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  What is Cork spray? a innovative building material that consists of 2 eco-friendly components. Cork bark and a water based acrylic resin. What these 2 materials do is they form a thermal barrier making buildings more energy efficient. This thermal barrier is an external or internal application of any home and resembles a stucco finish. Cork Spray and stucco look they same but are very different. Unlike stucco, cork spray is flexible, and it breathes with the house. It repels water and wind-driven rain. Leaving you cozy inside your home, when outside can be at its worst. It has adhesion capabilities which allows it to be applied to wood, stucco, metal, synthetic substrates and even cement substrates. So, you can coat it on to pretty much any house. It come in lots of colours as well so you can make it the designer touch you want. All product is backed by a 10-year manufacture warranty. You do not want to miss out on the new wave of eco friendly, thermal conducted, Cork spray...

  Construction and implementing civil engineering techniques involve knowledge, experience and use of the right construction material. Coming up with a new structure comes with a lot of decision making. One has to take into account a number of issues and problem solving approach for this thing. It takes a lot of work to actually come up with a structure that is in possession of all your desired properties. For example, a structure whose aesthetic attributes are in sync with what you are thinking or would like to see may not be that easy to gather or collect. When one doesn’t get the choicest materials, they start looking for alternatives. In such cases, there are certain materials that you can lay your hands on if you want to transform your structure. A perfect example of a material that you can incorporate if you want to transform its appearance and enhance certain properties, is thermal cork spray . There are numerous reasons why this is an ideal choice for construction...

Cork Sprays are one of the modern environmental friendly technique of painting the house exteriors and interiors. Known for creating a breathable atmosphere for your house, Cork Sprays are emerging as a new and sustainable way of painting a house. Cork sprays provide a number of useful benefits including: • ECO-FRIENDLY Since, they’re made of 80% cork, they do not harm the environment in any manner. The manufacturing process is entirely clean and healthy and requires very less amount of energy consumption. Also, they’re made of all-natural material involving no use of harmful chemical component. The people in Canada don’t need to worry about their health since, these sprays can be entirely trusted. Being made of eco-friendly material, Cork Sprays are successful in creating a breathable shield in and around your house, protecting you from the harms of regular paints. • NON-FADING COLOR One of the most important benefits of Cork spray is that they’re resistant to fadin...

Cork Spray is one of the finest way to get the painting done with very less problem to the environment. Cork spray, in spite of being a product with numerous benefits is still much new to market but has gained a huge amount of popularity within this time. The construction industry has adopted corkwall as the product of their choice. They can make use of the same for sealing houses and insulating the commercial buildings with the eco-friendly and sustainable mindset. The major benefits of using cork spray include the following: Energy Efficiency The sprayed cork has the natural insulation properties which helps in retaining heat much effectively than the other renders. The houses in Ontario that are coated with the sprayed cork are much thermally efficient that the buildings which used the sand renders and the traditional lime. It will reduce the average amount of the energy that any commercial property or house may need daily. Environmental Advantages As the s...

It seems as though every other house or commercial building in the City of Toronto is doing a renovation.   Many of the buildings in our city are either very old or run down not to mention building materials in north America are behind its time compared to Europe.   Todays contractors need to be more informed in order to advise or suggest what’s new or what a better alternative for their renovation is.   Educating our customers and offering better alternatives in order that the customer has an option when it comes to picking their building materials, should be first priority.   People want things to last or be more efficient.   The consumer needs to become more knowledgeable when hiring a contractor.   A good contractor needs to educate the consumer and help them to decide what product or building material is right for them.   Contractors spend a lot of time in retail outlets that sell building materials and they see product all the time. ...

Today more and more people are looking for sustainability, especially when we are looking for DIY products in order to save money other than hiring a contractor. What do we mean by sustainability?  Well, let’s start by defining sustainability. Sustainability is the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.  To explain it from the perspective of environmental science, not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance. Many times we shop at big box outlets searching for something we need for our small repair.  After jumping into the car, driving to the store, shopping for what we need, to do our repair, jump back into the car, prepping our DIY job, while we get ourselves worked up and excited to do the job ourselves to save money and brag, we are soon disappointed that the product didn’t hold up to their promise.  The product was not sustainable.  Now we jump in our ca...

Cork Spray? What is it?  Cork spray is a thermal barrier which is sprayed or toweled to any surface of a building, inside or outside.   The cork is harvested every nine years.  After the bark has been treated it is sent out to produce cork bottle tops.  The residual or left over cork is ground into little granules and mixed with a water based resin ready to sprayed or toweled onto any surface. The cork has the thermal conductivity equivalent to wool.  When sprayed onto a surface it will not crack or peel.  It repels water and is mold resistant.  When it is sprayed it has the same look as stucco.  When it is toweled, it has a smooth finish. Cork has been a favorite in the construction industry.  We see it today in cork floors, cork wall paper; it is used as a sound barrier etc.  Now we can apply it as a spray. Cork spray is environment friendly and it is not harmful in any way. It is also termed as the greenest insulation mate...

  What is Thermal Conductivity? While searching the web I found many interpretation of this but, all explained it scientific terms making it so confusing.  To keep it simple I will explain it in simple terms.  Here it goes! Thermal conductivity is heat that transfers through material at a slow rate for example: When entering a room that has been closed for a while with no windows or doors open it won’t take long for the room to reach thermal equilibrium or equal temperature, meaning all surfaces are the same temperature. Let’s imagine the room is carpeted on one half and tiled on the other half.  Stepping from the carpet to the tile would seem as though the tile is colder but, they are exactly the same temperature.    It’s the heat from your feet that transfer the warmth to the cold tile floor.  If standing on the tile long enough, your feet will reach equilibrium with the tile and both will be the same temperature.  The heat from your ...

It seems as though our monthly expenses keep increasing every month.  People are having a hard time even surviving with the increase of monthly bills.  Trying to find ways to keep our utility expenses down by making sure there is no heating or cooling loss.  CORK! Have you considered the use of cork, as a material, to help save you money?  Yes, cork is being recognized as new avenue, in the construction industry.  At present we see its uses on flooring, panels, décor and fashion accessories such as, shoes, hand bags, clothing etc.  Cork is used as an insulator and can help with lowering your utility cost and save you money, as much as, 18% - 50% on your utility bills. Cork In Europe cork is used in the construction industry.  It is applied to many surfaces and looks like stucco.  It can be trowel on, or sprayed on, depending on the desired finish.  It is thermal, meaning, the rate at which heat passes through a specified material. These ...

Is your home being attacked by cluster flies?  They are annoying and disgusting insects and this is the season when it all begins. Cluster flies make their debut in the autumn when they fly to the sunny sides of homes in search of protected over-wintering sites and may be found flying about inside, often in great numbers, throughout the winter. The immature stages, egg and larva, are seldom seen as the eggs are deposited on the soil and the larva or maggots burrow into earthworms on which they feed.  The adults leave their protected over-wintering sites in the spring and will lay eggs on the soil, which contains earthworms With the onset of autumn, the current crop of adults will seek protected over-wintering sites in such locations as hedge rows; under the bark of dead and dying trees; and voids in sheds, garages, barns, houses and other man-made structures.  Cluster flies will not damage your home. Occasionally, the flies may leave small dark-colored spots of excr...