Practical guides, product spotlights, and installation tips from the Pro Materials team. Published weekly for Ontario's building trade.
Four different materials share the engineered wood siding shelf, and the fastest way to tell them apart is to read the warranty rather than the brochure. This guide reads the actual warranty documents behind LP SmartSide and Maibec CanExel, shows what each one pays in year 6 and year 16, and sets out the Ontario install rules that quietly cancel the coverage.
Read ArticleKaycan is the rare manufacturer that can clad an entire Ontario house without you leaving one catalogue. We stock 42 Kaycan products across 15 categories, from 0.050 inch vinyl lap to extruded aluminum, rainware, soffit and stone. This guide walks the range the way the company was built, one expansion at a time, and tells you which line to spec on which wall.
Read ArticleAluminum railing runs $85 to $130 per linear foot installed in Ontario and glass runs $120 to $400. The spread is not about the metal. It is about posts, stairs, anchors and code. Here is how to read a railing quote line by line.
Read ArticleFiber cement vs vinyl siding, priced the way a contractor should price it: not at the signature, but across three decades of repaints, wall weight, and warranty terms. We ran the numbers on a 2,000 sq ft Ontario wall using the specs of the products we stock.
Read ArticleThe full working guide to vinyl siding in Ontario: what sits inside the wall, how to read gauge and profile, what it costs per square foot in 2026, and how to spec the right panel for the job. Built for contractors, not brochures.
Read ArticleOn July 8, 2026 we opened the doors to the new Exterior Pro Materials showroom in Newmarket, and the response from contractors, builders, and homeowners across York Region was everything we hoped for. Here is a recap of the day, a look inside the showroom, and everything you will now find under one roof.
Read ArticleHomeowners see trim; the roof sees its air supply. This guide treats soffit and fascia as the intake half of a roof's ventilation, with real Net Free Air numbers by profile, the Ontario Building Code 1-in-300 math worked out, a vinyl vs aluminum breakdown, and the fascia-first install sequence that keeps water off the wall.
Read ArticleAn eavestrough is the whole roof-drainage system, not just a metal channel, and speccing it well comes down to four decisions: material, size, seamless or sectional, and gutter protection. This guide walks each one for Ontario rain and snow, with downspout sizing, installed cost ranges, and a five-step sizing method.
Read ArticleStone veneer cost in Ontario runs from $9 to $75 CAD per square foot installed, and the gap comes down to one thing: labour. This guide breaks the price into material, prep, and labour by product type, shows total cost by project size, and gives you a five-step way to estimate any job before you bid it.
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