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Common Laundry Room Sink Plumbing Problems

Friday, May 18, 2012
Plumbing tips aren’t hard to come by, but plumbing tips from the experts are. Mr. Rooter® Plumbing has dedicated the space below to answering your questions with knowledge that comes from years of experience WEEKLY TIP: Common Laundry Room Sink Plumbing Problems Do you notice damp walls or floors around your laundry room sink? Check [...]

Canadians love condos

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
by RateHub.ca Large construction cranes sitting next to towers of concrete and glass are common-place images across many of Canada’s major city centres. Recent data suggests housing starts fuelled by condo construction is surging, despite expectations they would cool in 2012. Last April, housing starts hit the second highest output on record with 244,900 starts [...]

Ceramic Tile vs. Porcelain Tile

Tuesday, May 15, 2012
by StonePeak Ceramics If you were taking the verbal section of the SAT, one of the questions might look similar to this:  A square is to a rectangle, as ___________ is to ceramic tile. The answer of course would be porcelain tile.  Much like a square has stricter credentials, however still meets the qualifications of [...]

Kohler’s Contemporary Valet

Monday, May 14, 2012
by Mecc Interiors Though it would seem that Kohler’s Margaux collection is not new, the first time I was introduced to the fabulous valet was at this year’s K|BIS show.   I thought that it was perhaps new to Canada, but it seems that valets simply aren’t popular enough to warrant being pointed out. One of [...]

Mr. Rooter Plumbing Weekly TIP: Commercial Faucets and Fixtures

Friday, May 11, 2012
Plumbing tips aren’t hard to come by, but plumbing tips from the experts are. Mr. Rooter® Plumbing has dedicated the space below to answering your questions with knowledge that comes from years of experience. Weekly Plumbing Tip: Commercial Faucets and Fixtures Do your commercial fixtures and faucets meet requirements set by the Americans with Disabilities [...]

The Chameleon Cupboard

Thursday, May 10, 2012
by MeCC Interiors New from Italy’s Porro is the Chameleon Cupboard, a collaboration with the Sweden’s Front.  Like any chameleon, this cupboard is ever-changing. As Front describes it: “The new Chameleon unit is a magic volume, constantly opening on itself as the game of the Chinese boxes, changing appearance and revealing new finishes…  it consists [...]

K|BIS 2012 – Kohler’s Bathroom Music

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
by Mecc Interiors Lots of updates and ideas from K|BIS over the next few days,  some of which are new-to-market and some new-to-me. For those who love music and want to hear it all the time, Kohler introduced a couple of great ideas for the those without whole house speakers: StereoStik™ (K-2958) and the Fountainhead® [...]

The Stacked Bathroom

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
by MeCC Interiors Design Odyssey Co., a UK-based manufacturer, has introduced the Vertebrae®, a stacked, vertical bathroom which features seven (7) rotating components for a compact and fully functional bath. Inspired by the human spine, (and shown above) the design features two (2) showers and two (2) storage compartments, a cistern with a mirror (mirror [...]

How Green is Your City

Monday, May 7, 2012
MeCC Interiors   The U.S. and Canada Green City Index, part of a research project conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, recently released its annual ranking of North American cities based on environmental performance. Twenty-seven (27) cities were scored on thirty-one (31) indicators, including things like water and energy consumption and conservation, public use of [...]

Mr. Rooter Plumbing Weekly Tip: Clogged Shower Drains

Friday, May 4, 2012
Plumbing tips aren’t hard to come by, but plumbing tips from the experts are. Mr. Rooter® Plumbing has dedicated the space below to answering your questions with knowledge that comes from years of experience. WEEKLY TIP: Clogged Shower Drains Nothing stops a command performance of singing in the shower faster than a clogged drain. But [...]