Our Projects

Addition & Custom Kitchen

This addition, custom kitchen and general home renovation began with a need for significantly more space, the ability to entertain large family gatherings and a need to improve seasonal comfort.  It continued with an in depth needs and wants assessment, addition plan,  floor plan design and complete 3D colour renderings.

Features:

• New hand scraped hickory, engineered hardwood floors throughout the living room, hallway, office and master bedroom
• Porcelain tile in kitchen and dining room
• Solid wood, raised panel style cabinetry with contrasting centre island
• Accent and task lighting
• Glass and marble backsplash
• Exposed, western red cedar clad ridge beam in kitchen
• Stainless steel appliances
• Larger window and new sliding glass door for increase natural light and view to the lake

What we did:

Inside

• Designed an addition that would accommodate the new kitchen and the needs of the family
• Secured a minor variance, all permits and coordinated all inspections
• Designed a scaled floor plan that accommodated the needs of large family gatherings
• Designed cabinet renderings illustrating the colours, styles and materials chosen by the customers
• Gutted entire kitchen back to framing members and donated cabinets to Habitat for Humanity
• Re-routed heating ducts, electrical and plumbing
• Removed carpeting in all main floor rooms
• Coordinated and subcontracted new plumbing and electrical for kitchen
• Insulated and sealed kitchen using spray foam in ceiling and Roxul in walls
• Insulated floor and walls in crawl space under addition with spray foam insulation
• Installed new window on the east wall and replaced west facing window with 6’ sliding glass door
• Installed new drywall and primed and painted throughout kitchen
• Installed new porcelain tile in kitchen/dining area
• Coordinated and subcontracted manufacture and installation of new kitchen cabinetry,  with contrasting centre island
• Installed glass and marble backsplash
• Installed all new appliances
• Installed under cabinet and overhead task lighting as well as accent lighting in corner cabinets
• Installed new hand scraped hickory hardwood throughout the living room, hallway, office and master bedroom
• Installed new door and window casings and baseboards in kitchen
• Installed new oak railing from main floor to lower level

Outside

• Removed and preserved cedar siding for re-use on addition
• Excavated, constructed footings and foundation
• Constructed new addition according to approved drawings
• Tied in new addition to existing structure so that addition is virtually undetectable from original construction
• Re-used cedar siding on lake side of addition so that the addition now looks original
• Clad remaining walls with new cedar channel siding to match original siding (will be stained to match during the warmer summer months)
• Colour matched and clad new door and window to match existing trimwork
• Removed entire roof including sheathing to expose insulation
• Gutted entire attic and re-insulated with spray foam insulation creating an airtight and very warm and efficient home
• Re-sheathed and shingled entire home including a large bunkie
• Installed new fascia and eaves troughs
• Re-routed down spouts to eliminate moisture in basement
• Final grading and landscaping will be completed during the warmer summer months