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How to Get Plumbing-Related Insurance Discounts

Edmonton is absolutely beautiful in the summertime, and we’re in the full swing of summer now. That means lots of sunny days, but also summer storms. For the most part, we celebrate the rainfall we get, but sometimes rainwater can lead to…

How to Use your Air Conditioner Efficiently

Summer is just around the corner and now is the time to start thinking about air conditioning. Every year, without fail, as soon as the mercury climbs into the 20s and 30s, people rush to the stores to buy fans and air conditioners to make their…

What’s the Difference Between a Boiler and a Water Heater?

Every house has one room that is home to its heating appliances. Like our brains, hearts, and lungs, these essential parts keep our homes livable. But just like our internal organs, we often don’t know exactly what’s going on in there, and…

Furnace Guide

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Your Fall Plumbing Maintenance Guide

Edmonton is special: we get to enjoy four distinct seasons, and, for better or worse, all that comes with them. Since summer tends to extend into September, autumn is our shortest season. This means we don’t have much time to enjoy the colourful…
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Common Winter Plumbing Issues for the Edmonton Area and How to Avoid Them

Winter is the holiday season and we already have so much on our minds. There’s holiday shopping, baking, and eating, and the constant challenge to stay warm. Although your home’s plumbing is probably not top-of-mind, it’s important to…

The Ultimate Guide to Sherwood Park

Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada is only 60 years young, but it has already become one of the best places to live in the country. Like Edmonton, it is swiftly expanding to accommodate new residents and visitors and has all the amenities of a city…

Windermere, Edmonton, AB: Where to go for Fun, Food, and Shopping

Just south of Terwillegar and west of Ellerslie, the community of Windermere is quickly growing into a lovely place to live. In 2009 there were only 322 residents, but that number exploded over 550% in 2012 and it's population has been continuing…

How to Prevent and Thaw Frozen Pipes Inside and Outside of the Home

How to Prevent Frozen Pipes Living in Alberta, even for a short time, you come to realize that our winters are very unpredictable! One day, it’s sunny and calm, and your neighbours are walking their dogs in shorts. The next day, the temperature…

8 Summer Plumbing Issues to Watch Out For

We Albertans are a rugged bunch. We tolerate—and even enjoy—the winter months, building snowmen, skating, skiing, visiting ice castles, and taking in winter festivals, but most of us look forward to our long, hot, sunny summers. While…

Common Spring Plumbing Issues and How to Prevent Them

Have you seen it? Slowly coming out from down by the horizon, climbing higher and higher into the sky? Yes! It’s the sun! Back to thaw us out and remind us why we live in a land that is frozen half the year. Finally spring has arrived,…

Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: A hub of activity where we work hard and have a lot of fun!

Do you find yourself asking 'What is there to do in Fort Saskatchewan'? Well, we have compiled a bunch of fun facts and things to do in the great city! Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, is a hub of industrial activity. Dow Chemical, Agrium, Shell,…

The Top 10 Questions to Ask Your Plumber or Heating Service Professional

In a large city centre like Edmonton or Fort Saskatchewan, it can be hard to find a plumbing or heating professional that is trustworthy, good at their job, and transparent about their pricing. Thanks to the growing popularity of using Google…

Our VIP Services and Red Carpet Treatment

At Canuck Plumbing and Heating, our number one goal is to not only change your stereotypical idea of what a plumber looks like, how they behave in your home, and the level of service they provide, but we want to blow that stereotype out of…

We Now Have Equipment Financing Available!

We know how it is - you need to replace your hot water tank at the last minute and you (and your wallet) were not prepared for the expense. You can't be expected to live without access to hot water, so in order to make life a little easier…

We Accept Air Miles!

At Canuck Plumbing and Heating, we know that it can be kind of a pain to spend your hard-earned cash on replacing a broken toilet or a leaky faucet. That's why we are now the only plumbing and heating company in Fort Saskatchewan to offer…

5 Simple Steps to Naturally Clean Your Garburator

Installing a garburator or garbage disposal in your home is an easy and convenient way to help keep your kitchen clean and cut down on the amount of stinky garbage you have to store in your home. Not to mention, any garbage we can keep out of…

How Does My Air Conditioner Work?

In Alberta, our summers may not be as long as we like them to be, but they can sure get incredibly hot. We all enjoy the sun, but nobody enjoys when our houses get too hot for us to sleep or cook or relax. Thankfully, with air conditioning we’re…

How to Choose the Best Hot Water Tank for Your Home

3 Reasons You Should Install a HEPA Air Purifier in Your Home

On average, we take over 20,000 breaths per day, so it’s important for our health and wellbeing that the air we breathe is clean and free of dirt and allergens and other pollutants. When we think about air pollution, we tend to think of…

How Do I Know When It’s Time To Clean My Furnace Air Ducts?

Checking your furnace regularly and keeping it clean with routine maintenance can significantly reduce the build-up of dust, dirt, hair, allergens, and all other types of debris from accumulating in your furnace and air ducts. We have 4 Easy…

How Do I Know When It's Time to Replace My Furnace Air Filter?

