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The things worth knowing before you hire anyone.
Written for homeowners in the GTA, about the specific ways this climate and this soil ruin otherwise good work.
Why interlock heaves in the GTA — and how to stop it
Your patio was level the day it was finished. Three winters later it rolls like a bad sidewalk. Here is exactly what happens under the stone, and what a proper base costs you up front to avoid it.
Read 02Clay soil, compaction and why your lawn stays thin
Most GTA subdivisions sit on heavy clay with a thin skin of topsoil. That one fact explains the bare patches, the puddles and the same weeds returning every May.
Read 03Choosing a snow trigger depth you will not regret in February
Two centimetres or five? Seasonal or per visit? The number you pick in October decides whether you get out of the driveway on the worst morning of the year.
ReadRoad salt is eating the edge of your lawn
That dead strip along the driveway is not winter kill, it is salt. What it does to soil, and the three things that actually reduce it.
Read 02The fall clean-up decides what your lawn looks like in May
Leaves left under snow do not politely compost. They mat, they hold water against the crown, and they invite snow mold.
Read 03Skip the blow-out, replace the system
Water left in a sprinkler line freezes, expands and cracks fittings underground where you cannot see them until spring. It is the cheapest service we sell and the most expensive one to skip.
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