INSPIRATION

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Why Use a Raised Planter Box

Why Use a Raised Planter Box

You're probably wondering why someone might consider a raised planter box instead of just using the garden beds they already have. Raised garden planters offer several advantages, making them a popular choice for gardening enthusiasts and homeowners. From being easy...

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Benefits of an Egress Window

Benefits of an Egress Window

You may have heard of it before, an egress window (also called a basement escape window) is a key feature for your home. While it looks like a regular, large window, an egress window is classified as a type of window that can fully opened easily from the inside,...

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Why Do I Need A Window Well Cover? 

Why Do I Need A Window Well Cover? 

Why Do I Need A Window Well Cover?    Home maintenance entails a lot of things, some standard obvious things and some that can fly off your radar especially if you’re unaware of the necessity of them. Basement windows are such a great feature to a home providing...

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Welcome onboard Fake Rocks Toronto!

Our newest dealer - Lynda Durocher! Check out Lynda's story of how she discovered faux rocks below "We stumbled upon faux rocks after losing several perennials in a difficult corner of our garden.  We realized that this particular corner would officially be a no grow...

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The Benefits of Moving Your Sump Pump Outside

The Benefits of Moving Your Sump Pump Outside

An Outdoor Sump Pump is your first – and best – line of defence against water damage to your home.A sump pump is an electrical pump that is used to pump excess water out of the basement. Sump pumps are usually located inside your home, under the basement foundation....

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How Does an Outdoor Sump Pump System Work?

How Does an Outdoor Sump Pump System Work?

An outdoor sump pump is the best way to keep water out of your home. Here’s how it works.   There are three reasons for a leak in the basement: A crack in the wall Leaks or cracks in a block wall’s mortar joints Compromised weeping tile due to tree roots and silt How...

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Rudsak’s Visual Display using Faux Rocks!

Rudsak’s Visual Display using Faux Rocks!

Index Creative is a design agency located in Toronto, Ontario, made up of a team of multidisciplinary artists. Specializing in creating and installing visual display points for luxury retail spaces, film and photography sets, hotels and other commercial or residential...

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How to Install the Modern Square Window Well

How to Install the Modern Square Window Well

Our stainless steel modern square window well is becoming an increasingly popular choice for home owners. Offering a sleeker, more updated alternative to traditional corrugated steel window wells, this contemporary option not only looks great from the...

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Hide Pool Equipment in Plain Sight

Hide Pool Equipment in Plain Sight

We recently had some fun with our FauxRocks at our friends’ home and their kids joined in. The homeowners have recently had an inground pool installed in their back yard, and added lots of beautiful landscaping to finish off the backyard makeover. However,...

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Re-vamping the Sump Pump

Re-vamping the Sump Pump

Why would you pump water into your house and then back out? PumpSpy now installed with the Outdoor Sump System offers you three lines of defence before your basement floods: 1. the primary pump, if it breaks or fails then your second line of defence is activated 2....

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Wet Basement AGAIN?!?

Wet Basement AGAIN?!?

Afraid of your basement getting wet again? The Outdoor Sump System offers 3 lines of defence to protect your basement from water damage.  The first line: rising water level activate the float and kick starts your pump.  If the pump doesn’t work or fails, it will...

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How to protect you against a $43, 000 flood in your Basement

How to protect you against a $43, 000 flood in your Basement

The Intact Centre of Climate Adaption at the University of Waterloo continues to report on ways for homeowners to protect their home from flooding. The article below informs home owners of simple steps they can take to help alleviate risks of water damage. For those...

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NEW DEALER! West Shore Stone & Brick

NEW DEALER! West Shore Stone & Brick

We welcome aboard our newest Faux Rock Dealer! Are you building a new home, renovating or enhancing your outdoor living space?  At West Shore Stone and Brick between Ripley & Kincardine, you’ll not only find a huge selection of brick and stone and other specialty...

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NEW DEALER! DeGroot’s Nurseries Garden Centre

NEW DEALER! DeGroot’s Nurseries Garden Centre

DeGroot’s Nurseries was started in 1957 by John DeGroot Sr. who, with his wife, raised 11 children. Today, DeGroot’s Nurseries is a full operating greenhouse that strives to create beautiful gardens and yards. They offer landscape services, as well as high-quality...

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NEW DEALER! Regal Florist & Garden Centre

NEW DEALER! Regal Florist & Garden Centre

We welcome aboard our newest Faux Rock dealer! Regal Florist and Garden Centre, Niagara-on-the-Lake’s largest garden centre. Come enjoy a destination shopping experience in our 8000 square foot tropical showroom, where it feels like summer all year long. Get inspired...

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Importance of Egress Windows

CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR VIDEO  - Egress Windows - Medium More and more homeowners are converting basements to create more living space. Egress windows are an important feature as it allows for an alternative safety escape route.

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New Study: Flooding & Mental Health

The University of Waterloo research states that after experiencing a flood, some individuals may suffer from long-term stress and anxiety, particularly when there are significant rainfall events or the chance of flooding....

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Recommended Strategies: Window Well Install

Recommended Strategies: Window Well Install

Are you installing your own window well? To maximize gravel and drainage at the base of the well we recommend the following: - For small window wells (less than 50" width), put 4" of drainage stone in the bottom of the well. - Once you get beyond 56" width we...

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Window Wells: A picture is Worth a 1000 Words

A picture is worth a 1000 words! This drawing helps to explain the step up step out Modern Square Window Well system. The possibilities are endless with this modern square window well. Designed to fit any size window, widths and projections vary to accommodate every...

