Home Improvements

Our attached garage has shifted, and is slanting to the front and side. An inspector told us we need to fix it. We are wondering how much re building it would be and would we need a permit to do so? ...

4 March 19, 2018

I recently had a new deck built and am seeing things that I'm not sure are correct - hopefully someone can fill me in: The deck has two tiers - the lower tier has a set of stairs down to the walkway - ...

5 March 18, 2018

So after evaluating my skill level I determined I was not up to the task of replacing the siding on my house so I hired a contractor, but this did not stop me from looking into the process of siding and fai...

3 March 18, 2018

I have a two adjacent rooms I'm trying to design but one room has 13' ceiling heights and the other is 12' so what would be the height of the exterior wall?...

2 March 18, 2018

We are in the process of renovating a 100 year plus Victorian house. This has two floors, a hip roof with a flat top, open concept attic with dormers. We are putting on a new front porch 36 ft x 7 ft...

9 March 18, 2018

I have a tall skinny window next to my front door that is about 22 inches wide and the inside ledge is quite deep, 4.7 inches. I damaged the ledge by burning rings into the ledge when kept burning candles...

3 March 18, 2018

My bathtub was re-glazed around 10 years ago and is now peeling. I am torn between replacing the tub, which would be a huge project in an older home, or refitting with a new form over the old tub....

1 March 17, 2018

We want to change our kitchen flooring. We have lino right now. We have looked all over for something we like and can't find that perfect thing. Our house is an old Victorian farm house. We have wood fl...

4 March 17, 2018

I'm replacing doors on a closet. It had two bi-fold doors that were an oddball size. Assuming they were trimmed down. I'm redoing the door jam and it has room to go over 48 inches. The plan is to ha...

3 March 16, 2018

Is it legal in Ontario to rent out an apartment without any insulation of any kind with a plaster ceiling?...

1 March 17, 2018

Hi - I've had a terrible contractor experience for a $100k renovation. The work was almost finished and he became extremely verbally abusive with me and also said he didn't work in winter, so wo...

8 March 17, 2018

In my crawl space below my new addition I have a water problem. When building the floor the contractor placed tgi's for floor joists and in between ei put fiberglass insulation. On the underside of the ...

2 November 5, 2018

How much it would cost to replace all wirings in an old bungalow house? It will also involve add recessed lightings, replace the outlet from 2 prongs to 3 prongs, install new outlets....

4 March 18, 2018

Can I use a 2 bulb ballast in a 3 bulb fixture?...

5 March 15, 2018

I want to build my very own custom house... How do i go about getting approved by the city or municipality ?...

3 March 15, 2018

We are remodeling our master shower. There is an existing concrete shower pan, we are unsure if the slope is correct on it. We are wondering if we should rip it out, or if there is a good way to determi...

6 March 13, 2018

I have an old house in Montreal, with 2.5 bathrooms in the second floor. I would like to add a full bathroom to my basement ideally next to the laundry room. How hard and how expensive would this be knowin...

7 March 13, 2018

How much do you think it would cost to sand, stain and refinish hardwood flooring throughout the main level of the home? It's about 650 - 700 square feet of hardwood plus a staircase to the basement...

4 March 13, 2018

In our basement, we are looking into redoing the floors. Right now there is linoleum in 2 of the rooms and A cheaper quality laminate in the extra bedroom and the floors are very cold in winter. As far as w...

4 March 13, 2018

Can I convert my basement cold room into a bedroom?...

5 March 13, 2018