Recycling the existing house
The site cleared
Prepping the site for the foundation
Foundation formwork
Foundation insulation
Radiant floor tubing getting installed
Inner workings of the footings and slab
The family looks on during the concrete pour
The concrete pour
The concrete pour complete
Formwork off and preparations to frame the walls
Framing the walls
Framing the walls
The first walls goes up
More walls added
Most of the main floor walls framed and up
Stair framing goes in
Second floor joists going in
First wall of the second floor up in place
A small taste of Winter doesn't stop work
Colder temps and more Winter pauses work
Snow in the house doesn't happen that often
Living Room space
Stairwell view from the entry
Kitchen area taking shape
More walls of the second floor go in
Roof framing begins
Roof framing begins
Upper flat roof taking shape
Kitchen flat roof going on
The upper, sloped roof being built
The upper roof nearing completion
Upper roof built
Stairwell and upper circulation area
Kitchen area with exposed beam
Admiring the garden view
Playing with daylight in the upstairs bathroom
Preparing for the roofing
Roofing nearing completion
The massing of the building revealed
Blueskin installation begins
Blueskin wrapping around the house
Blueskin around the kitchen
The view from King George lookout above
Most Blueskin complete
Blueskin complete around the kitchen wing
Window installation
Most of the windows installed
Our site signs up
Installation of 4 inches of rigid insulation begins
The kids don't at all mind the distance to the playground
Intricate insulation work around the square porthole windows
Clean & simple installation of the insulation layer
Many layers of the building envelope in view
Strip footings for the porch
Reclaimed wood getting prepared for the porch structure
Reclaimed lumber becoming structure for the porch
The porch roof roof going on
The porch takes shape
Building envelope inspection by our Green Rater
Our builder describes some of the finer points of the envelope
The house in its environment
The building ready for the exterior siding
The blower door test to assess air leakage
The exterior siding making its way around the building
Preparing to install the drywall
Drywall transforming the space inside
Drywall nearly complete
Exterior side wraps more of the house
Exterior siding nearly complete
Looking towards the entry, the painting begins
A base layer of paint in the kitchen
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