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3 Background Checks to Perform On Your Stucco Contractor

Having your home retrofitted with stucco is more than just a physical change to an inanimate object, it’s trusting another human being to fulfill their end of an agreement and keep your best interests at heart when modifying your largest asset. The contractor will in all likelihood be at your house even when you’re not [...]

2012 Guide to Budgeting For Your Stucco Renovation

This website was started to educate home owners and teach them how to evaluate quotes and contractors. There’s a massive gap between the technical information provided to building industries professionals, and the information available to the average consumer in every day language. The most common asked is obviously: Is this quote too high/low? No one [...]

Brick Falling Apart? Renew Your Home With EIFS

Toronto and it’s surrounding area has a large number of brick homes that are reaching the end of their life cycle. While brick is a great siding material by most standards, it tends to fundamentally lack in two primary aspects: design flexibility and insulating ability. As brick-clad homes in Toronto reach their 50-70 year mark [...]

Efflorescence and Stucco Repairs

The base coat in stucco (both traditional and EIFS, or synthetic stucco) is a cementitious material. Because of the composition and nature of cement, salts that are naturally present within the material can be drawn out with water or moisture. Wikipedia defines Efflorescence as: In chemistry, efflorescence (which means “to flower out” in French) is [...]

Why You Don’t Want to Select the Lowest Quote

The answer is simple: Accountability. Businesses exist to make a profit. Profits are how businesses hire new employees, stay in business year after year, and respond to claims/defects regarding their product. If a business is not generating a profit for the owner, then the owner has no reason to countinue running their own company. It [...]

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    "Stucco" is typically what people in the Toronto area use when they're looking for EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finish Systems, or "synthetic stucco"). We use the two terms interchangeably.

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