by josh.friesen@dueckbuilders.com | Dec 6, 2022 | Dueck Builders Blog
Congratulations! You are about to embark on a fun adventure, you are considering building your own custom dream home. You have likely been thinking through ideas, drafting floor plans, and pinning kitchens for a while now in anticipation of beginning your custom home...
by josh.friesen@dueckbuilders.com | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the leading edge of the home building industry there are many terms for high-performance homes. Terms such as green homes, net zero homes, passive house, and sustainable homes come up often. Sometimes it can be difficult to know the difference, or what each term...
by josh.friesen@dueckbuilders.com | Dec 17, 2021 | Dueck Builders Blog
Importance of What We Breathe The pandemic changed the way we think about many things. One important change is that it forced us to think of the importance of consistent air exchange in our buildings. We focused on air changes and bringing fresh air into closed...
by dueckbuilders | Mar 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Imagine this. The year is 168,000 BC. You’ve just returned from a successful deer hunt. You’re sitting around the fire with a handful of berries trying to stay warm. The nights are getting cooler again for some odd reason. You see your crazy neighbour Gorg...
by dueckbuilders | Jun 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hi Y’all! This episode was born out of a recent job one of our contractors did recently. They had to replace some insulation that was improperly installed around joist ends. This job wasn’t a proper vapour barrier, and rather than preventing moisture from...
