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A short daily for homeowners in the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario: one renovation question answered, new rebates and benefits with their deadlines, product recalls and weather alerts that matter at home.

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Question of the Day

How do I attach the countertop to the cabinets?

It depends on the top. Stone (quartz or granite) is set on beads of silicone — its own weight does the rest and nothing is screwed through it. Laminate is screwed up from underneath through the corner blocks or top rails, with screws short enough that they cannot punch through the surface. Butcher block has to be allowed to move: figure-8 fasteners or slotted brackets let it expand across its width without splitting. Whichever it is, the cabinets have to be dead level before it goes on.

From the Flip Kitchen renovation guide

Full answer in the guide
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Rebates & Benefits

Ontario

Home Renovation Savings: book your post-audit by November 30

Deadline40 days left

If you are in the Home Renovation Savings assessment stream (insulation, windows, doors and similar upgrades), the post-audit has to be booked and entered by November 30, 2026 and completed by December 31, 2026, or within 180 days of the pre-audit if that comes sooner. Miss it and the rebate can be refused.

Official page

Home Renovation Savings Program (IESO / Enbridge Gas) · Checked 2026-10-19

Amounts and conditions are as stated on the official site. Price information comes from the web; please verify it yourself.