Home Renovation Courses from Heritage Montreal

Did you know that Heritage Montreal offers Home renovation courses?

If you are a home owner- the handy type, or if you always wanted to get basic information on home maintenance, these courses are right up your alley.
You can learn about home maintenance, renovation and restoration from professionals in the field.

• How to plan your own renovation projects, find the proper resources.
• Home Inspection: How to look at a house and understand its problems.
• Understand foundation problems, their causes and solutions.
• Discover how heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical systems work.
• How to look after the maintenance and renovation of exterior walls and roofs.
• Insulation, main dynamics and the solutions to common problems.

And we are not talking about contractors involved; the courses are actually taught by architects and engineers.

Interested? Keep on reading >>

Improving Your Home’s Air Quality

Is the air in your home making you sick?

It can be as innocuous as a persistent cough, rash or headache. But, for the very young, the elderly and those with respiratory disease, the effects of indoor air contamination can be far more serious. The very air you breathe could be affecting the comfort and health of your family. Recognizing the symptoms of poor air quality is the first step toward fixing the problem. Bad air can be the cause any of the following symptoms:

• fatigue
• headaches
• cold or flu symptoms such as coughing, congestion and sneezing
• redness or irritation of the eyes
• irritation of the nose or throat
• dry, chapped or irritated skin
• allergies
• asthma attacks

Your home may have bad air if you or your family continuously experience any of these indicators, primarily when spending time at home. Read more

Spring Has Sprung a Leaky Roof

That gentle spring rain is great for your garden, but it’s not so nice when you’re dealing with a leaky roof. If you’ve noticed peeling wallpaper, cracked paint, stains on the ceiling or actual drips that you have to catch in buckets or pots, you need to think about fixing your roof.

A few things you should know about roof repairs

The best-case scenario is that a section of your roof will require patching or repair. The worst-case scenario is an expensive recovering or replacement of your entire roof. When determining which scenario applies to your roof, interview some quality roofing professionals and consider these facts:

- A roof needs to be replaced every 20 to 30 years, on average, depending on materials, installation, weather and maintenance
- Finding the source of a leak can be challenging, even for roofing pros, and repairs can get pricey if you have to keep calling them back for additional fixes

When a new roof is your only option

Your chosen roofing professional has advised you need a new roof. Now, you have a number of new questions to answer: Read more