If you’ve ever tried to build anything in Saskatchewan, you probably know shifting soil conditions can make keeping a project levelled challenging.

A Saskatchewan couple has stepped up to solve the problem — and they headed to Toronto this past summer to pitch their idea on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den. 

Their gadget is called “GH The Leveller.” It’s a threaded metal rod with two plates screwed into its top and bottom.

People taking on construction projects like decks, steps and patios can use the device to re-level their project and adjust the height, even after the ground shifts underneath it, its creators say.

Geoff Heschel, the business’s co-owner, said presenting the product on the TV show — where entrepreneurs present their ideas to a group of business people in hopes of securing funding — felt amazing. 

“It was just a surreal experience for us, and in the end very positive,” he said. 

The pair kicked off their presentation to the “dragons” with music. After researching the show, they knew they had to bring entertainment value.

Heschel brought a guitar with him and started out by playing a short jingle about The Leveller. 

The producers and the dragons loved it, he said. 

He and his business partner and wife, Colette Heschel, then took turns talking about the product. 

Once they’d finished their pitch, each of the dragons removed a cloth from a table close to them to examine their own Leveller. The product was also displayed on a deck in front of the judges afterwards. 

Geoff Heschel said they were asked tough questions, but overall the experience was very positive. 

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