With a variety of new BC Building Code changes coming into effect in recent months, we’re here to help educate you on how these changes impact new construction or retrofitting of Air Sealing & Insulation for Single Family Homes. The guidebook ‘Best Practices for Air Sealing and Insulation on Retro?ts’ is published by the Homeowner […]

Whether you’re installing clear cedar soffit, or building a brand new hardwood deck with exotic woods like Ipe, Tigerwood, Batu or Mukulungu – there is one thing that we can guarantee. Wood is not perfect. If the main box that you need to tick when considering which product to use on your siding, deck or […]

Did you know that POCO Building Supplies is the City of Port Coquitlam’s oldest running business? You may not know that we are also a 4th Generation, family owned and operated. That’s right – Port Coquitlam’s Galer family has now been in charge of operations since the doors opened way back in 1921 To kick […]

April 22nd is Earth Day 2015 – and we’d like to encourage all of our customers to introduce air purifying house plants to your home or office. Spring is a great time to add new life to your home or garden – so we’ve come up with a list of 9 air purifying house plants […]

LOW MAINTENANCE TREND Each year we see an increase in customers opting for low maintenance decking materials for their outdoor living space. This trend sees more and more people opting for synthetic decking products over traditional building materials like Western Red Cedar and Pressure Treated Pine, which often require annual maintenance such as cleaning, sanding and refinishing.   […]

There’s lots of articles in the news lately about how one of our most necessary resources is under threat if we don’t take action to save it. We’re talking about Water – and we can all do our bit to stop wasting it simply because – for now – it’s readily available on tap. There […]

Summer is here – which means it’s time to start thinking about breathing some new life into that tired looking Deck. You can dramatically transform the look of old wood by washing, sanding and re-coating with a new product or colour, but before you start – we have some professional advice from one of our best selling […]

With Spring fast approaching – and many of us thinking about more time outdoors, many of our recent blog posts have been about exteriors and how to transform decked areas and patio spaces, but let’s now take a step back inside the home and look at the kind of terminology associated with Interior Moulding. The […]

Join us Poirier Sport Complex for the 14th Annual Tri-City Spring 2015 Home & Garden Show We’re exhibiting alongside over 280 Exhibitors and general admission is FREE all weekend long! Come and visit us at Booths 58-63 where you can meet with our friendly, knowledgable staff and learn more about the products we sell. We’ll be exhibiting […]