How to Prep Your Roof for Fall

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With the kids back in school and the fall leaves dancing in the wind, it’s easy get lost in the beauty of the season. While this time delivers crisp air, pumpkin patches, and fall festivities, it also introduces new potential hazards to your roof. So, zip up your jacket and get ready to find out how you can best prepare … Read More

Can You Paint a Metal Roof?

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Metal roofs are a great way to increase the durability and efficiency of your home or commercial building. If you’re looking to provide a mini upgrade to your metal roof, the material can be painted to give a new, fresh look to your building. While painting your metal roof is completely possible, it’s a misconception that it can be easily … Read More

How Long Does a Torch-On Roof Last?

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When deciding on a new roofing system for your residential or commercial property, durability and longevity are most likely at the forefront of your mind. As they should be. Roofs undergo a lot of stress: extreme temperature changes, high winds, hail, rain, and more. Therefore, your roof needs to be able to handle it all. With so many roofing options … Read More

Replace Your Skylights and Roof Together?

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Why should you replace your skylight at the same time you replace your roof? A reroof is an investment of time, money, and resources so you should try to reap as many benefits as you can during your roof replacement. While you may think that replacing your skylights with your roof is just adding time and cost to the job, … Read More

Repair Leak In Roof Tips

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Eventually, after some time of your roof building, it will leak because of the exposure of the elements. It will give you many signs in your ceiling and the walls that the roof is leaking. You have to identify the signs and repair them in time. You can hire a professional company for the repair of the roof. Many companies … Read More

Benefits of Installing a New Roof

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There are several benefits to install a new roof on to your house in Burnaby. Older roofing shingles or roofs may have bacteria, mold, and severe health hazards in it which contribute to contaminating the house environment causing respiratory infections and allergy problems. The house owner can face serious health conditions with no proper medical treatments available in the world. … Read More

How to Know When It’s Time for a New Roof

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Replacing a roof is a time-consuming and potentially expensive endeavor, which is why it’s essential to do it at the right time. Wait too long, and collateral damage could occur to the rest of the house. Replace it too early, and you’re artificially shortening the lifespan of your roof (and spending unnecessary money). Luckily, there are plenty of signs to … Read More

Roofing Warranties: Material and Labour

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Warranties come in two basic flavors—material warranties, and labour warranties. Sometimes you’ll find a single warranty that covers both, called a system warranty, but typically they will be separate. This is because material warranties generally come from the manufacturer, while the labour warranties come from the company doing the work, and rarely are these two the same. About Material Warranties … Read More

Removing Moss and Algae From Your Roof

A nice lush bed of vibrant green moss is quite beautiful when you come across it in the forest. You may even be inspired to use moss in your home landscaping—it looks great as a ground covering, and it’s tempting to cover your whole yard in it just so you can walk barefoot across it any time you want. Similarly, … Read More

The Importance of Built-In Gutter Repair

A common concern among homeowners is what to do when your gutters begin to leak. It’s important to inspect your gutters frequently and get them repaired at the first sign of anything that may be amiss. Typically, built-in gutters will have an EPDM rubber membrane installed