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We send Monthly newsletters to clients on our Monthly Maintenance plans, see them below for updates on what Services we are focused on throughout each part of the year and how we have developed over time! Newsletters are sent out in the middle of each month, so event dates and topics can overlap at times.

What are the Most Effective and Common Tricks for Snow Removal?

What are the Most Effective and Common Tricks for Snow Removal?

There’s nothing relatively like the first big snowfall of the season. The megacity turns white, the air feels crisp, and everything looks peaceful — until you step outdoors and realize your driveway is buried under six elevations of snow.

How Can You Protect Your Sprinkler System From Winter Damage

How Can You Protect Your Sprinkler System From Winter Damage

When temperatures drop in Lethbridge, the utmost of us suppose about keeping our homes warm and our buses running but what about your sprinkler system?
Still, you know how big (and precious) that mess can be, If you’ve ever had firm pipes burst.

The Importance of Fall Lawn Cleanup: Leaves, Sticks, and Bare Spots

The Importance of Fall Lawn Cleanup: Leaves, Sticks, and Bare Spots

When fall arrives, it paints our yards in tones of orange, red, and gold. It’s beautiful — until all those leaves and outgrowths start piling up. Suddenly, what was formerly a lovely afterlife scene turns into a messy, soppy lawn. That’s where fall field remittal comes in.

Strategies for Snow Removal in a Residential Area

Strategies for Snow Removal in a Residential Area

Winter in Lethbridge brings its own charm—snow-covered thoroughfares, gleeful lights, and cozy inner moments. But with all that beauty comes the responsibility of keeping your sidewalks, driveways, and walkways clear.

Leaf Clean Up Services: Breaking Down the Cost Factors and Options

Leaf Clean Up Services: Breaking Down the Cost Factors and Options

Fall is beautiful, is n’t it? The crisp air, the vibrant colors, and the crunch of leaves under your bases it’s the season everyone loves. But as lovely as it looks, all those falling leaves can snappily turn your yard into a messy, slippery patch.

Gutter Cleaning and Repair: Essential Tasks for a Healthy Roof

Gutter Cleaning and Repair: Essential Tasks for a Healthy Roof

Ever noticed tiny streams of water running down the side of your house after a rainstorm and thought, “Hmm, that can’t be good”? That’s your gutters talking. They do a lot more than just look like candescent essence strips along your roof; they cover your walls, foundation, and theater from water damage.

What Is the Difference Between Winterization and Sprinkler Blowout?

What Is the Difference Between Winterization and Sprinkler Blowout?

As the seasons change, homeowners often face the challenge of preparing their irrigation systems for downtime. You might have heard terms like winterization and sprinkler shindig, and perhaps wondered are they the same thing?

The Best Time of Year to Blow Out Your Sprinklers: A Comprehensive Guide

The Best Time of Year to Blow Out Your Sprinklers: A Comprehensive Guide

Still, you know how awful it is to have a green, healthy field all summer, if you have a sprinkler system. But as the seasons start to change, your sprinkler system needs a little care too. One of the most important conservation tasks is blowing out the sprinkler system.

Snow Removal Made Simple: Fast and Safe Techniques for Clear Pathways

Snow Removal Made Simple: Fast and Safe Techniques for Clear Pathways

Winter can be magical. Snowflakes drifting in the air, sparkling rooftops, and thoroughfares blanketed in white make everything look like a card.

Easy Ways to Control Weeds: Now Say Goodbye to Weeds

Easy Ways to Control Weeds: Now Say Goodbye to Weeds

Say Goodbye to Weeds
Weeds. They pop up when you least anticipate them — between the cracks of your driveway, sneaking into flower beds, or indeed showing up in the middle of your impeccably manicured field. Frustrating, right?

Eavestrough Gutter Cleaning Tools & Techniques Guide 2025

Eavestrough Gutter Cleaning Tools & Techniques Guide 2025

Keeping your home safe from water damage thresholds with Eavestrough Cleaning, also known as gutters.However, it’s a subscribe your gutters might need some attention, If you’ve ever seen water discovering over your roof edges or noticed billabongs forming near your foundation.

