Mould is everywhere and has been since the dawn of time. It gets a bad rap these days but we can thank mould for penicillin and certain cheeses. It’s always been in our homes but ironically it’s more of a problem in houses built in the last 10 years or so. Modern, hermetically sealed, energy
Read more
It doesn’t matter where you go in Canada, radon gas is seeping from the soil and dissipating in the atmosphere. Radon is produced when uranium decays. In parts of the country where there is a higher concentration of uranium, you find more radon gas. Radon isn’t dangerous when it escapes from the soil and mixes
Read more
We all do everything we can to make our homes as safe as possible for our families. We install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, we keep up with routine maintenance, we make sure that our heating system is working properly, and we install security devices to keep the world out. However, there might be unseen
Read more
If you have a home that was built before 1986 and you are planning to do a renovation, it’s probably a good idea to have the building materials tested for asbestos. Before its use in Canada was banned in the early 1980’s, asbestos was added to many commonly used building materials. Stockpiled building supplies that
Read more
