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HEAVYâ€"HAND BERBER 8 Decorator Colours 10 YearWear Warranty 100% Polypropylene â€"Stain Buster Yarn Designerâ€"look 43 48" 60" 48 ‘LARGER SIZES AVAILABLE 72" 61 73 96" |97 The possibilities are endless, and many Oakville residents are incorporating these personal touches into their homes, accordâ€" ing to Al Ekiner and Dave Clarke of Fancy Carpet, 1175 North Service Rd. W. (just west of Fourth Line). "People are spending more time at home, especially in their baseâ€" ment. We do a lot of work in Glen Abbey, and in the past few months, we‘ve seen a lot of new Turn your cold basement floor into a Floridian patio with a new heating system installed underâ€" neath ceramic tile. Give it a luxuriâ€" ous facelift with an elegant Saxony or thickly textured Berber. Or go fullâ€"tilt with a custom designed area rug for the living room. "If the eavestroughs fill up and overflow with water, it could cause extensive damage." ADVERTISING FEATURE Decks are part of the glamorous side of home maintenance, but there‘s a lot more to looking after your investment, according to Mario Cote, owner of Proâ€" Fix General Renovations and Landscaping. Cote should know; he‘s spent a decade learning his trade from the ground up, so to speak. The Oakvilleâ€" based company he founded five years ago operates year round, and employs fully licensed professionals. After a particularly snowy winter, homeowners should be checking roofs, eavestroughs, window seals and paintâ€" ed trim. These often overlooked tasks should be done as early in the year as possible, to minimize the risk of costly interior repairs later, Cote says. 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We‘re putting off going to Florida to finâ€" ish the family room, installing video games, entertainment cenâ€" tres, and whatever else we want to use," he observes. "It‘s a good sign for the econoâ€" my, and it creates jobs for the trades." "And because people are spending so much time in the baseâ€" Cote‘s impressive canâ€"do list includes landscaping, decking, fencing, interlocking brick, roof repairs, fireâ€" place pointing, complete interior renoâ€" vations, lawn dethatching and exterior tasks such as window painting and caulking. Several Torontoâ€"area firms, including Orange Property Management, have come to rely on Cote‘s team for grounds maintenance and repairs of every sort. "They know that if they call me, it will be done right," he notes. "About half of my business comes from wordâ€"ofâ€" mouth referrals." Proâ€"Fix has also undertaken such custom work as installing marble in an entrance lobby of 847â€"6847 (461) 376â€"3318 GENERAL RENOVATIONS LANDSCAPING a Mississauga building, giving a facelift to the old fire hall on Chartwell Road, and interior renovations to the Oakville Art Gallery at Gairloch Gardens. "It‘s never going to move," he says, noting that all work is guaranteed for two years, and free estimates are offered for residential repair work. On the residential side, a homeownâ€" er recently asked him to build a sizeâ€" able customized deck that would be extremely solid, so he used 2 x 10 supâ€" porting columns instead of the standard 2 x 8s. If a customer is dissatisfied with a product, Ekiner and Clarke, both Oakville residents, look at such situations as opportunities to build customer confidence. "Trust is the biggest thing for us.â€" We stand 100 perâ€" cent behind what we do," notes Ekiner, who says he loses patience with other service businesses when they don‘t respond to complaints in a friendâ€" ly, professional manner. "We are straight with people. We sometimes advise them to select something that we know will do the job, even if it‘s obviâ€" ously not what they want to hear." Clarke is quick to agree. "We don‘t try to sell them something they don‘t want. If peoâ€" ple feel they are dealt with fairly, they will come back in the future." ment, they‘re upgrading the carpet as well. They want higher quality carpets in new designs and colors, to make the space more exciting." Ekiner and Clarke can each lay claim to more than two decades of carpet and flooring sales and installation experience, and pride themselves on followâ€"through. "What we sell, we service. We can do repairs, installations, bindâ€" ing, restretching, burn repairs, move carpet from one area to another... you name it," Clarke says. "We‘re in this business for the long haul, and we work at keepin: up our knowledge of the newest methods and products." Visit Ekiner and Clarke at Fancy Carpet soon, or call them at 825â€"1908.