Advance planning is the key to successful renovations. These fact sheets help you plan, assess, and avoid surprises. Achieve the results you want by doing your renovation right the first time.
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Interior Renovations
Renovating Your Kitchen Conduct a pre-renovation inspection and prioritize the most desirable features for your new kitchen.
Renovating your Basement for Livability Find out about common problems that can be fixed, as part of the renovations, to make your basement a healthy living space.
Flooring Choices Things you should think about when choosing resilient, laminate, and wood flooring, as well as carpet and ceramic tile.
Renovating Your Bathroom Bathroom renovations offer the second highest financial payback rate and are one of the most common home improvement projects.
Hydronic Radiant Floor Heating Radiant floor heating is a method of heating your home by applying heat underneath or within the floor
Buying a Toilet Advice and tips on what to look for when buying a toilet.
Replacing Your Furnace This fact sheet provides you with information on replacing your existing furnace with a new one.
Before You Start a New Addition Identify the features you need and inspect the current structure and mechanical systems to be sure they can support the new addition.
The ABC's of Windows Information to help you understand and select window performance levels appropriate for your climatic (and geographical) location and exposure conditions.
Window and Door Renovations Before repairing or replacing windows and doors, consider all of the factors outlined in this fact sheet.
General Renovations
Assesing the Renovation Project If you plan carefully, you can renovate your home to make it look better, work better, last longer and be more comfortable.
Canada's Construction System Understand the elements of the system of construction and operation of buildings and houses in Canada.
Hiring a Contractor Make sure you get what you want and pay for when hiring a contractor.
Sample Renovation Contract A detailed written contract between you and the contractor you hire is essential to any renovation or home repair project, no matter its size.