A roof has a fairly simple job description: stay in place, keep water outside, and avoid becoming airborne during the next serious storm. Unfortunately, Canadian weather often treats that job description as a list of personal challenges. Hail, wind, snow, ice, rapid temperature changes, and intense summer sunlight can all damage ordinary roofing materials. […]

A windy day can be impressive when you are watching trees sway from the comfort of your living room. It becomes considerably less entertaining when part of your roof decides to join the weather and fly away. If you look outside after a storm and notice shingles scattered across your lawn, driveway, or neighbour’s

You’re cleaning out your gutters, expecting the usual collection of leaves, twigs, and mysterious debris that somehow appears out of nowhere – and then you notice something strange. The bottom of the gutter looks like it has been sprinkled with coarse black sand. Those little particles are most likely shingle granules. Before assuming your

You wake up after a windy night, look outside, and notice something lying on the lawn. At first, you hope it is just an unusually flat piece of garden decoration. Then you look up and realize the unpleasant truth – several shingles have blown off your roof. Missing shingles may not seem like a

Selling a house often feels like preparing for a very important first date. You clean everything, fix the obvious problems, improve the lighting, and quietly hope nobody notices the mysterious stain behind the basement shelf. The roof, however, is much harder to hide. A roof is one of the first major features buyers, home