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Welcome to our big special focus on home exteriors and how to make them better and more attractive. Watch your inbox all this week for extra features, videos and podcasts that will get those creative juices flowing.
- Patrick Flannery, editor
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One easy pass with the right router bit can give your deck edge a certain special something. But be careful how you mount the blade.
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Novatech is a big Canadian fenestration manufacturer that collects market data across North America. Here's what Katie Sponseller, a product designer, says is hot in entrance doors right now.
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We had a great conversation with Damon Gray, owner of B.C.’s NZ Builders, about their innovative insulated concrete panels and some of the great things they can achieve with them. NZ is making high-performance homes, even Passive House homes, on Vancouver Island out of concrete and finding the material generates a more comfortable and healthy environment for their customers.
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How about some nice, clean lines on the roof without vents poking up? Spray foam insulation can help you make it a reality.
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Air sealing a building envelope is an important factor for energy efficiency and occupant comfort. A drafty room will feel cold in winter, even if the thermometer is set to 21°C. Air leakage also contributes to high energy bills. However, as we insulate by packing more and more fluffy stuff in the walls or other means responding to increased demands for greater performance from buildings, air sealing becomes more critical for two other important factors — building durability and indoor air quality.
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JELD-WEN of Canada’s JWC8500 HYBRID SERIES WINDOW combines energy efficiency, durability, and style.
Designed for Canadian climates, these customizable windows maximize natural light and provide long-term performance.
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Taylor McCarthy, owner of Frontera Homes in Victoria, B.C., joins Canadian Contractor to share the secret recipe for his team’s award-winning build, “The Irving Grotto” – a remodel with a green roof — and their high-efficiency renovation, “The Fernwood Net Zero.”
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Nidus3D in Kingston, Ontario is a trailblazer responding to the housing crisis. They’re 3D printing Canada’s first buildings using innovative technology to confront the country’s shrinking housing supply.
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"...we gutted it back to the studs to get our air barrier and vapor barrier and proper insulation and built out from there. Some of the benefits the homeowner realized is this house didn’t end up in the landfill. This house was taken apart and then rebuilt in a high-efficiency manner."
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