Why Professional Eavestrough Cleaning Is Better Than DIY?

Why Professional Eavestrough Cleaning Is Better Than DIY?

How lately have you cleaned your eavestroughs? The answer will probably be,” Uh. it’s been a while,” if you are like the majority of homeowners. And to be honest, it makes sense. Gutter cleaning is dangerous, time-consuming, and unprintable.

How to Blow Out a Sprinkler System

How to Blow Out a Sprinkler System

The time has come to consider one pivotal home care task: blowing out the sprinkler system, as the rainfall cools and frost begins to sneak into the cast.
Indeed, though it seems complicated, it’s only the process of using compressed air to remove water from your underground irrigation lines.

Step-by-Step Lawn Aeration Tips for Homeowners

Step-by-Step Lawn Aeration Tips for Homeowners

You may need to aerate your lawn if it feels more like a patchy carpet than a lush green carpet. The term is likely familiar to you, but what does it mean and why is it important? To put it simply, lawn aeration is the process of creating bitsy holes in your soil so that nutrients, water, and air can get to your lawn’s roots.

Residential Snow Removal: Techniques and Tips for Efficient Clearing

Residential Snow Removal: Techniques and Tips for Efficient Clearing

When winter rolls into Lethbridge, snow-covered driveways and icy walkways quickly become a daily challenge. While the first snowfall might look beautiful, it does n’t take long before the buildup turns into a slippery, time-consuming problem.

Sprinkler Blow-Out: How and When to Winterize Smart Systems

Sprinkler Blow-Out: How and When to Winterize Smart Systems

Most of the homeowners become very hectic in covering outdoor furniture, checking the furnace and sealing windows as soon as winter comes. But one important thing often gets ignored—the sprinkler system.

Why Fall Is the Best Time to Dethatch Your Lawn

Why Fall Is the Best Time to Dethatch Your Lawn

Have you ever stepped onto your field after a weekend and felt like you were walking on a sponger? Or noticed water pooling in certain spots indeed though you just doused ? That’s probably a subcaste of thatch — dead lawn, roots, and debris — that’s built up over time.

Privacy Fence Prices in 2025: Fence and Installation Costs Explained

Privacy Fence Prices in 2025: Fence and Installation Costs Explained

One of the first effects that springs to mind when considering an out-of-door space upgrade is insulation. In addition to keeping your property safe, a strong, stylish fence allows you to enjoy your vicinity without fussing about interferers

Types of Lawn Fertilizers Explained: Choose the Right One for Grass

Types of Lawn Fertilizers Explained: Choose the Right One for Grass

You’re not the only person who has ever thought, “Why does their grass look greener than mine?” when you pass a neighbor’s lawn. One ingredient is frequently the key: fertilizer.

Best Time to Cut Grass for Thick and Green Growth

Best Time to Cut Grass for Thick and Green Growth

The natural look of a beautiful, healthy lawn is adored by all. It improves curb appeal, gives your house a more inviting vibe, and, let’s face it, it feels nice to walk barefoot across your house on a sunny night.

How to Easily Update and Maintain Your Commercial Landscaping

How to Easily Update and Maintain Your Commercial Landscaping

It’s not necessary for commercial landscaping to be difficult. Your property may seem well-kept and inviting all year long with a little preparation, consistent maintenance, and a few well-timed upgrades.

Simple Steps for Low-Cost Yard & Lawn Maintenance Success

Simple Steps for Low-Cost Yard & Lawn Maintenance Success

You don’t have to spend a fortune keeping up a lovely yard. You may have a beautiful, green grass and a neat outdoor area without breaking the bank if you plan ahead and take a few doable actions.

4 Essential Fall Lawn Care Steps in Lethbridge

4 Essential Fall Lawn Care Steps in Lethbridge

As the leaves start to turn and the crisp fall air rolls in, many homeowners in Lethbridge focus on getting their homes ready for winter. But what about your lawn?

