairs ceiling to fix it. Is there any tools like stud finder to locate the s...

2 June 22, 2012

One side of our home, the floors are slanting telling me we need our foundation to be leveled. How much would this cost us?...

3 February 7, 2014

My house was built in 1946. It is a small veteran house. It has no basement. The concrete foundation is crumbling and need to repair it. And in the attic, it is not ventilated properly, there are some h...

7 June 19, 2012

Hi I am planning to attach a 1/4 " x 8" x18" steel plate with a 4" hole in centre to 2- 2x8 beam that spann 60" the hole is there for the B-fan pipe, no other way. I just want to ...

3 July 31, 2015

How much does it typically cost to come and repair a leaky eavestrough? I moved into my house not too long ago but it seems with all the rain that we've been noticing that the eavestroughs are in n...

9 February 6, 2013

Is the removal of all existing gravel required when having a driveway replaced? Is removal of all material down 12 inches required? I get conflicting advice on this subject. 80 percent of th...

5 June 11, 2012

Where is the best places to buy vinyl paints in variety?...

1 June 13, 2012

Roughly, about how much should I expect to pay to have seven average size windows plus one door (frames and sills) scraped and sanded, primed and repainted? I'm located in mid-north...

7 June 14, 2012

My house is 32 years old. The floor joists are 2x10. Now there are noises that warrant some investagation....

8 June 13, 2012

I am putting together a quote to paint the interior of a local historic buliding (circa 1820s). The last time it was painted was 1970! The painter (who is still alive) used "milk paint.&...

9 June 4, 2012

I own a house that I purshased from a builder who ran two plastic water line between the two studs behind the power panel supplying a shower on the other side of the wall in a bathroom. Is this legal by cod...

10 June 2, 2012

I have painting and small repairs plus some upgrades what kind of contractor do I need?...

12 July 25, 2015

After a week of heavy rain our basement has water in it. Some water has come from the cracks in the cement floor, the other water came from the base of the walls. Would our money be better spent getti...

10 August 4, 2015

Can a faded area from a throw rug on cherry flooring be repaired or do you have to redo the whole floor?...

13 July 27, 2015

Hi, Mold professionals in my area - I am buying a home and the home inspector is not sure if the attic space has mold. He noticed some blacked areas on the plywood on the roof. I need to know for sure...

16 August 4, 2015

We have a circa 1923 house that has saggy 2nd floor floors which we think are caused mainly from the removal of the supporting wall in the LR/DR who knows how long ago. We have had a strucutral enginee...

3 June 1, 2012

The floor joists are making a noise now. Is there someone in calgary ab that I could talk to?...

2 September 19, 2012

We have a low slope roof. It was originally tar & gravel. Approx. 10 years ago we had it shingled with a membrane underlay. This roof is finished on the west side. We are being told the roofer used the wrong sh...

1 May 22, 2012

Every time we turn on the hot water tap in the bathroom there is continuing banging, also when hot water goes down the drain. What can be done about this and who do you call?...

2 May 21, 2012

We have an 18 year old ashphault shingled roof that seems to be in good condition except for the bottom rows at the eavestrough, where they are crumbling and breaking off. Any ideas as to why this woul...

5 July 20, 2012