Building Your Dream Home: A Comedy of Errors (and How to Survive It Without Losing Your Mind) Introduction: Welcome to the Wild World of Custom Home Building Building a custom home is like planning a wedding, running a marathon, and herding cats—all at the same time. It’s […]
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How to Register a Construction Lien in Ontario: A Funny, Human Guide Welcome, dear reader! If you’ve ever wondered “how to register a construction lien in Ontario” without wanting to tear your hair out, you’re in the right place. This guide is designed to be informative and a little […]
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Making ICF Walls in Ontario Smarter: How Microencapsulated PCMs Can Save Energy and Boost Comfort Imagine your home’s walls as high-tech energy buffers that not only keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer, but also help save on energy bills. For many Ontario […]
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Introduction: Welcome to 2025, Where Your House Roasts You Better Than Your Uncle at Thanksgiving Picture this: You stumble into the kitchen at 7 a.m., and your coffee maker greets you with, “Late night? Let me guess… another true crime marathon?” Meanwhile, your thermostat adjusts the temperature while muttering, “Socks in July? […]
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I get asked this question so often that I decided to write the whole article on that subject. So, we charge $60.00 per hour for every man on the construction site, be it a foreman, knowledgeable framer, or just a labourer. With 10% overhead, 15% profit, and […]
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Sad but true: Climate change is altering our air quality, and water shortages are becoming an increasingly prevalent problem with negative repercussions on human health and animal habitats. Cedar Ridge is one unique place that nature has spared Imagine yourself where sunrise powders the sky in a […]
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Home automation products, while not new, haven’t gained widespread adoption. However, interest continues to build. Among all consumers, 48% said they were either “extremely or somewhat interested” in purchasing home automation products. Among smartphone and tablet owners, the numbers are higher with 62% of consumers saying they […]
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A detachment of the ceiling from the wall is an irritating, but all too common problem. Its principal cause is a natural event called Truss Uplift. Wikipedia defines truss uplift as an occurrence common in new houses built with roof trusses as opposed to rafters. If a house […]
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Open House at 1413 Tiny Beaches Road North in the Township of Tiny. Saturday, January 30th, 2016 from 2 pm to 4 pm. Directions: Rue Lafontaine Road West to Tiny Beaches Road North. Sign on property. This home is SOLD, but before the date of completion, you […]
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As the busiest homebuying season of the year gets under way, potential buyers are poised to get off the sidelines and enter the market. According to Chase’s national survey “Insights: From the Mind of the Homebuyer”, potential home buyers say they aren’t concerned about navigating the home-buying […]
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You did not take me seriously when I told you to watch the humidity in your new home! I am really mad! In the recent month, I received 3 phone calls from my last year’s clients about their homes. The floor boards are splitting and the drywall […]
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Ontario Home Builder Claims Minimum of 50% Energy Savings on New Homes As North American households face heating bills averaging at least 20 % higher than last years; the connection between household energy use and energy prices is evident to everyone. Energy efficiency remains the quickest, […]
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Fresh Standards Being Instituted in New Homes – Builders Ontario The home building industry has been through significant changes and advancements in the last couple of years. Just a few years back, we at ICFhome.ca – new homes builders in Ontario were bent upon erecting as many […]
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