One entry point for the whole home
Describe the home and planned work. RenoAtlas prioritizes checks and the right modules.
Build a plan from actual RenoAtlas data
Projects, materials, observed prices, assistance, defects, tools and parts are matched to your profile at build time.
After diagnosis: organize the project
From idea to closeout
Move from a technical decision to a comparable, tracked and documented project.
Permit assistant
Prepare triggers, questions and documents.
Open →Compare financing
Compare cost using your own rates, terms and fees.
Open →Scope of work
Send the same scope to every contractor.
Open →Contract and contractor
Check licence, contract, payments and changes.
Open →Budget / schedule tracker
Compare planned and actual during the project.
Open →Punch list and closeout
Close the project with a list and evidence.
Open →One home profile for every tool
Save province, year, well/septic, electrical service, budget and context once. RenoAtlas can then prefill compatible tools without sending this data to a server.
Manage profile and backupsSystems to check before closing the work
V14 connects envelope, air, fire, structure, water and code instead of treating each project in isolation.
Before starting a project: what else does it affect?
Choose the planned work. RenoAtlas immediately shows the other systems to check before demolition, ordering or enclosure.
Remaining system checks not to miss
V15 covers issues that can block a project, cause a loss or become expensive once concealed.
Advanced diagnostics to cross-check
V16 connects water, soil, climate, safety, materials and seasonal use to existing projects.
Specialized systems to cross-check
V17 completes gas, soil, water, fire, climate and structural interfaces.
Specialized diagnostics to verify
V18 connects systems that become costly or regulated when a primary project triggers them.
Edge systems to integrate into the project
V19 covers interfaces that become important when multiple home systems interact.
Legacy conditions and resilience systems
Check these before enclosing, excavating, modernizing or automating an existing system.
- Roof and gutter de-icing heat cables
- Well pump, pressure tank and booster
- Permanent wood foundation (PWF)
- Workshop ventilation: dust, fumes and solvents
- Attached greenhouse or four-season sunroom
- Solar panels and roof lifecycle sequencing
- Water leak detection and automatic shutoff
- Vermiculite, asbestos and attic renovation
- Shoreline, riparian zone, dock and stabilization
- Sewage ejector or grinder pump
- Sump pump, backwater valve and backup
- UFFI and renovation of an older home
Advanced systems and special cases
Checks that change sequencing, risk or which professionals must be coordinated.
- Manufactured or mobile home renovation
- Indoor pool humidity, envelope and ventilation
- Steam shower / steam room envelope
- HVAC, heat-pump and dehumidifier condensate drainage
- Duplex/multi-unit shared systems before renovation
- Log and heavy-timber home renovation
- Abandoned well decommissioning
- Exterior basement entry and drainage
- Flat roof overflow, scupper and secondary drainage
- Heated driveway and snowmelt system
- Residential potable-water cistern
- Outdoor kitchen: gas, electrical, water and fire
Hidden systems and critical interfaces
These checks target costly problems that often appear only after opening assemblies, conversions or changes of use.
- Legacy plumbing: materials, transitions and history
- I-joists/LVL: holes, notches and services
- Roof trusses: modification and attic storage
- Sewer gas, traps and plumbing vents
- Sensitive clay and landslide constraints
- Heavy floor loads: gym, aquarium, safe, piano
- Wildfire smoke: filtration and cleaner indoor air
- Water stagnation and recommissioning after work or vacancy
- Orphaned chimney after electrification
- Water-service replacement: grounding and bonding continuity
- Electric radiant floor heating in renovation
- Metal roof: sliding snow and ice
Deep retrofit and envelope interfaces
Measure, sequence, drain, dry and verify interfaces before concealing work.
- Deep energy retrofit: whole-home sequencing
- Blower-door airtightness testing
- Residential thermal storage heating
- Solar thermal water heating
- Continuous exterior insulation and thermal bridges
- Rainscreen and wall drainage plane
- Opening flashings: windows, doors and sill pans
- Stone foundation and compatible mortar
- Concrete balcony: spalling and reinforcement corrosion
- Brick veneer: cavity, flashings, ties and weeps
- Home emergency shutoff map
Building interfaces to diagnose before enclosure or replacement
These tools connect structure, water, air, frost, wind and mechanical systems so repairs do not hide the cause.
