What You Should Know About Your Home Ventilation

What You Should Know About Your Home Ventilation

How much do you really know about your home’s ventilation system?  Home ventilation is something we all tend to forget about. It goes on while we go about our days unaware…until something goes wrong.  Ventilation may not be noticeable, but it is certainly crucial. It...
How to Protect Your Home from Flooding this Spring

How to Protect Your Home from Flooding this Spring

Significant snow melt combined with heavy rainfalls spelled the recipe for disaster in many Northern Ontario communities this spring. Many roads in the Bracebridge area, Ontario’s main cottage country, were washed out by floodwaters, as water levels from nearby lakes...
10 Air Conditioning Mistakes That Make Your Hydro Bill Soar

10 Air Conditioning Mistakes That Make Your Hydro Bill Soar

Good news: the temperature is rising. Bad news: your hydro bill is soaring, too. You want to stay cool this season, but at what cost? For most Canadians, central air conditioning only accounts for 3% of their overall energy use. But if your wallet is feeling the heat,...
6 Signs Your Air Conditioner Might Not Survive the Summer

6 Signs Your Air Conditioner Might Not Survive the Summer

It may be mild today, but you know that summer is just around the corner. And based on the past few summers we’ve had in the Greater Toronto Area, this one could be another scorcher. Are you confident your air conditioning unit will keep up during a heat wave? If your...
Could 2019 Be Toronto’s Hottest Summer Ever?

Could 2019 Be Toronto’s Hottest Summer Ever?

Over the last four years, we have experienced the warmest years in a row on record. 2016 was Toronto’s hottest summer yet, with the next couple of years coming close as well. While it’s possible that 2019’s summer could follow the last couple years, there is reason to...