The Brethren Group
53 Cambria St. unit 1 N5A 1G8 Stratford, ON, Canada

In the best interest of my clients and our company, we are positioning ourselves to only service emergency type situations. We understand the government is opening essential construction work, but to take the side of caution, we have to decline cosmetic, upgrade, or opportunity driven services. My clientele lives are more precious, in turn will provide a longer working relationship. Thanks for your patience.

"Water is the new fire" : Leak detection 101. Yes fire is visible and destructive. Water is too, when it is seen. But when it isn't seen, it's still destructive, just slower. Key tools you need : patience, tenacity, ability to know forms of water source, structural layout, envelope sciences (the way it's suppose to be done), thermal camera. When all else fails..... a knife. Exploratory surgery is just that. You want it to stop? Open it up.

In the last couple of months, I've had calls from people that their dishwashers "don't work". I guess now that people are home and making meals again, dishwashers are getting used more often. "Don't work" translates to not cleaning properly. Appliance repair people are hard to come by during these days and replacement parts are not being made due to COVID 19 and factory shut downs. So here's a tip: Empty dishwasher Run wash cycle until you hear swishing Stop dishwasher and ...pour 1 full jug of cleaning vinegar to bottom of dishwasher. Let the cycle finish completely That's it. This should make the dishwasher "work" again.

As things progress to the positive, the negative still resides. It is unfortunate, as we still continue to feel positive that the global pandemic will stop, that we value our customer safety and our family too. We have endeavored to implement PPE standards, but is apparently difficult without customer and trade interaction. Safety is is first. Once things get better and confidence restored, we will be back in full force. Stay safe.

Fruit fly season is upon us. I'm a firm believer in changing the gasket in your strainer basket in your sink . Trust me, pouring hot water or chemicals down your drain will not kill them.