Work has moved along well on the addition to a Prairie home that we are building. The workers completed the insulating work as well as the interior drywall hanging. The drywall tapers are finishing up their work, to be followed by prime painting. The interior ceiling of the upper room has a lowered area around [...]
We started work on two more units at The Crossing condominium building in downtown Northfield. The Realtor has been busy showing the units and there have been some sales which is good for everyone. The first unit we started work on is on the upper floor . It has tremendous views to the east and [...]
Our carpenters have been busy working on the Prairie home addition we have underway. It is the area to the left with white building wrap in this photo. Last week, in spite of the rather hot days, they managed to complete the roofing. It can be difficult to tie in a new roof to an [...]
We recently completed a remodeling project on a house for a client. Our work mainly involved rearranging walls, renewing the bathrooms, providing handicap access, electrical upgrades, etc. When we finished the work and the client started using the home they noticed that one room was not cooling properly. We investigated and discovered that the supply [...]
With the good weather lately we have made excellent progress on the room addition we are constructing on a Prairie home. The foundation was completed without incident. The carpenters have framed the exterior walls and have set the roof trusses. They are working on the sub-fascia at the perimeter of the roof and will shortly [...]
We’ve finished up the exterior work on the family room addition we have been working on. We were able to get an excellent match for the siding and exterior trim so the addition blends into the home very well. On the west side of the home we used a long horizontal window so furniture could [...]
Last week we completed the foundation for the addition to the Prairie home we are are building. This is a nice entertainment room addition on the west side of the home that overlooks Circle Lake. We constructed the foundation walls from insulated concrete forms to provide a strong, water-tight foundation wall. We let the walls [...]
Our carpenters have been busy framing the family room we are building. They have installed the floor joists, erected the walls and have moved on to the roof framing. As with most of our projects, the roof is constructed using wood trusses manufactured by a truss manufacturer. This creates a strong roof and the roof [...]
We started an addition to a Prairie style home this morning. We originally constructed the home in 2006. We are adding a two story addition that will include an entertaining room on the main level and a workshop and plant room on the lower level. The weather today was perfect for starting the excavation work [...]
I told you earlier that we excavated for a family room foundation last week. Friday we set the wall forms and this morning we placed the concrete into the forms. The bump out at the end of the room will support a gas fireplace. As we do with many of our residential projects, we used [...]
