Porch restoration before and after
The porch on this modest Victorian house was sinking into the ground. We rebuilt the deck portion including cute new stairs, then sanded and refinished the existing columns, rails and tongue and groove ceiling to freshen it up.
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- Railing before
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- steps before
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- Tongue and groove ceiling before repair
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- Porch detail after
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- steps after
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- full view after
Custom Home
This custom home in Downtown Guelph was finished just before Christmas 2009. Wherever possible, we used building materials that offered the best energy efficiency that our client could afford. We poured the footings with ‘Formadrain’ a system that combines the footing forms with the drainage system. We used Amvic insulated concrete forms to form the foundation. We cladded the exterior with Hardy planks in a gorgeous dark grey with white trim.
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- Foundation – filling seams
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- Foundation poured
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- View from street
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- framing interior walls
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- Trusses
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- View of dining room
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- Kitchen
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- View of dining room
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- View of kitchen
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- Footings
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- Foundation front view
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- ICF foundation blocks go up quickly
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- Pouring basement floor
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- Main floor
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- Framing exterior walls
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- exterior walls wrapped
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- Trusses close up
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- roof clad
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- Vaulted roof interior
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- Insulation
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- windows and doors
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- Front door
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- Drywall progress
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- Painting has started
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- Hardwood floor
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- Finishing touches
Elegant Deck
The original deck was falling down because the original builder did not dig the piers down 4’. We rebuilt the deck exactly like the old one, but this time it was done correctly!
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- Before
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- After
Wrap Around Porch
This elegant home needed a porch to make it more inviting. We designed and built a two-level porch wrapping the front and side. Note the elegant turned steps, column details and a tongue and groove ceiling.
