Safety

The City of Toronto’s Mandatory Downspout Disconnection Bylaw, which went through it’s final phase in December 2016, has added at least one task to homeowners’ list of things to do around the house. While one of the bylaw’s main purposes was to reduce basements flooded due to overloaded storm sewers during heavy rainfall and snow...

With the amount of snow we’ve suffered through so far this year in Toronto and the GTA, it’s setting up to be a really good winter for ice dams. Unfortunately, that makes it a potentially bad winter for your roof and eavestroughs. What are Ice Dams? Ice dams often form around the outside edge of...

While there are signs that Toronto’s record-setting real estate market is starting to cool a little bit, the recent months of consistent double-digit increases and bidding wars forced some bad habits out of home buyers. Until the market started heating up beyond expectations, a home inspection had become an almost standard part of any offers...