HRVs and ERVs - What's the Difference? If you’ve purchased a newly constructed home in the past 5 years, there’s a good chance you have an HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator) or ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator), installed in your mechanical room. As a result of improved insulation and air-tightness of new-builds, these homes also experience less [...]

How Pet Allergens Affect Indoor Air Quality While there are some homeowners that are free from the hassles of pet allergens, there are many that struggle with them inside their own home. According to the American Lung Association, when compared to dogs, there is twice the number of people who claim allergies to cats. Yet, [...]

Aprilaire 600 Humidifier Product Review A question we get asked frequently is: 'what kind of humidifier would you recommend?'. And 9 out of 10 times, we recommend the Aprilaire 600 Humidifier to our clients. In this blog post, we'll break down the reasons why we recommend this particular humidifier so frequently. 1. It's simple. When [...]

What's the Point of Furnace & Duct Cleaning? Duct cleaning is one of those tricky industries where there are a lot of scammy companies and a lot of good-quality companies marketing themselves to the masses. So how do you sort out who is who? And is there even a point to getting your ducts cleaned? [...]

What is a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV)? Heat Recovery Ventilators, or HRVs for short, are becoming more and more popular in mechanical rooms across Canada, especially in newest homes. But what do they do? And in what applications are they helpful? We're here to clear some of this up so you can make the best [...]

Keep Your Home Safe: Clean Your Dryer Vent Gone are the days of air drying your clothing on a regular basis. These days, we opt for the more convenient option of throwing clothes in the dryer to finish our laundry duties, especially in North America where it's cold most of the time. While the understanding [...]