Steve Sarens

THE IMPORTANCE OF FLOATATION  It sure is nice to get some decent weather! We usually start full blown installations the second week of April and this year is no different even though mid March it looked like we might get an early start.  While the weather is somewhat normal [...] Read Entire Article

After The Show Another Home Show has passed (at the newly expanded Convention Center) and as usual, there was a recurring theme. Over the years many sunroom companies have come and gone. Some because of products that weren’t designed for our climate, some from poor business practices or just [...] Read Entire Article

Hello Readers:  Well, its that time of year again! Hopefully, warm weather is just around the corner, as is the annual Winnipeg Home and Garden Show at the Convention Centre (April 1,2 and 3rd).  As many people start planning their renovation projects, the timing couldn't [...] Read Entire Article

SUNROOMS...THREE or FOUR SEASON? With winter not too far away, people considering the purchase of a sunroom may have certain questions. One being, should I purchase a three season or four season sunroom? The most popular choice over the years has been the three season - for [...] Read Entire Article

Hot, Hot, Hot !!!!!! With the hot weather we've had lately, it may seem strange to be talking about winter now, but there is a reason. Every day we get more orders in as people get fed up with battling the bugs (if it's not the mosquitoes in the wet years, its the wasps in the dry years) and [...] Read Entire Article

CRUNCH TIME!  People often assume that our busiest time of the year is the spring. While this may be true (especially after the spring Home Show) the fall is probably not far behind both for sales and installations. While installations are hectic in the spring (as we have so many jobs [...] Read Entire Article

Not Just Mosquitoes  Although we haven't had many mosquitoes this summer, it has been replaced by another winged menace - the wasp! After several people I know were stung this week I decided to look up some facts on wasps. Our most common wasp is known as the yellow jacket.  Every [...] Read Entire Article

What Direction Do You Face?  I hope everyone is enjoying the warm weather we’ve had the last few weeks! With this warm weather some people wonder how much would they use a three season sunroom, as some decks are too hot now. Wouldn't a sunroom be even hotter? The answer is - yes [...] Read Entire Article

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER !  With the nice weather we're getting, it may seem strange to be talking about winter now, but there is a reason. Every day we get more orders in as people get fed up with battling the mosquitoes and the weather. What does this have to do with winter you ask? With the [...] Read Entire Article

  Wow - Very Interesting! November 2003, we installed a three season sunroom on our building for display purposes. From November 26th to May 1st (between noon and 3:00) we recorded the outside temperatures (with and without wind) and the temperature inside the sunroom. The results [...] Read Entire Article

Summers Here! It’s nice to have the warm weather of late and we did need the rain that we’ve received the last couple weeks but the only downfall is that the combination of moisture and warm temperatures often creates conditions that are perfect for mosquitoes.  When the mosquito population [...] Read Entire Article

What is flotation? In one of the Sunday Home Sections a reader wrote in to the Ask the Inspector column with a question in regards to a flotation sunroom versus a piled sunroom. The author of the column went on to provide some good points about sunrooms built on a piled structure as well [...] Read Entire Article

THE IMPORTANCE OF FLOATATION It sure is nice to get some decent weather! We usually start full blown installations the second week of April but last year we had to wait until the beginning of May so it was nice to start at the beginning of April this year. While the exceptional [...] Read Entire Article

After The Show Another Home Show has passed and as usual, there was a recurring theme. Over the years many sunroom companies have come and gone. Some because of products that weren’t designed for our climate, some from poor business practices or just plain lack of [...] Read Entire Article

SUNROOMS...THREE or FOUR SEASON? With winter not too far away, people considering the purchase of a sunroom may have certain questions. One being, should I purchase a three season or four season sunroom? The most popular choice over the years has been the three season - for [...] Read Entire Article