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No Advertising Allowed Hi. We manage a pub/restaurant with relatively high traffic. Currently there is old carpet which needs to be changed. We are really interested in laminate flooring. Our on...
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March 12, 2012
We need a new roof! I have an older Viceroy type house with a roof that completely needs replacing. The sheathing underneath needs replacing as well and the ventilation to the roof improved. I would ...
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August 7, 2015
I need to have my tele-posts adjusted and really don't want to mess with this myself. This is a newer home and the builder tried did some adjustments but not good enough. Who would do this type of work?...
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February 25, 2012
We have a 4 bedroom house. The 4'th bedroom is very small. We need to renovate our 3 bathrooms and powder room. The plumbing in basement bathroom needs overhauling. The kitchen needs to be renovated. Carpet...
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February 15, 2012
Our house was built on bedrock so therefor in our unfinished basement there is big rock right in the center. It is a huge area we would love to something with but the rock makes it impossible. Is it possible to...
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February 12, 2012
We have a 20 year old home that has a finished basement with 2 main trunks running directly through the middle area of our home basement. During the initial heating stage, within 20 minutes, there is a ...
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April 28, 2012
My mom has a duplex home that was built in 1953. We were looking to replace all the basement windows and frames (wooden) and replace with energy saving windows or atleast something that doesnt look so o...
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February 11, 2012
Can anyone suggest any "do it yourself products" on the ontario market to waterproof (not damp proof) exterior foundation walls. We are excavating in the spring and putting in weeping tiles ...
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February 8, 2012
Hello, Every time there is a cold snap in Calgary, 2 of my 3 bathroom vents leak when it starts to warms up again. The leaking has caused staining on the ceiling around my vents and it is continuall...
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November 19, 2017
What are the pros and cons of Silicon Spraying to stop leaking through bricks and lintels in a 4-storey, 36-unit, condominium not yet 10 years old?...
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February 1, 2012
We just moved into a house, and on moving a shelving unit in the garage discovered a heat duct that is open and exposed in the garage. The previous homeowner has stuffed plastic bags into the opening - pres...
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January 30, 2012
I have a Victorian-style home built in 1895. The construction is 3 layers of brick with 2 air gaps in between for insulation. The bricks at one gable-end are flaking, appear wet, and have salt-residue...
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January 30, 2012
Hello, we have an ensuite that has ceramic tile and marble threshold to the bedroom. When the previous owners installed it, it was part of a new house addition and has now cracked right down the middle...
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January 26, 2012
We had a cold snap here in Calgary last week. Water drips through the bathroom vent this week as it warms up. I climbed up the artic to have supprisingly found water dripping off the underside of the roof. And ...
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January 31, 2012
My ceiling is in the shed below my kitchen, attached to the house. The rats keep coming in and knocking down the insulation and making a mess. I keep reinsulating and cleaning up every year. I really need ...
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January 23, 2012
Just moved in 9 months ago to a newly 'flipped' house (gutted and new kitchen, 2nd floor bathroom, new main floor ceiling w. potlights and new hardwood). Don't have a lot of faith i...
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March 1, 2012
We are experiencing lower than usual remperatures -10 C to - 20 C with wind chil factures. Usually my heat pump turns on to assist the furnace at temperatures usually down to - 0 C to -5 C but has not turned on...
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January 22, 2012
Good morning, First off great website, lots of useful info. A couple of years ago the drain from my kitchen sink was slow/clogged. After trying different hardware store products (ex. dr...
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March 7, 2012
What is the best way to strip old paint off of plaster walls? We have attempted to strip with putter and razor knives but some of the paint just will not come off? Some of the paint comes off in big f...
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March 2, 2012
Hello, We are planning on finishing our basement. The previous owners had installed white Styrofoam on the top portion of the interior foundation walls. When removing this there are some spots (as mu...
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January 23, 2012