Mississauga’s Homes Span Six Decades of Construction Standards — Does Yours Measure Up?
Few GTA cities have the age range Mississauga does. Cooksville and Clarkson have homes going back to the 1960s and 70s. Erin Mills and Meadowvale were largely built out in the 80s and 90s. Newer development continues to fill in gaps across the city today. Every one of those eras came with a different insulation […]
Spray Foam in Mississauga: Fixing the Cold Floors Builders Left Behind
Three complaints come up more than any others in Mississauga’s subdivision housing, and they’re all the same problem wearing different clothes: None of these is a thermostat problem, a furnace problem, or something more attic insulation will fix. They’re all floors and framing exposed to outside air, insulated at construction with fibreglass batts that don’t […]
What Your Builder Left Undone in Your Mississauga Attic
Here’s the good news first: if you live in a Mississauga subdivision home, you almost certainly have the easiest attic in the GTA to fix properly. Engineered trusses. Generous headroom. A hatch you can actually get through. Continuous soffit venting. No vermiculite, no knob-and-tube, no century-old surprises. Compared to a rowhouse off the Danforth, your […]
Attic Insulation Rebate in Mississauga: How to Get Past $1,250
Every insulation company in Ontario is advertising the same headline: up to $1,250 for attic insulation, no energy assessment required. It’s real. It’s also the smaller of the two options, and for most Mississauga homes it’s the wrong one to take. The same program has a second path that pays up to $7,700 across all […]