Posts by Mark Ashton
Make Your Renovation Easier
BEFORE YOUR RENOVATIONS START Remove Your Furniture & Personal Items – Removing your furniture and personal items from areas being renovated we help the trades work more safely and efficiently. It will also help protect your property from damage, or dust. Remember to put away your small stuff too as well. You’ll be thankful…
+ Read MoreAshton Renovations Featured In Lowes Article
Ashton Renovations is recently featured in a Lowes article on bathroom remodeling where owner Mark Ashton gives advice on how homeowners should spend their dollars.
+ Read More10 Things To Consider When Renovating Your Home
1. Setting The Budget – Starting a renovation project without deciding on a budget, can be the single biggest mistake a homeowner can make. Only you know how much you want to spend, and when you come up with this figure you can find out exactly what you can get. Without setting a budget you…
+ Read MoreOur Lawrence Park Project – 25 Years Later
We often travel into and out of the city down Mt. Pleasant Rd. And just below Lawrence Ave. we pass by a project completed in part by Mark Ashton in 1987. With the exception of some grass growing up in the interlocking, it still looks pretty good today. Mark often mentions it and remembers working…
+ Read MoreRegal Heights Toronto – Modern Bath Renovation
We like being creative with our projects at Ashton Renovations, and recently we completed a very interesting and unique bathroom renovation in Toronto’s Regal Heights. The neighbourhood is situated on the western hill of the Davenport escarpment. It has many very large turn of the century houses, tree- lined streets, and an elevation atop the…
+ Read MoreStoneAge Landscape Lighting and Speakers
StoneAge Lighting can make your landscaping project standout while adding functional lighting to your home. What’s unique about this product is that it consists of natural limestone or granite cut in half to house low voltage halogen bulbs. They look great and don’t become damaged like other plastic units commonly found in big box stores.…
+ Read MoreOur Website Updates By Silent Blast
We’re really excited about the improvements made to our site by our web designer, Silent Blast Interactive – located in Toronto. We’ve updated our homepage to include the latest from our blog, and we’ve added a video page to include our own videos, those from our featured TV programs, and others that relate directly to…
+ Read MoreModern Kitchen And Bath Design Elements
Ashton Renovations can work in a variety of styles, whether traditional, contemporary, or modern. For many years traditional styles in kitchens and bathrooms was a popular and safe style, but today modern design is emerging more and more as a popular choice. Surprisingly, even in older homes with many traditional elements, modern designs are integrated…
+ Read MoreSchluter now offering line drain
We’ve incorporated many of Schluter’s waterproofing shower systems in our Toronto bathroom renovations for years and are excited about now offering one of their new products: Kerdi-Line. It’s an excellent alternative to sloped drains and now allows larger flat tiles to be placed in the shower. “Schluter-KERDI-LINE is a low profile linear floor drain specifically…
+ Read MoreRedwell Infrared Heating – an attractive alternative in heating
The blackboard in this kitchen is a heater! Manufactured in Austria and distributed around the world, Redwell Infrared Heating units are an efficient and attractive way to increase the comfort in your home. A great alternative to baseboard heaters or electric floor heating cables. They are available in whiteboards, mirrors, art, and blackboards. Distributors are…
+ Read MoreIs your contractor certified to install Schluter products?
There are numerous products available from Schluter, but the most common used in residential is the Kerdi waterproofing membrane for tiled showers. Ashton Renovations is a certified installer of all their products and has installed them in numerous bathroom renovations around Toronto for years without any failures. The kit shown above requires numerous steps to install…
+ Read MoreTorlys Cork Flooring
Cork flooring from Torlys (with their head office in Toronto) is a responsible flooring choice coming from a renewable resource – the bark of trees. It is now commonly found in kitchens, living rooms, and bedrooms. It is comfortable and warm, and contributes to improved indoor air quality. Because cork is 50% air, it has a…
+ Read MoreCentura Tile Toronto
Centura Tile Toronto is Ashton Renovations’ prime supplier of tile and Schluter products for our kitchens and bathrooms. They carry a wide range of porcelain, ceramic, and stone tiles, and are conveniently located in Toronto’s Design District near Lawrence and Dufferin. Their exact address is 53 Apex Rd. Hours are available by calling 416-785-5151
+ Read MoreNeptune Baths
Neptune Baths is an excellent source for baths, showers, and accessories that first and foremost enhance the sensuality and pleasure of the overall bathing experience. They are local, based out of Quebec, which means you can get their products faster. Over the years we have put in many of their shower bases and tubs without…
+ Read MoreToronto kitchen renovation now complete, for the 2nd time!
This summer we were approached by a condo owner who was looking to finish up his kitchen. It had been renovated by a local contractor, but there were still things not quite done, and some fine tuning required to finish off the job nicely. Most of us renovators shy away from projects like these; coming…
+ Read MoreRenovating Toronto bathrooms in 100 year old homes isn’t easy.
If there’s any bit of advice we give homeowners about renovating their bathroom in their older home it’s this: “expect the unexpected”. Recently we completed an ensuite bathroom, and powder room in downtown Toronto, and there were lots of surprises including severally damaged floor joists, asbestos tiles, knob and tube wiring, and damaged floor boards.…
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