Blog – Expert Roofing Advice & Tips

What do I want for breakfast? Do I want to use the grey belt or the black one with my outfit? Shall I pass the car in front of me? While these questions don’t seem related, they are the sorts of questions that are part of the estimated 35,000 decisions that each adult makes every...

We mentioned in our last post, and in many others before it, about ice dams and the damage they can cause to your roofing shingles and even inside your home. As spring approaches, the warmer temperatures and more frequent fluctuation between above and below freezing temperatures are a prime environment for ice dam formation. While...

We’ve said it many times, but few homeowners spare a thought about their roof until it’s too late. At no time of year is that more true than in winter. Unless you’re walking around buckets under an umbrella in your house, you’re not likely to pay any attention to your roof when it’s freezing outside....

Unless you have an interest in copper roofs, you might wonder why sometimes pictures of Old City Hall in Toronto shows it with either a shiny reddish-gold roof, a dull-finish dark brown roof, a beige roof, a grey roof or a green roof. No, the city is not squandering your tax dollars on constantly replacing...

Most of us think of our roof as the thing on our house that keeps us warm and dry. No roof would mean soggy dinners every time it rained and snow drifts in the bathroom after a blustery night. But roofs protect us from something else that we don’t usually give them credit for. Something...