The R-ETRO System offers building owners a simple yet effective way to attach the best performing insulation product to an existing building and then serves as a fastening point for finish materials.

Challenge: With no exterior wall insulation and an R-Value of only R-5, this 1954 brick home near Ontario desperately needed radical improvement. As temperatures in Whitby can soar as high as 34°C [93F] in the summer and plunge to -25°C [-13F] in the winter, massively increasing this homes thermal efficiency was clearly the key to transforming it for 21st Century living, but how? “By using the R-ETRO system from Quad-Lock!” replies Rudi Dyck emphatically. Owner of the home and partner in a local construction company, Rudi also benefited from R-ETRO’s unique qualities to give a much needed facelift to this home’s dated appearance and re-plumb its crooked exterior walls. much needed facelift to this home’s dated appearance and re-plumb its crooked exterior walls.