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Buying a Front Entry Door for an Ontario House: Fibreglass, Steel or Wood, the Energy Numbers, and the Details That Keep the Cold Out

Buying Front Entry Doors

For most Ontario houses the answer is a fibreglass door: it does not dent, rust or rot, takes stain or paint, carries a foam core with a whole-door U-value around 0.9 to 1.3 W/m2K, and lasts the life of the house. Steel is the budget choice, strong and well insulated but it dents and can rust at a s

Dream Home Plans: What People Ask For, What They Actually Use, and How to Get the Plan That Fits the Life You Have

The dream home plan and the lived-in home plan are different drawings. The rooms that get drawn and never used: the formal living room, the dedicated theatre, the 500-bottle cellar, the office that becomes a box room, the spa bathroom used for a six-minute shower. The things that get forgotten: a mu