PEX well on the way to overtaking copper pipe
Within three years, PEX will be the most-used residential water-supply pipe in the country, manufacturer predicts
Drywall supply a problem in Saskatchewan, CBC reports
It’s not a total drywalll drought, but product that should arrive in a couple of days is now taking a week, some contractors report
Bathroom ventilation: Fact and fiction
Bathroom fan replacement across Canada could almost become an industry in itself. Vast numbers of them aren’t doing what they were designed to do.
Real world options for streamlining drywall work
Boarding, mudding, taping, skimming… sweating, cursing, groaning. Whatever you call it, it’s tough work. Is there any way to make drywall installation less of a grind? Well, yes. Here are few ways to hang that stuff faster.
Apprentice carpenters test skills in Edmonton
National Apprentice Competition pits carpenters, drywallers and millwrighters in friendly test of skills
NYC carpenters to make $200,000 a year
Carpenters union hammers out a five year deal that will bring wages and benefits to $99.16 per hour
Ontario College of Trades will protect legitimate contractors, chairperson asserts
Tax grab? No way, says Ontario College of Trades Ron Johnston
Radon gas spurs basement repairs
Health Canada has published the results of the second and final year of its survey of radon gas levels in Canadian houses. On average, 7 percent of houses have levels of radon gas…
Electricians tops in hourly pay
The numbers are in and electricians are making the most money. According to the www.livingin-canada.com website, the average January 2012 weekly earnings for electricians in the construction sector rose 3.2 per cent over…
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May 22, 2013
Chris Langman — Why is the CFIB not organizing a boycott date for the WSIB? If independent contractors were organized together and...
May 22, 2013
Keith Baird — Despite claims to the contrary. Unions will have control of the College,removing the individual rights of the Trade person at...
May 21, 2013
D. Brian Baker — Shell Bussey's HouseSmart has been doing this for all the trades and subtrades for a very long time and we...