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Protecting You, Protecting Canada

Protecting You, Protecting Canada

EHS Sales Ltd. is pleased to announce that we will be donating 5% of all TriWater Bag sales in the month of November to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. This means that, while you're protecting your property from flooding, you're also helping to protect our natural...

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Flooding Checklist: Things to Do in Your Home

During the past few years we've seen increased rains, which are causing rivers and streams to over flowing.  Regardless of where you live, your home can be affected by flooding - either by a gift of Mother Nature or inside your home due to failed plumbing systems....

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DIY: Installing Window Wells

DIY: Installing Window Wells

Materials needed: Tape measure, shovel, level, hammer drill, concrete lag bolts, socket set, drainage stone, wheel barrel, pencil and window well For the small window wells we recommend putting 4” of drainage stone in the bottom of the well. For wells that are larger...

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How to Measure For Window Wells

How to Measure For Window Wells

How to Measure for Window Wells Do you measure just the window? How much extra space is needed on each side of the window? How far into the ground should the well go?  These are all questions we receive, we want to provide you with the best assistance possible.  This...

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BoxBarrier Flood Protection

BoxBarrier Flood Protection

The BoxBarrier® is an exceptional flood defence system that’s easy to set up and just as simple to remove when the threat of flooding subsides.  - Environmentally friendly - Reusable -  There’s no special equipment required – just a simple pump to fill the units with...

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How does Weather affect the Rock?

How does Weather affect the Rock?

At Faux Rocks Canada we get asked all the time, how do these fake rocks hold up in weather conditions? We've had one of these rocks installed at a home since 2009, we've taken it and placed it beside a brand new artificial rock.  Can you tell which rock is the old...

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Same Rock – Different Look

Same Rock – Different Look

I installed this at my father-in-law's cottage, for this project all we had were two faux rocks, model 109.  However, my wife and her sister didn't like that it would appear the same.  Easy solution - I buried them at different depths and angled them differently to...

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Our Maritime Faux Rock Family is Growing

Our Maritime Faux Rock Family is Growing

We're happy to announce our newest dealer - CHARLES SMITH CONSTRUCTION LTD. located in Riverview, New Brunswick!! We look forward to working with them, check out their website http://www.charlessmithconstruction.ca/

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Retiring? Make Some Extra $$$

Located in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, Lois & Fred Byron, have been a dealer since 2008.  Over the last ten years, they have become one of our top dealers across Canada! “We are a home based business and retired, so all our focus is on the rocks during the summer...

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More Than Just a Rock!

More Than Just a Rock!

Faux Rocks Canada has come up with unique ways to utilize Dekorra fake rocks. Not only can you use them for septic tank covers, fake boulders for landscaping, well head covers but so much more!  See how our dealer, Lois Byron at "Poly Rocks" is thinking outside the...

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Taking Faux Rocks to A Whole Other Level!

Taking Faux Rocks to A Whole Other Level!

Over the past 9 years, The Rock Company, is taking Faux Rocks to another level! Thinking outside the box, Jodi, has managed to find multiple uses for these rocks. http://www.therockcompany.ca "I've had customers that are having weddings in their back yards and are...

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Why I Became A Dealer – Jodi

Why I Became A Dealer – Jodi

"Customers are often very excited when they see the rocks in person because they look so real." I started The Rock Company back in 2009, I discovered Dekorra products online after realizing there weren't a lot of options for covering unattractive things like septic...

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Basement Living Spaces

Basement Living Spaces

More and more people are creating living spaces in their basements.  How many times have you told your child to go play in the basement, or you're down their watching tv, doing laundry? Have you ever stopped to think "how would I get out if I needed too?"  Often times...

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Another Happy Customer

Another Happy Customer

We think this is stunning, do you agree? Another happy customer, Canadian Fake Rocks, one of our dealers located in Belleville, Ontario shares their experience with us from one of their clients: "A few years ago you delivered one of your (very) big rocks to our home....

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Make FauxRocks Part of Your Deer Camp

Make FauxRocks Part of Your Deer Camp

Make FauxRocks a part of your deer camp. We all know October is the best weather for hunting which creates a few problems for those avid hunters – stormy, rainy, wind and snow. Stay warm, be comfortable and blend into your natural surrounding.

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Faux Rocks Home Addressing

Faux Rocks Home Addressing

Not every house number has to be boring! See how Faux Rocks can contribute to the overall personality and charm of your home while making it easier to locate your home.    

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Dealer News – Denis Martel

Dealer News – Denis Martel

Thinking Outside the Rock Denis Martel, one of our FauxRocks dealers, was definitely thinking outside the box when he designed this for his display for an upcoming tradeshow.  It definitely catches your eye and showcases the versatility of these fake...

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FauxRocks for Store & Tradeshow Displays

FauxRocks for Store & Tradeshow Displays

FauxRocks Canada wants to give you an edge with your displays! Enhance the look of your product by using these fake rocks and artificial grass. They look like real elements from nature! Choose from our fake rock models – they’re lightweight and extremely...

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FauxRocks for Landscape Lighting

FauxRocks for Landscape Lighting

Welcome to FauxRocks Landscape Lighting. If you already own one of these rocks all you need to add is light. Adding light can be done in many ways but LED light is best because there is no heat involved with that source. Using solar or low voltage LED...

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FauxRocks for Small Urban Spaces

FauxRocks for Small Urban Spaces

Landscaping for tight urban spaces? We've got your solution! Want a natural look in your garden, but don't have space for large rocks in your garden? These strong yet lightweight fake rocks look like the real thing and are easy to handle and install.  They can replace...

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