6 Innovative Snow Removal Tools Revolutionizing Winter in Lethbridge

6 Innovative Snow Removal Tools Revolutionizing Winter in Lethbridge

Lethbridge is a wonderland in the winter. Everything is gorgeous as the streets are covered with snow and the rooftops shine. Snow can be lovely, but let’s face it, shoveling it?

Eavestrough Cleaning  Tips: Top 5 Ways to Keep Your Home Safe

Eavestrough Cleaning Tips: Top 5 Ways to Keep Your Home Safe

Nowadays, setting up cameras and securing doors are not the only ways to keep your house safe. Sometimes the little, frequently disregarded details, like your eavestroughs, have a big impact.

Weed Control Mats: Eliminate Unwanted Growth & Maximise Yield

Weed Control Mats: Eliminate Unwanted Growth & Maximise Yield

Weeds. Ugh. They seem to pop up everywhere, stealing your water, sunlight, and nutrients. One minute your garden looks perfect, and the next—it’s like a jungle out there. If you’ve spent hours pulling weeds only to see them return the next day, I feel your pain.

Leaf Clean-Up Season: Benefits of Hiring Professional Leaf Clean-Up

Leaf Clean-Up Season: Benefits of Hiring Professional Leaf Clean-Up

The heavy leaf clean-up season is one of the less glamorous parts of autumn. The same vibrant leaves that are so lovely on trees soon become mounds in your driveway, gutters, and yard.

Weed Control: 7 Proven Strategies for Effective Management

Weed Control: 7 Proven Strategies for Effective Management

Weed control is one of the most important parts of maintaining a healthy garden, lawn, or outdoor space. SOS Exteriors is here available to help you.

Eavestrough Cleaning Guide: Eco-Friendly Practices for Homeowners

Eavestrough Cleaning Guide: Eco-Friendly Practices for Homeowners

Eavestrough Cleaning is one of those home maintenance tasks that often gets overlooked. SOS Exteriors explains that it’s not the flashiest job, and most homeowners only notice it when rainwater is spilling over during a storm.

6 Snow Removal Tips to Make the Most Out of This Winter

6 Snow Removal Tips to Make the Most Out of This Winter

Winter brings with it a beautiful white blanket of snow that makes everything look magical. But once the excitement of the first snowfall fades, reality kicks in.

Benefits of Professional Leaf Removal: Curb Appeal, Safety & Lawn Health

Benefits of Professional Leaf Removal: Curb Appeal, Safety & Lawn Health

Fall is such a beautiful season. The air feels fresh, the trees turn golden, and the ground gets covered with colorful leaves.

Five Things You Need to Know About Pre-Emergent Weed Control

Five Things You Need to Know About Pre-Emergent Weed Control

SOS Exteriors understands that weeds are typically the biggest source of trouble when it comes to maintaining a clean and healthy lawn or outdoor area.

Best Way to Kill Weeds in Your Lawn This Summer

Best Way to Kill Weeds in Your Lawn This Summer

Picture this: it’s a sunny summer day, you step outside with a cold drink in hand, ready to relax in your yard… and then you spot them.

The Ultimate Guide to Professional Lawn Care Services in Lethbridge

The Ultimate Guide to Professional Lawn Care Services in Lethbridge

Lethbridge homeowners take great pride in maintaining their lawns, as you are aware. A beautiful, green yard will improve the appearance of your house and make your family and friends feel more welcome.

Weed Control Cost in 2025 – What Homeowners Need to Budget

Weed Control Cost in 2025 – What Homeowners Need to Budget

One of the most common questions homeowners have each year is, “How much should I set aside for weed control?” In 2025, the answer is more complicated about Weed control for homeowners than it was in the past.

Snow Removal Costs in Lethbridge Alberta: What Affects the Price?

Snow Removal Costs in Lethbridge Alberta: What Affects the Price?

