Resources
Building a Sustainable Future
Sustainable Homes Without the Confusion: How to Build Smart and Efficient Homes
A guide to what sustainability could mean on your next project.
Why Natural Gas Is More Sustainable Than You Think
To build a sustainable home, use gas!
How to Choose the Best Foundation for Your Winnipeg Addition
Welcome to Winnipeg Building! If you are one of the lucky people who gets to call Winnipeg home, this blog is for you. If you are even more lucky and planning an addition to your home, this article is for you! The most important part of your new addition is not the...
4-Plexes and Feces – Grey Water Recycling’s role in Winnipeg
As the City Expands Housing Opportunities, Concerns Arise About Infrastructure Readiness, Can Grey Water Recycling Solve Them? The Situation - New Zoning Bylaws Allowing Density Winnipeg, November 7, 2023 — Winnipeg's recent decision to consider adopting a zoning...
Mean Radiant Temperature: Why is my Basement Cold?
Basements have a reputation for being cold, dank, and uncomfortable. Even with a good heating mechanism they can be uncomfortable places. Why? Mean Radiant Temperature The answer has to do with Mean Radiant Temperature (MRT). The mean radiant temperature...
How To Select a Good Custom Home Builder
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...
What is a Sustainable Home?
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...
Why Should I Have an HRV/ERV?
The 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...
What is Ice Damming and How Do I Fix It?
We’ve written an article that’s guaranteed to either a) help inform you a little better about the issue of ice damming, or b) get a song stuck in your head. Hope you enjoy it either way!
You’ll Save Money and Live Better in Your Sustainable Home!
Why building a sustainable home with Dueck Builders can result in a more comfortable lifestyle!
Why Should I Build a “Sustainable” Home?
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 rubbing a...
A Quick Primer On Manitoba’s Third Party Warranty
What happened to the Manitoba New Home Warranty Act?!
The Shocking Danger of New Homes
If you’re building a new home, consider some of these details before you sign the contract!
Why Do We Say We Are “Truly Custom”?
Our favourite compliment we've ever heard on one of our builds was from our siding guy. He said "this house looks just like the home owner!". We were thrilled to hear that because as a custom home builder, our goal is to make sure you shine through the walls of your...
The Power of Home
For designing a better tomorrow, start with your home.
The Importance of Honesty
"I didn't punch him or hit him" is a line I'm hearing more and more. I parent an awesome 3 year old and a fantastic one year old. Jaxon is starting to get into Henry's hair a little more often lately. Suddenly he's no longer the perfect little brother, and he's...
Benefits of Relational Home Building
I'm sure you've heard the stories before. The ones about subcontractors not getting paid, or work being done unsatisfactorily. You maybe have heard about people bragging how they took advantage of a subcontractor. Unfortunately these conversations are not uncommon in...
Joist End Details
Here’s a better way to insulate your joist ends.
Before it gets Better
Do you ever tackle a home project that's a bit too big? Here's a glimpse into my newest learning experience! Gina and I heard from a few neighbours that our nice back yard had a big standing water problem in spring. We also noticed our yard had a nice slope... to the...
5 Tips to a Happier Office Job
It took me 3 years to figure out how to enjoy office work more. Skip a few with some steps.
Designing Your Best Home
How can Dueck Builders help to design and built the home that is best for you? The design / build journey can be a confusing one. There are so many choices and no clear-cut answer to questions such as: what is the best siding, or flooring, or window option. All these...
And now for something completely different…
Seven years ago I drove a 2006 Mustang (that I was about to crash and then trade for a truck). I didn't own a house, I was living at home at that point. I had no idea that in one short month True North Sports and Entertainment (TNSE) would make a city changing...
“Summer”izing Your Home
Steps to a more efficient home this summer!
Why Do We Do What We Do? (Cal Episode)
Building "green" for me has to do with integrity. I believe that as creatures on this planet we are all related to, and affect, all other aspects of our world. The butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world may have helped shape a hurricane in another part...
Berkley Betterment!
Berkley After Pictures!
Are Solar Panels Feasible for You?
Good morning friends! During our Ask the Author feature, we got this question posted on our blog. “I’m interested in putting up solar panels, but I live in a century home and I’m not sure if my roof can handle the weight of them. I have 10″ roof boards on the roof...
Ask the Author
Good morning all! Today I have run out of productive ideas of things to write about. So I'm doing what any good blogger would do, and am throwing it back to our followers. If you have any pressing questions on building, renovating, or otherwise improving your house...
Captivating
What is in a word, a blog post, an ad, a picture that hooks the viewer? How do communication mediums like songs, writings, or pictures communicate so intimately with diverse people groups? What is it that captivates? Moreover, why is a builder writing about...