- Cold-climate heat pump: load, balance point and backup
- Ductwork, static pressure, airflow and balancing
- EIFS/acrylic stucco: water, drainage and repairs
- Spray polyurethane foam: assembly and quality control
- Slab-on-grade: moisture, vapour, radon and flooring
- Frost-protected shallow foundation
- Wind uplift: roof-to-wall-to-foundation load path
- Cathedral ceiling and compact roof: air, vapour and moisture
- Foundation cracks: track movement before repair
- Chimney removal: structure, roof, floors and safety
- Garage slab: heave, settlement and frost
Hidden details to verify before repair or enclosure
These diagnostics separate simple maintenance from measurement-first and conditions where structure, fire or services require professional review.
- Basement subfloor and moisture
- Cold room/root cellar: condensation and thermal separation
- Steel beams and columns in renovation
- Ductless mini-split: placement, condensate and maintenance
- Exterior stairs and landings: frost movement
- Firestopping around pipes, cables and ducts
- Tankless water heater: demand, energy and maintenance
- Adjustable steel posts: load and footing
- Bouncy or deflecting floors
- Sagging roof: rafters, ridge and supports
Often-overlooked service interfaces
V26 connects systems that cross utility, plumbing, HVAC, envelope and metering boundaries.
Project risks and overlooked interfaces
V27 connects payment, water, envelope, ventilation and jobsite details that often create costly surprises.
Finish and service details to verify
V28 connects small details that become costly once finishes are closed.
Household safety and compliance details
V29 connects smaller risks that often fall between finishes, appliances, plumbing and local code.
Shared, access and specialized interfaces
V30 connects projects where multiple systems, owners or rules meet.
Commissioning and everyday safety
V31 helps verify systems after work and document the values that make a home safer to operate.
Post-disaster and legacy systems
V32 connects contamination, storm damage, legacy materials and recommissioning before rebuilding.
Invisible constraints before work
V33 checks electrical, legal, environmental and climate constraints that can block a project before demolition starts.
Use, excavation and construction constraints
V34 connects use permits, soil, excavation, neighbouring structures and public-space logistics before hard-to-reverse work.
Before finalizing the project
V35 checks that can change drawings, permits, construction methods or structure.
- Professional plans: architect, engineer or other designer?
- Permit closeout, final inspection and occupancy
- Variance, design review and discretionary planning approval
- Temporary construction heating and drying
- Hot work, permits and fire watch
- Infrared thermography and moisture mapping
- Well yield, recovery and storage
- Snow drift at additions and roof steps
- Balloon framing and continuous cavities in old homes
- Wetlands and watercourses before construction
Blind spots before proceeding
V36 checks that can change methods, insurance, testing or work sequence.
- Temporary structural bracing during renovation
- Soil vapour intrusion into a home
- Foam-plastic insulation: thermal and fire protection
- Well, septic system and new project siting
- Permit expiry, extension and reactivation
- Potable-water flushing and recommissioning
- Controlled building-envelope water penetration testing
- Insurance during a major renovation
- Pre-demolition hazardous-materials survey
- Acoustic flanking paths in renovation
After the work: money, warranties and records
V37 closes administrative and financial risks that remain after project reception.
- GCR warranty, pre-delivery inspection and warranty start
- GST/QST rebate after a major renovation
- Transition from well/septic to municipal services
- Post-renovation as-built record package
- Property assessment after renovation
- Insurance after renovation and replacement cost
- RBQ contractor licence, bond and client recourse
- Renovation financing and progress advances
- Rénoclimat: post-retrofit evaluation and evidence file
Warranties, disputes and resale
V38 organizes evidence and rules that survive the construction project.
- Installed-product warranty passport
- Defect: manufacturer, installer or contractor?
- Contractor dispute: evidence, formal demand and remedies
- Resale: disclose renovations, events and known issues
- Condo: post-renovation record handoff
- Principal residence and rental: tax change of use
- Major renovations and rent adjustment
- Quick resale after renovation: 365-day flipping rule
- Transfer warranties and records to the next owner
- Recalls for installed products and building materials
Hidden V50 interfaces
Detail interfaces V51
Residual interfaces V52
Hidden junctions V53
Remaining specialized systems
V39 connects uncommon but costly decisions to systems already tracked by RenoAtlas.