Lethbridge, Alberta is known for heavy snowfall, ice sidewalks, and slick driveways when winter hits. SOS Exterior is known for snow removal in Lethbridge, Alberta. Even though the winter

Eco-Friendly Weed Control Methods for Your Lethbridge Lawn

Eco-Friendly Weed Control Methods for Your Lethbridge Lawn

SOS Exterior believes that more than just grass, a lovely lawn serves as a space for entertaining, lounging, and spending time outside.

Is It Worth Hiring a Window Cleaning Pro in Lethbridge?

Is It Worth Hiring a Window Cleaning Pro in Lethbridge?

Do you see a clear, lovely view outside your windows, or do you notice wet stains, grime, and streaks? Windows can drastically

Planning a Wood Fence? Lethbridge Cost Guide 2025

Planning a Wood Fence? Lethbridge Cost Guide 2025

So, you’re thinking about putting up a wood fence this year in Lethbridge?
Maybe your dog keeps running off.

Best Fertilizers for a Healthy Lawn in 2025

Best Fertilizers for a Healthy Lawn in 2025

Let’s face it, everyone adores the appearance of a lush, verdant lawn. A well-kept grass adds beauty and tranquility to your house, whether you’re admiring it from your porch

Top 5 Snow Removal Tips for Harsh Lethbridge Winters

Top 5 Snow Removal Tips for Harsh Lethbridge Winters

You are already aware of how harsh the winters can be if you reside in Lethbridge. No company or homeowner can escape the annual

Weed Control in Lethbridge: Tips for a Healthy, Weed-Free Lawn

Weed Control in Lethbridge: Tips for a Healthy, Weed-Free Lawn

This is Lethbridge on a Saturday morning. You get out of bed, get your coffee, and go water the yard. Dandelions are what you see in

Gutter Cleaning Tips for Lethbridge Homeowners Before Winter

Gutter Cleaning Tips for Lethbridge Homeowners Before Winter

Are your gutters prepared for the winter months in Lethbridge? It’s time to ask: Have you cleaned your gutters before the snow arrived?

Post Emergent Weed Control Myths You Should Stop Believing

Post Emergent Weed Control Myths You Should Stop Believing

It’s likely that someone has given you “surefire” advice if you’ve ever attempted to control a lawn overrun by weeds. Despite the good

Kill Weeds Not Your Lawn Post Emergent Control Guide 2025

Kill Weeds Not Your Lawn Post Emergent Control Guide 2025

Even if nobody wants them, weeds always manage to get in. Crabgrass creeping along the margins or dandelions sprouting in the center

How Much Does Fence Installation Cost? A Complete Pricing Guide

How Much Does Fence Installation Cost? A Complete Pricing Guide

Fencing can significantly effect your property. A new fence can improve your outside space and provide you the privacy and security you want.

The Right Time to Dethatch Grass for a Healthier Lawn

The Right Time to Dethatch Grass for a Healthier Lawn

It takes more than just routine mowing and watering to keep a lush, green lawn. Dethatching is one of the most neglected but crucial

Patio Construction: What to Know Before You Build

Patio Construction: What to Know Before You Build

Patios are the center of backyard life and are more than just outdoor floors. Building a patio is one of the best home improvement projects you can undertake, whether your

Yard Clean-Up Services: A Quick Way to Boost Your Curb Appeal

Yard Clean-Up Services: A Quick Way to Boost Your Curb Appeal

Maintaining a well-kept yard is essential for enhancing your home’s curb appeal. It’s also a fast technique. First impressions matter

Protect Your Lawn This Season with Pre-Emergent Weed Control

Protect Your Lawn This Season with Pre-Emergent Weed Control

Every homeowner enjoys seeing a beautiful, green lawn. However, that perfect yard isn’t always easy to maintain, though, especially when

Property Maintenance Services in Lethbridge

Property Maintenance Services in Lethbridge

Give the gift of relaxation and stress-free property maintenance, or a head start on their next project!

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