October 8, 2009 – 8:28 am
Yesterday we started a small roof repair project for a client. The home had a one-story area that had a flat roof, with a pitched asphalt roof at the perimeter. The flat roof had been leaking intermittently where the railing posts connected to the flat roof. Over the years there had been decay, to the [...]
August 24, 2009 – 7:24 am
Last week our workers started a repair job for a condominium homeowner’s association. The building has a series of exterior decks that are accessed from each living unit. They had problems with water leaking into the building at a couple of the decks. We had them contact an exterior envelope engineer to analyze the existing [...]
This week a couple of our carpenters installed pre-finished metal fascia and soffits on an older rural home. The home had beaded ceiling board soffits in most areas, but some areas had been repaired with plywood. There were gaps in the boards and insects were able to access the attic, so the homeowners asked us [...]
February 3, 2009 – 3:59 pm
We all know that houses can last decades and decades. My family lived in a 1923 wood frame bungalow with stucco exterior for over 30 years. During that time I did a fair amount of remodeling to the home…additions, window replacements, roofing, etc. I never found any area where the wall or roof sheathing [...]
December 2, 2008 – 4:03 pm
We have enjoyed mild winter weather the past few days as we work at framing the rural house we are constructing south of Northfield. The carpenters have been busy getting the exterior walls erected. With the exterior walls up today they moved on to the interior walls. Like most of our ‘stick framed’ homes, we [...]
November 19, 2008 – 7:24 am
As you may know, construction work starts early most mornings. One of the advantages to that is that I get to see some beautiful sunrises. Yesterday morning I captured this scene as the sun started to peak up over the business across the road. Spectacularly beautiful and powerful! We have constructed the lower level walls [...]
November 17, 2008 – 12:54 pm
We have wrapped up our work at the river house remodeling project. This was fun for everyone involved in the work. The new west facing windows let in an incredible amount of daylight into the kitchen and living room areas. The views out the windows are spectacular! The clients selected maple cabinets in a honey [...]
November 5, 2008 – 9:36 am
The outdoor living room we added to a client’s home was finished up a few weeks ago. During the past few days Grove Landscaping was busy completing the landscape work for the project. The landscape features provide wonderful exterior spaces for this family to enjoy. Included in the work is a fire pit …a great [...]
November 3, 2008 – 4:36 pm
Last week workers set the insulated concrete forms (ICF’s) for the foundation walls on the new house we are building. This system uses blocks make of expanded polystyrene insulation with the walls connected with plastic reinforcing. The white blocks go together like giant Lego building blocks. Foam adhesive is used to bond the blocks together. [...]
October 27, 2008 – 12:20 pm
This morning we started construction on a new home in the rural area south of Northfield. It is a lovely wooded site that makes a beautiful setting for the home. Earlier we had electric power run into the site and had the electric meter set. One of the most interesting parts of a construction job [...]
