STEPS · 4 MIN
Three-eighths of an inch
The riser tolerance we hold across a flight of steps, why it's tighter than code, and what happens on the ones that aren't.
DRAINAGE · 6 MIN
Where your downspouts should end up
Most of the standing water we're called about starts at a roof. Four ways to move it, in rough order of cost.
MATERIALS · 7 MIN
Sealing: who actually needs it
Sealers deepen colour and help with oil stains. They also need redoing every three to five years, and an unsealed patio is not a failing one.
DRIVEWAYS · 5 MIN
What a plow does to a paver driveway
Nothing, if the edge is right. Everything, if it isn't. How to spec an apron that survives the town truck as well as your own.
WALLS · 6 MIN
The four-foot rule, and what it actually means
Where the line sits between a wall you can build on a Saturday and one that needs an engineer's stamp — and why the height isn't measured where most people think.
BASE & DRAINAGE · 8 MIN
Why patios sink, and why it’s never the pavers
Every settled patio we've ever opened up failed for one of four reasons. None of them had anything to do with the stone on top.
September 16, 2026
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