Month

January 2018
7 Features That Are Cool, But Don’t Add Home Value- Toronto Custom Homes
  When building a custom home, homeowners have to balance their wants with budget and reality. Certain features may seem awesome, but they aren’t necessarily worth the expense as they don’t add any home value. Even worse, some of these cool rooms may actually make it harder to sell your home in the future. If...
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Natural Light Custom Home Toronto
  If there is one thing that can drastically change how a home looks, feels, and even functions its lighting. When building your custom home, lighting is one of the major aspects we look at. As architects, we make sure we look at what direction the sun hits your home and aim to capitalize on...
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Steps Before Remodelling Custom Home Toronto
  Home builders in Toronto get calls every day from homeowners desperately wanting to improve an area or two of their home. Whether it’s dated in style or just doesn’t function for the family, there are tons of reasons people remodel. Building a custom home from scratch isn’t always possible, but renovating and remodeling a...
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Modular Homes Custom Home Builder Toronto
  Even though we build custom homes in Toronto, we get a lot of questions about other types of homes out there. One that has been talked about lately is modular homes. Modular homes are built indoors in a factory, rather than on-site. The nearly finished home is then transported to the plot of land....
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冬天是节日和欢乐的季节,但也伴随着刺骨寒风和冰天雪地。不管是多伦多的新屋还是老屋,在冬季都可以感受到严酷低温的影响。 1. 巧用窗帘 窗帘不止可以装饰窗户,其实它们还能帮助调节室内温度。室外阳光好的时候,打开窗帘让阳光进入房间,这样不但能让室内空气变暖和,也可以让你的身体接收所需的紫外光照射。记得在太阳下山或者多云和阴天的时候拉起窗帘,保持室内温度。 2. 使用计时器 大多数中央制暖系统都内置了计时器,你在冬天时应该好好利用,设置在你醒来30分钟之前启动,这样你早晨醒来下床时屋内就可以很暖和。让制暖系统持续地低温运行会比将暖气开开关关节省。记得在你不需要暖气的时候关闭它,比如你要离家一阵子的时候。 3. 移动家具 如果你多伦多的别墅里使用了暖气片,那么别忘了调整家具的布局。比如沙发放在暖气片旁边是很暖和,但沙发也可能吸收了壁炉的暖气,让家里的整个空间没法一起暖起来。让暖气片周围保持空闲这样热空气可以流通,这对所有家具都是一样的道理,天气热了再回复原本的布局即可。 4. 巧用水管滞后 你可能没有听说过水管滞后,但我们强烈推荐你在冬天使用这一招,只需简单地讲热水管用泡沫管包起,这会延长热水管中热水的保温时间,因此可以让制暖和热水更高效因为这样冷空气更难让热水降温。 5.使用缝隙封条 这招超级简单实用,适合DIY在各种家居用品上。室外的冷空气通过各种缝隙进入室内,尤其是门和窗的缝隙,封条能够防止门窗透风,节省你的制暖开支,很多五金店销售泡沫和橡胶封条,能够为门缝挡风,防止室外冷空气进入室内。 6. 在家下厨 经过了一天的辛苦工作和严寒天气,对很多人来说这时再下厨可能非常艰辛,但在家下厨能让家里暖和起来,使用炉灶和烤箱能散发热气,因此你既可以得到美味的晚餐,又可以让房间暖和起来。 7. 巧用吊扇 你知不知道天花板吊扇有能够改变吊扇叶片方向的开关?这种开关的设置意在控制风扇更高效地运作,让夏天的室内更凉爽,冬天的室内更温暖。只需简单地用开关调节叶片方向,风扇就会将上升的热空气往下推,而不是像夏天一样将空气往上拉。 8. 紧闭门窗 如果家里有在冬季不怎么使用的房间,那么别忘了关上这些房间的门窗,这可以防止为你不在使用的房间制暖。更多热空气会进入使用中的房间,为不使用的房间制暖会太浪费。 结论 在多伦多的严寒冬季开暖气是毫无疑问的,即使如此,这些简单的技巧能进一步让房间更温暖,这能让你的制暖更高效,省下更多暖气费用。这个冬季,试一下这些小妙招吧,看下能够带来何种改变。如果你有兴趣建造你得梦想定制别墅,现在就联络我们,或者向我们咨询任何问题!
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Keep Custom Home Warm Toronto
  Winter brings with it holidays and fun, but there’s also the chilly wind and icy snow. Homes in Toronto, from the older ones to the newly built custom homes, can all feel the impact of such harsh temperatures. While turning on the heat is always an option, there are a few simple ways to...
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