There’s nothing like spending the summer outside on your patio. It feels like a fantastic halfway house between the formality of your indoor living room and the unstructured nature of your lawn. It provides you with a place to entertain, to put a grill, to host a fire pit party or just relax as your…
As a pergola owner, you know the impatience that comes over you as winter starts to wind down. You wake up each morning and rush to the window to see how much of the Calgary snowpack has melted, before opening your weather app to check on the rising temperatures. Each day brings you closer to…
As a Calgary resident, you know that space is at a premium all across the city. This makes it hard to complete big home improvement projects like a full extension almost impossible, and the local planning permits don’t make things any easier. However, you can still get extra space for your home when you start…
Any Calgary sunroom owner will tell you that it’s the single best home improvement project that they’ve ever undertaken. From a living standards point of view, it’s a quick way to gain a lot of extra square footage, and your entire family will benefit from the extra space. From an aesthetic point of view, a…
In a city such as Calgary, the challenge facing every homeowner is how do you get the most out of every square metre of space. This is particularly important outside, and not everyone has the space or finances to build a brand new garage to protect their cars from the elements. This is where many…
What is a carport? It’s often joked that there are four different seasons in Alberta; getting ready for winter, winter, still winter and recovering from winter. While this is obviously tongue in cheek, Calgary residents know how frustrating the seemingly perpetual snow and ice can be, especially when you’ve got to go about your daily…
It’s a well known truth to all Calgary citizens that winter is the hardest season to cope with. Beyond the frigid temperatures and whipping winds to cope with, there is the never ending battle against snow piling up in dangerous and frustrating snowbanks. It’s such a big problem across the city that there are entire…
As any owner of a four season sunroom will tell you, winter in Calgary is the best season to have a sunroom. The idea of having the feeling of being outside during the frigid temperatures and wild snowstorms all while being cuddled up and safe is a great contrast, and it’s an experience that you…
All Calgary residents know the importance of being ready for winter. The long cold months can feel like they last forever, and it’s only a matter of time before the autumn temperatures start to drop and snow symbols begin appearing on the weather forecast. For sunroom owners, these changes mean that it’s time to start…
The arrival of the new year always has Alberta residents thinking about their resolutions and goals for the next twelve months. While most of these revolve around personal challenges such as fitness, weight loss and breaking or creating habits, some citizens start to think about goals they have for their home. It’s natural to tie…