Furnace Replacement Tips

Good morning all! How many of you have woken up cold on a winter night? In my case, that would be a great thing, I love the room cold. In my wife’s case that would be a bad start to a rough day! And if the problem is the furnace not doing what it was supposed to do,...

Thermal Bridging

Hi guys! So here’s a question we’ve been getting lately. What’s the big deal with thermal bridging? Why should I think about addressing it either in my current home or in my new build? It seems like a lot of work has to go into a measly R 7-10 upgrade. Well here we...

Floor Your Information

Good morning, happy Friday! This post today is going to deal with flooring choices. When you’re building or renovating a huge question that will come up is what do I want to walk on? It floors a lot of people. The fact is that the incredibly wide set of options can be...

Water Heaters

Hello again! Today I’m going to chat with you guys a little bit about domestic hot water heating. Hopefully this post will get us all into hot water. For cheaper preferably. I want to highlight a few options, what their advantages are and disadvantages are. For every...

ICF vs Conventional Concrete

  ICF vs Conventional Hi guys! Here we are already getting to the fun stuff! Lots of you might be wondering when building your home “what’s the deal with this ICF?”. There’s lots of info on ICF and the technology used in keeping basements warm and dry. Provided...

A New Beginning

So here’s the start of something new for us. Dueck Builders is entering the blogging world. We’re going to be going over things from foundation options to energy efficient upgrades and payoffs to how you can live in your house for free for up to 60 years....