- Construction legal hypothec: protect the homeowner file
- Metal roof: snow sliding and retention
- Domestic hot-water recirculation: comfort, energy and plumbing
- Wine cellar or cold room: temperature, vapour and condensation
- Sewage ejector and grinder pump
- Water softener: brine, drainage and septic system
- Storm windows and secondary glazing
- Exterior shading, awnings and overheating
- Tankless water heater: flow, capacity and maintenance
- Heat-pump / ventless dryer
- Gas-to-induction range conversion
- Solar carport / PV canopy
Blind spots to verify before proceeding
V40 covers situations that change compliance, safety, project recovery or system design.
- Unpermitted work: regularize without guessing
- Failed inspection or correction notice
- Contractor abandons a renovation
- Construction erosion and sediment control
- Mould remediation: cause, containment and verification
- Existing building: when does renovation trigger an upgrade?
- Air-to-water heat pump and hydronic system
- Hybrid / dual-fuel heat-pump system
- Solar: inverter, interconnection and grid authorization
- Accessible-ready kitchen and bathroom
- Temporary access to neighbouring land for work
Checkpoints before an irreversible step
V41 helps stop at the right moment before placement, fabrication, ordering, concealment or installation.
- Before concrete placement: irreversible checkpoint
- Layout and elevation benchmark before foundation
- Product substitution: equivalent does not mean identical
- Shop drawings and submittals before fabrication
- Hidden conditions discovered after demolition
- Flatness, level, plumb and square before finishes
- Construction material storage and protection
- Material receiving before installation
- Roof deck after tear-off: inspect before membrane
- Owner-supplied materials: who is responsible for what?
Specialized systems not to overlook
V42 covers legacy, energy and envelope systems that can change the method or required professional.
- Legacy steam heating and cast-iron radiators
- MERV/HEPA air filtration without choking the system
- Legacy sewer lateral: camera, material and trenchless rehabilitation
- Copper pitting and pinhole leaks
- Door-to-door renovation sales: contract, 10 days and current prohibitions
- Electrification: actually decommission gas service
- Window security bars and egress
- Off-grid home and microgrid: energy, storage and islanding
- Building-integrated photovoltaics and solar shingles
- Foundation: dampproofing is not waterproofing
- Chimney flue liner and relining
V43 specialized blind spots
- Water heater: anode, sediment and corrosion
- UV, ionizer and ozone air cleaners
- Tiny home: classification, site and compliance
- Portable fire extinguisher: selection, location and maintenance
- Garage drain and oil-water separator
- Second shingle layer or full tear-off?
- Helical/screw piles: load, soil and traceability
- Powered attic fan: why it is not the default solution
V44 decisions not to oversimplify
- Duct cleaning: when is it actually useful?
- Air-admittance valve (AAV): when is it allowed?
- Bowed or leaning block foundation wall
- Reflective / cool roofs in Canada
- Upper-storey evacuation: window, ladder and escape plan
- Home inspection: what it sees — and what it does not
- Acidic condensate: drainage, trap and neutralization
- Ice-and-water membrane at eaves: protection, not a cure
V45 decisions to verify before locking in the work
- Issued permit: changing approved plans safely
- Cold-weather concrete: freezing, temperature and curing
- Expansive and shrink-swell clay beneath a home
- Older CCA-treated wood: decks, fences and dust
- Concrete slab: joints, shrinkage and curling
- Ducts in attics/crawlspaces: sealing and insulation
- Map foundation drains, sump, storm and sanitary connections
- Solar arrays: snow, ice and shedding zones
- Masonry: movement joints, expansion and cracking
- Tornado and extreme winds: choose a refuge in the home
V46 decisions to diagnose before fixing
- Roof-truss uplift: seasonal ceiling-wall cracks
- De-icing salts: concrete, corrosion and scaling
- Older electric radiant ceiling: before drilling or demolition
- Wood flooring: shrinkage, swelling, cupping and moisture
- Central vacuum: exhaust, depressurization and fire separations
- Multi-unit dryer exhaust: shared ducts, pressure and fire
- Recessed lights under attic insulation: heat, air and safety
V47 interfaces not to miss
These details are small on a drawing but can control water, structure or durability.
