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Figuring out what’s wrong with your sump pump might be a bit difficult, especially if you’re not even entirely sure what a sump pump is. It’s a pump in your basement that’s situated [...]

Waterproofing is an essential part of building your home and not something you want to mess around with. The first thing you need to understand is exactly what foundation waterproofing is, and [...]

As the weather turns from hot to the cool crispness of fall, it’s time to begin preparing your home for the coming winter. There are some jobs that are just ideal for doing in the fall [...]

When you’re renovating your kitchen and starting from scratch, you have a lot of different choices to make. What kind of counters? What cupboards? One of the decisions you’ll have to make is what [...]

Queue the dramatic music, a flash of lightning and a scream—the nightmare of house hunting begins. It really can be a nightmare when you’re house hunting. Everyone knows someone who bought a [...]

Giant lizards, giant alligators… fish mutating after being flushed—we’ve all heard the tall-tale stories of what lives in the sewers below our city and we all know they’re just [...]

Toronto weather is unpredictable. Like death and taxes, the only thing you can be sure of is that the weather is going to happen. Regardless of whether it’s ice, snow or rain, a severe weather [...]

You may have no choice. Even though you believe your factory’s water heater is functioning correctly, a plumber may have told you otherwise. Or one of your employees suffered burns to his hands [...]

Flooding! We’ve all experienced this infuriating spring and summer event. It’s especially common in places like Toronto. Old houses and old buildings often mean springtime flooding, along with [...]

Every so often, you’ll have to call a plumber who will go onto your roof to perform an inspection of your drainage system. When it comes to drainage systems, Toronto homeowners can call plumbers [...]