Toronto Walkway Curb Appeal
Bart Flegg on January 10, 2011, 1:20 pm

The really great part about curb appeal in downtown Toronto is that for the most part your front yard is not overly large and keeping it tamed and looking great isn’t a massive task.  Another great addition to curb appeal in Toronto is that the cost to create a great looking front yard is not a huge expense compared to the lasting beauty it gives the front of your home.

The nature of downtown living dictates that for the most part the distance between the sidewalk and the front door is not a lot of distance[...]

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Toronto, Walkways, Flagstone, Stone, Curb Appeal, Front Yard, Landscaping
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Covering Old Steps
Bart Flegg on January 5, 2011, 11:18 am

Driving down the street I often see the classic concrete steps courtesy of the original home builder. When concrete ages it does something called spalling. Spalling is when flakes or chunks of concrete break off from the main body of concrete. In old neighborhoods, houses with concrete steps are often spalling and falling apart. Hiring a landscape contractor and veneering your old or new concrete steps is an easy, somewhat inexpensive way to dramatically enhance the curb appeal of your home[...]

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Toronto, Natural Stone, Landscapers, Landscape Design, Flagstone, Joints, Curb Appeal
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Landscaping With Stone
Bart Flegg on January 3, 2011, 5:29 pm

When I tell people we are a landscaping company their first question is normally about the brown spot on their grass or the endless weeds in their gardens.  Landscaping can be much more than that. A well designed backyard retreat consists of gardens framed by intelligently chosen hardscaping elements.

Some hardscaping projects are made out of natural stone. Whether it is Indian Sandstone, Wiarton square cut, random flagstone or limestone it will be set in a bed of mortar and jointed on a concrete pad for a lasting demonstration of the stones beauty[...]

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Toronto, Stone, Driveways, Retaining Walls, Landscaping, Interlock
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Interlocking Paver Guidelines
Bart Flegg on January 24, 2010, 8:59 pm

Interlock
The theory behind interlock has been around for thousands of years, we just haven’t been building beautiful backyards out of it for that long. Interlock is characterized by stones set on an aggregate (gravel) base and jointed with sand. Let’s examine the interlock system starting with the bottom up

Base
Proper base preparation is one of the most important elements to a high quality long lasting installation[...]

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Interlock, Pavers, Paving Guidelines, Contractor Quality Control
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New Work Horse!
Bart Flegg on December 7, 2009, 10:21 am

In order for us to operate we need trucks. Now I'll be the first to admit it, trucks and Merlin have a love hate relationship. While we love the fact that they carry us to and from job sites and that they haul equipment and supplies they also are an expense and have heavy exhaust emissions. Well on that note, we just got a new truck and have big plans for this employee of ours[...]

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Emissions, Project Truck, New Member, Landscape Truck
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