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again the time of the year: make sure that the vents for direct vented furnaces are free of ice and that the furnace filters are clean! will help against the furnace quitting! and, it shouldn’t be, but sometimes, if the hot water tank is not working, it might be its a on the same cirquit as a tripped breaker (at the mome t that can happen more often if electrical heaters are used! good luck to all of you!!! spring is coming!!!

Happy New Year to you all! Here just a quick reminder for the upcoming extreme COLD: - CHANGE YOUR FURNACE FILTERS!!!... If the furnace filter is plugged and it is really cold outside, the furnace runs more, sometimes non-stop and can overheat and shut down. - CHECK THE EXHAUSTS ON YOUR DIRECT VENTED FURNACE and WATER HEATERS In the extreme cold the exhaust have ice build up which can obstruct the flow, which in lots of cases lets the furnace go into safety mode and switch off. If you get rid off the ice obstruction, the furnace should switch on by itself! Hope this message can save you some ‘furnace guy coming out charging overtime/late time/weekend charges.... All the best, Your Orange T-Shirt Contracting team!!!

Here some of our kitchen projects over the years...

Hello friends of OTC. My first real post on the Facebook Page. And because of recent problems at a customers with their sump pump, here some info for you from my years of experience: - BROKEN SUMP PUMPS: As you can see in the picture, sump pumps can rott. Check the sump pump at least once a year, best at this time or better just before the big snow melt. If there is an oily film on the water in the sump hole, the pump is with a high probability broken!... - HOW TO CHECK A SUMP PUMP: It is possible and advised to check if the sump pump is working by just pouring water into the sump hole. - WINTER AND SUMP HOSE: Make sure for the winter to disconnect the sump hose since it will be frozen into the snow and the sump pump can’t discharge. It is better to let it spray into the yard than letting it freeze up. Some people attach a short piece of hose just to bring it a bit away from the house. - SUMP RUNNING A LOT: If the sump pump is running a lot it is either a sign that the discharge is blocked or that a lot of water is coming in through the weeping tile. - WHERE IS THE SUMP PUMP? There are lots of different places for the sump hole/sump pump. Some are in utility rooms, but lots are in different places, under carpets, boards or under stair cases. Some houses don’t have sump pumps and the weeping tile discharges directly into the house grey water (sewage) line (this is not preferred by the city since it is overloading the drain system). Some houses don’t have weeping tile (the perforated pipe around the house at foundation level) on the outside of the house, but they have it as an afterthought on the inside of the house underneath the basement slab. - LEVEL GROUND AWAY FROM THE HOUSE: It is immense important that the ground on the outside of the house is levelled at least 4’ away from the house. And this doesn’t mean that the black-dirt is just levelled away from the house, but that the clay underneath is levelled away. The black-dirt is not a drain layer, water goes straight through! - START OF THAWING GROUND: In spring the ground is still frozen further away from the house, but right at the house it is thawed already. So, the snow melt, if it can’t run drain away from the house, will go along the house wall down. If there are any cracks or the basement wall is not water sealed, or the weeping tile is not doing its job, the water will find its way into the basement. Make sure extension of the down spouts are attached and not leaking! I will inform write more about this in the future. For now, if anybody has questions, contact me! I am happy to help to find your water leaks and make your houses more safe!!! :)

again the time of the year: make sure that the vents for direct vented furnaces are free of ice and that the furnace filters are clean! will help against the furnace quitting! and, it shouldn’t be, but sometimes, if the hot water tank is not working, it might be its a on the same cirquit as a tripped breaker (at the mome t that can happen more often if electrical heaters are used! good luck to all of you!!! spring is coming!!!

Hello all! i have you are all safely distancing and staying healthy. this time i have 2 helpers to show the reason why you shouldn’t throw wipes or similar products down the toilet: they don’t dissolve! for quite a while!!!... And if there is only one little corner, hook or root in the drain pipe, these things hang there and act like a fishing net to everything going through the pipe. And voila, you have a clogged pipe! Beside the clogg, they are messing up the water treatment plants! So, to prevent paying a plumber or me to un-clog the pipes, put only things in the toilet that belong there. pee, and . Be smart! enjoy the video ps: thanks Laynee and Amica for the scientific help!!!

Hello all! i have you are all safely distancing and staying healthy. this time i have 2 helpers to show the reason why you shouldn’t throw wipes or similar products down the toilet: they don’t dissolve! for quite a while!!!... And if there is only one little corner, hook or root in the drain pipe, these things hang there and act like a fishing net to everything going through the pipe. And voila, you have a clogged pipe! Beside the clogg, they are messing up the water treatment plants! So, to prevent paying a plumber or me to un-clog the pipes, put only things in the toilet that belong there. pee, and . Be smart! enjoy the video ps: thanks Laynee and Amica for the scientific help!!!

Happy New Year to you all! Here just a quick reminder for the upcoming extreme COLD: - CHANGE YOUR FURNACE FILTERS!!!... If the furnace filter is plugged and it is really cold outside, the furnace runs more, sometimes non-stop and can overheat and shut down. - CHECK THE EXHAUSTS ON YOUR DIRECT VENTED FURNACE and WATER HEATERS In the extreme cold the exhaust have ice build up which can obstruct the flow, which in lots of cases lets the furnace go into safety mode and switch off. If you get rid off the ice obstruction, the furnace should switch on by itself! Hope this message can save you some ‘furnace guy coming out charging overtime/late time/weekend charges.... All the best, Your Orange T-Shirt Contracting team!!!

