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Relative Humidity Primer #4

Relative Humidity and its role in your comfort level at your home is fairly straightforward, but also fairly deep and complex as far as the number of factors that should be considered, and the number of things you should look for and maintain properly. Last week we listed tips that will help ensure Exhaust Air

Relative Humidity Primer #3

If you’ve been following our series of posts about Relative Humidity (RH) ion the home, you’re now many steps ahead of most people in understanding why it’s so important to understand, and importantly, why you need to control it. So over the next 2 – 3 posts, we’re providing tips for homeowners for doing just

Relative Humidity Primer #2

How to Correctly Control RH In our last post we defined what Relative humidity is and described certain relative factors that will help homeowners understand how it can become a real menace to the comfort level of the home, or the friend it can be to your comfort. This week, in a bit of a

Relative Humidity – A Primer

Understanding the Impact of Relative Humidity to Your Home The last thing a homeowner wants is a damp living space. But the in-home factors leading to high relative humidity (RH) give you just that. Uncontrolled RH (not the hot air that comes from a family member) & a lack of fresh air are the two

Reactive vs Planned Maintenance – Cost Savings to Consider

We’ve posted many times about the need for Planned Maintenance in a Strata or Condo complex. What we want to do in this post is demonstrate, in real terms, how planned maintenance should be an obvious choice. The following example uses a building life span of estimated 80 years, with a focus on roof replacement.

Expertise Counts – How One Homeowner Saved Money through Expert Advice

Sometimes the best thing to do is to be or get your own expert. While TV shows and movies about the Legal profession portray ‘expertise’ as a competing industry in itself, there’s no doubt that we need someone ‘in the know’ from time to time. The story in the link below says a lot about

The Strata Act

As mornings go, this one started out in the usual way – breakfast, personal Internet searches, and then considering if the sun might deem itself to shine today. Since that last morning task still doesn’t look like it’s going to reap any benefits today, (sound of thunder claps) I turned to figuring out what topic

Canadian Strata Fund Track Solutions: A Reintroduction

Our company, Canadian Strata Fund Track Solutions (CSFTS) has been posting here for almost a year, and during that time we’ve examined many of the fundamentals that affect the day to day reality of living in a multi-family building. (Strata or Condo) Today we’re taking the opportunity to re-introduce who we are and what we offer:

Financial Planning for your Strata

Our suite of financial planning tools can be used by your Council and Manager to explore the consequences of the financial choices that the owners of a complex would prefer. Some owners want to minimize short term costs and rely on special levies. Other owners prefer to invest a little more now to avoid high

The Pros at CSFTS

In a world of uncertainty, it’s refreshing every now and then to come across a business that truly respects the needs, wishes, and challenges of its clients. The one thing that a face-to-face ground level experience with such a business leaves you with, is a desire to tell others about it and even to direct

Predictive Analysis: A Deeper Look

During the past year we’ve emphasized the importance of reducing costs through regular maintenance of key components of the buildings you call home. A recurring topic has been the services we offer through our Predictive Analysis (PA) report. Today we’ll give a more detailed summary of the PA, and in coming weeks drill down further