Quartermaster Blog

U.S. import tariffs on Canadian goods, especially for steel, have increased renovation costs for both contractors and homeowners.

Are you looking to improve the energy efficiency of your home? Making a few tweaks to your HVAC appliances and systems can help reduce your heating and cooling bills – and they’re especially worth looking into if you live in an older home, as many GTA homeowners do.

Early fall is a busy time for HVAC Pros, as homeowners turn their furnaces on for the first time that season. Here are the top questions to ask when hiring an HVAC pro.

If you have a wooden deck or balcony on your property, it’s important to give it a proper finish. Not only does this improve the look of the wood and protect it from the elements, it also helps prevent structural damage like rot.

Before you give up a weekend to refinish your deck, spend five minutes finding out whether it needs anything at all. Two Toronto-area Pros walk through the water test, the warning signs of rot, and when the honest answer is to rebuild instead.

Most roof problems are repairs, not replacements. Two Toronto roofers explain how to tell the difference, where roofs actually leak, and how to spot a roofer overselling you a new roof.