Here some of our kitchen projects over the years...

Hello friends of OTC. My first real post on the Facebook Page. And because of recent problems at a customers with their sump pump, here some info for you from my years of experience: - BROKEN SUMP PUMPS: As you can see in the picture, sump pumps can rott. Check the sump pump at least once a year, best at this time or better just before the big snow melt. If there is an oily film on the water in the sump hole, the pump is with a high probability broken!... - HOW TO CHECK A SUMP PUMP: It is possible and advised to check if the sump pump is working by just pouring water into the sump hole. - WINTER AND SUMP HOSE: Make sure for the winter to disconnect the sump hose since it will be frozen into the snow and the sump pump can’t discharge. It is better to let it spray into the yard than letting it freeze up. Some people attach a short piece of hose just to bring it a bit away from the house. - SUMP RUNNING A LOT: If the sump pump is running a lot it is either a sign that the discharge is blocked or that a lot of water is coming in through the weeping tile. - WHERE IS THE SUMP PUMP? There are lots of different places for the sump hole/sump pump. Some are in utility rooms, but lots are in different places, under carpets, boards or under stair cases. Some houses don’t have sump pumps and the weeping tile discharges directly into the house grey water (sewage) line (this is not preferred by the city since it is overloading the drain system). Some houses don’t have weeping tile (the perforated pipe around the house at foundation level) on the outside of the house, but they have it as an afterthought on the inside of the house underneath the basement slab. - LEVEL GROUND AWAY FROM THE HOUSE: It is immense important that the ground on the outside of the house is levelled at least 4’ away from the house. And this doesn’t mean that the black-dirt is just levelled away from the house, but that the clay underneath is levelled away. The black-dirt is not a drain layer, water goes straight through! - START OF THAWING GROUND: In spring the ground is still frozen further away from the house, but right at the house it is thawed already. So, the snow melt, if it can’t run drain away from the house, will go along the house wall down. If there are any cracks or the basement wall is not water sealed, or the weeping tile is not doing its job, the water will find its way into the basement. Make sure extension of the down spouts are attached and not leaking! I will inform write more about this in the future. For now, if anybody has questions, contact me! I am happy to help to find your water leaks and make your houses more safe!!! :)

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Hello friends of OTC. My first real post on the Facebook Page. And because of recent problems at a customers with their sump pump, here some info for you from my years of experience: - BROKEN SUMP PUMPS: As you can see in the picture, sump pumps can rott. Check the sump pump at least once a year, best at this time or better just before the big snow melt. If there is an oily film on the water in the sump hole, the pump is with a high probability broken!... - HOW TO CHECK A SUMP PUMP: It is possible and advised to check if the sump pump is working by just pouring water into the sump hole. - WINTER AND SUMP HOSE: Make sure for the winter to disconnect the sump hose since it will be frozen into the snow and the sump pump can’t discharge. It is better to let it spray into the yard than letting it freeze up. Some people attach a short piece of hose just to bring it a bit away from the house. - SUMP RUNNING A LOT: If the sump pump is running a lot it is either a sign that the discharge is blocked or that a lot of water is coming in through the weeping tile. - WHERE IS THE SUMP PUMP? There are lots of different places for the sump hole/sump pump. Some are in utility rooms, but lots are in different places, under carpets, boards or under stair cases. Some houses don’t have sump pumps and the weeping tile discharges directly into the house grey water (sewage) line (this is not preferred by the city since it is overloading the drain system). Some houses don’t have weeping tile (the perforated pipe around the house at foundation level) on the outside of the house, but they have it as an afterthought on the inside of the house underneath the basement slab. - LEVEL GROUND AWAY FROM THE HOUSE: It is immense important that the ground on the outside of the house is levelled at least 4’ away from the house. And this doesn’t mean that the black-dirt is just levelled away from the house, but that the clay underneath is levelled away. The black-dirt is not a drain layer, water goes straight through! - START OF THAWING GROUND: In spring the ground is still frozen further away from the house, but right at the house it is thawed already. So, the snow melt, if it can’t run drain away from the house, will go along the house wall down. If there are any cracks or the basement wall is not water sealed, or the weeping tile is not doing its job, the water will find its way into the basement. Make sure extension of the down spouts are attached and not leaking! I will inform write more about this in the future. For now, if anybody has questions, contact me! I am happy to help to find your water leaks and make your houses more safe!!! :)

Do you need some fixes done on your house? Or you want to change something completely? We do anything from patching drywall to building a garage with a suite. Nothing is too small or too big. Give us a call or send us a message.... Projects we have done in the past: - Kitchens - Bathrooms - Garages with or without Suite - Basement Renovations - Office foyers - Landscaping and Cobble Stone work - Wooden Decks and Stone Patios - Opening and Moving walls - Renewing or changing plumbing - Renewing or changing electrical - Window replacement - Siding - Roofing/Eavestroughs - Taping/Mudding/Painting - Flooring: Vinyl plank/ Tile/ Hardwood including new subfloor - In-Floor Heating - Concrete Sidewalks - Stone work - Wooden Fences - Standing/Hanging Shelves - Suspended ceilings/ T-bar - Small Things: Hang pictures/ curtains/ fix floors/ fix doors/ help with appliance changes/ fix baseboards/ hang new light fixtures/ Sidewalk lifts/ additional Handrails/ remove chimneys/ close walls after electrical/plumbing fixes or changes/ unsqeek floors