We know that we should check the air filter in our furnace on a regular basis to make sure it’s not too dirty or clogged. During the months when your furnace is running steadily, you may want to change your filter as often as once a month.…

How to Unclog Your Kitchen Sink

Out of all of the drains in your home, your kitchen sink takes the brunt of the work, and often has some of the worst things to move through the pipe, like food particles, greasy remnants from pots and pans, and other insoluble items that can…

How to Unclog Your Bathroom Sink

There's nothing like going to rinse your mouth or toothbrush only to find that the water you ran previously is still sitting there. Gross! If your bathroom sink is draining slowly or clogged, chances are it's due to a buildup of loose hair…

BioSmart - A Natural Way To Unclog Your Drains

Looking for a way to clear and prevent clogged drains without harsh chemicals? BioSmart technology has created an all-natural and environmentally-friendly drain cleaner called BioSafe DC, which is a biological drain and septic system cleaner. How…

How to Unclog a Shower Drain

Is the bottom of your shower still full by the time you're done? Or maybe it's even overflowing due to poor drainage during your shower? Either way, no one likes standing in a big puddle after every shower. If you've ever experienced a blocked…

4 Easy Ways to Keep Your Furnace Running in Tip Top Shape

When our cold Alberta winters arrive, we need to be able to rely on our furnaces to keep us safe and comfortable. The last thing we want to worry about is waking up in the morning to an ice-cold house and a broken furnace. With a little preventative…

How to Unclog a Bathtub Drain

Have you noticed your bathtub draining more slowly than usual? Maybe the water lingers in the tub for quite a while before emptying? Or, it could not be draining at all. All are symptoms of a clogged bathtub drain. The best thing to do…

How to Choose the Best Humidifier for Your Home

Winters in Alberta are long and dry. Very dry, and dry air can cause us to be uncomfortable, itchy and irritated, and even pose risks to our health. Using a humidifier to replace some moisture back into the air is an easy way to relieve many…

We Are Now Open 7 Days a Week!

At Canuck Plumbing and Heating, we are always looking for new ways to serve our customers in Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton and Northern Alberta even better. As of this year, we'll have been in business for 15 years! Part of our initiative to…

How to Unclog a Clogged Toilet

You’ve never experienced true panic until you’ve flushed a clogged toilet and watched the murky water slowly rise and risk spilling over onto the clean bathroom floor. Unfortunately, whether it’s from flushing the wrong things down the…

Water Leaks: Is Your Money Running Down the Drain?

Water can be your friend or foe. Of course we need water to survive, but water with no boundaries and left unchecked can wreak havoc on your home and your wallet. If your utility bill has been climbing without any usage increases on your part,…

How to Clean and Descale your Bathtub

We use our bathtubs everyday (hopefully), and often multiple times a day. What’s more relaxing than a long, hot bath or shower? But if we don’t clean our tubs properly and on a regular basis, it can lead to a nasty mess of limescale, soap…

How Can You Tell if You Have a Wet Basement?

Don’t kid yourself - a flooded basement is not the only way that water can cause damage to your home. In fact, the persistent, comparatively small amounts of water can gradually erode your foundation and create a costly repair situation. It’s…

Garage Sense: 9 Ways to Heat Your Garage This Winter and Reclaim Usable Space

When you are calculating the expenses associated with heating your garage, be sure to factor in insulation costs and potential flooring. After all, once you go through the trouble of heating that space, it would be nice to keep…

11 Signs Your Furnace Requires a Service Call

During the Edmonton winter, your furnace could and should be your best friend. However, we lock it away in the utility room until it demands our attention—immediate attention, that is. Our furnace has to resort to all kinds of behaviours…

Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odourless and colourless gas that is produced any time we burn fuels like natural gas, propane, gasoline, wood, coal, etc. In high enough concentrations, carbon monoxide is poisonous and can cause severe illness…

Breathe Easy: 45 Ways to Improve Your Home’s Air Quality

Indoor air quality refers to the quality of the air you are breathing when spending time indoors. Poor or compromised air quality can mean that there is a high concentration of pollutants or materials in the air or that the overall ventilation…
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31 Things Not to Flush Down the Toilet

With a simple flush, all your problems go down the drain, or so you think. Our septic systems are not designed to be garburators. There are no invisible teeth installed in your 4 inch pipes to grind up whatever you deem flush-worthy. It just…

10 Money Saving Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency in Your Home

More and more people are beginning to realize that it’s important for us to start finding ways to decrease our energy consumption and shrink our environmental footprint. It will help us slow down the process of climate change and live a more…

When Your Furnace Talks, Listen: 14 Sounds That Require Attention

When your furnace starts to make a strange noise, clearly it’s trying to tell you something. Edmonton winters don’t give us many opportunities to go without heat, so if you’re experiencing any of these symptoms we encourage you to take…