Paul just moved from Moose Jaw to Ottawa, and he is not used to the use of salt on driveways. He is worried about what he should use to protect his driveway. And Greg has a driveway that keeps tracking asphalt in the house by way of shoes, basketballs and toys.There are two basic kinds of dr...
Annie has three roofs on her house, a shingled roof in the front part followed by an asphalt and gravel flat roof and then an elastomeric membrane flat roof over her back porch. They all seem to leak. The asphalt roof is only six years old, installed by someone who advertised in the local paper...
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Category: Sealants (Caulking) Product: Butyl Calking / Sealant
Temperature Limitations: Above -20 C (-4 F) but with product above +5 C (+40 F) to flow easily.
Rain Limitations: Apply to a dry surface
Wi...
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Category: Asphalt Product: Acrylic sealer for Asphalt Driveways
Temperature Limitations: Above +10 C (+50 F) and below +30 C (+85 F)
Rain Limitations: No rain for 24 hours
Wind Limitations: n/a
Humidi...
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Category: Asphalt Product: Asphalt emulsion sealer for Asphalt Driveways
Temperature Limitations: Above +10 C (+50 F) and below +38 C (+100 F)
Rain Limitations: No rain for 24 hours
Wind Limitations: n...
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Category: Asphalt Product: Crack Sealer for Asphalt Driveways
Temperature Limitations: Asphalt based: Use above -40 C (-40 F) and below +76 C (+170 F) -- Thermoplastic based: use above +10 C (+50 F) below...
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Category: Roofing Product: Asphalt & Gravel flat roofing
Temperature Limitations: Roofing materials flow best above +10 C (+50 F) -- emergency repairs can be made down to -10 C (+14 F)
Rain Limitatio...
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Category: Concrete Product: Bituminous foundation moisture control coating
Temperature Limitations: Water based products must be used above freezing -- Solvent based materials minimum -17 C (+1 F)
Rain L...
"Have listened to you for years. I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. A membrane roof has a longer guarantee 20 years, the material looks unimpressive, what is it's longevity beyond that? An asphalt roof has a 10 year guarantee but with good maintenance can last 3 times longer. My old roof is at least 4...
Angela from cyberspace (you really have to tell me where you are from when you write in, it helps me to know things about your climate, even about your soil) wants to seal her driveway but needs to fill up the cracks first. How to do it?
If we are talking about interlocking bricks, start by fill...
