WEST GREY, ONTARIO | HERRITAGE LOG CABIN ADDITION
West Grey Ontario | Heritage Log Cabin Addition, we started an 18’ x 40’ addition this past August with a conditioned attic for storage space off the back of the old summer kitchen of this beautiful Heritage Log Home near Priceville Ontario
We chose to excavate this project ourselves giving us full control of the schedule, as well as allowing us to use smaller equipment to keep the construction footprint as minimal as possible.
Two runs of rebar were ran in the 8” x 24” footing to keep it super strong set 4’-0” below finished grade to give proper frost protection.
We also formed this project ourselves with Strip-Ease forms to control the schedule keeping the project moving without delays.
Jude Bender on site helping pour walls and making sure equipment was where it needed to be for the guys.
We take a lot of pride keeping our sites clean, keeping ourselves and our clients safe as well as keeping project running efficently.
Amvic Envirosheet was used to provide R10 insulation around the perimeter of the foundation as well as under the poured concrete floor.
John Bender himself on site making sure this floor turned out perfect for this project.
Shout out to Miller’s Concrete for being an amazing supplier and always going the extra mile for us and our customers.
TOWNSEND LAKE WEST GREY ONTARIO COVERED PORCH BUILD | JCB AND SONS
We built this new covered porch on this cottage to allow access from the front of the cottage to the back deck overlooking Townsend Lake. The foundation piers were created using BF20 Bigfoots with 10" quick-tubes installed 4'-0" below grade to ensure adequate frost protection.
The piers were filled with cement and 2 pieces of 15mm rebar to make strong supports as well as carport saddles were installed to anchor the new structure to the base.
Deck building is a form of trim carpentry so all corners are mitered even on the framing.
Galvanized joist hanger brackets were used with galvanized joist hanger nails to get flush beams keeping the framing off of the ground even at the lowest end.
Deck flashing was used on the top of all the framing to ensure the top of the framing will not rot.
Kreg Jigs hidden deck fastner system was used to hide all of the screws used to fasten the decking.
All of the roof framing stayed exposed so the rafters and strapping were all rounded over and a coat of Sikkens Stain was used to weather proof it prior to installing.
Steel roofing was used on the 2 ends and polycarbonate x-ligh was used to keep the porch roof nice and bright. Strapping was ran on 12" centres to give lots of support to the x-light.
The wooden structural beam was clad in pine barn board and finished with a coat of Sikkens Cedar Stain.
We installed new vented soffit on the ends to tie neatly into the home and clad all the fascia boards in aluminum fascia we custom bent on site.
We installed 2"x4" rails with a 2"x6" handrail which received a nice big round over to create the railings for the porch. The homeowner has plans for his own spindles and is looking after that himself.
PRICEVILLE FARMHOUSE ROUGH IN COMPLETED AND BASEMENT WATERPROOFED | JCB AND SONS
Priceville farmhouse rough in completed and basement waterproofed | JCB & SONS.
completed the rough in for electrical, backup generator, security and central vac. Plumbing rough in is done and
completed the furnace rough in.
We installed
Gaf | Timberline Architectural Lifetime Roofing Shingles
on this project. 6' of ice and water shield was installed on the eaves and ice and water in the valleys as well as steel valley flashings. The remainder of the roof was covered in synthetic felt paper.
We also installed a vent-a-ridge which goes under the ridge cap to make a continuous roof vent which is hidden very well.
We also installed almost 400 brick ties in the old home tying the old structure into the new structure we built inside of it prior to polyurethane foam insulating.
We took the time to drywall the ceiling in the addition prior to insulating. We than had 2" of foam insulation sprayed over the drywall, potlights, speakers, etc. We will top this up with cellulose to achieve an R-50 in the addition attic. This ensures an airtight seal around all the fixtures and against the exposed brick wall between the old home and the addition.
We added this Pent Roof over the living room window which looked out of place prior to the renovation because it was added later and not trimmed the same. All the openings in the brick have arches except this one. This added an element of curve to this window, it should also tie in well with the future porch around the addition.
The addition foundation was cement block and leaked badly all the time, especially in the spring or after rains. We excavated around the foundation to waterproof it. We pressure washed the old foundation as well so the waterproofing would bond to a clean surface.
Hydro One came in and disconnect power and installed the new underground cable from the hydro pole at the road to the new meter base WireQ installed.
WireQ installed a disconnect switch to add in a future back up generator as well as a new 200amp breaker panel.
During excavating we found the missing well, which is illegal as it was below grade and would have run off going in the exposed well head. The cement block foundation had a lot of cracks. We V'd them out with a diamond blade and filled them with non-shrink grout which was than coated with fibreglass resin by MBS prior to tarring it.
We installed new septic tank risers on the old septic tank to make locating and cleaning the tank easy.
We eliminated the old sump pail by digging in this trench and installing pipe for the weeping tile and a separate pipe for eavestrough creating a french drain to remove the water far from the foundation.
The front door sill was all gone and rotten. We poured in a new cement sill after having the ring joist coated in spray foam first.
sprayed all the walls with R-24 spray foam, the old house sloped ceiling received R-50 spray foam and the addition received R-12 spray foam and will be topped up to R-50 with cellulose.
Martins Insulation insulated the basement walls with R-24 Spray foam.
We tied the new weeping tile into our new french drain, which we also installed a cleanout in just in case. We ran a separate line than to tie the eavestrough into.
We than backfilled the foundation with 2' of washed stone and than gravel on top to ensure great drainage around the foundation as the property does slope into this home.
The white pipe on the left is the cleanout for the weeping tile ensuring it can never plug. The white pipe on the right is for the future eavestrough to tie into. Keeping the water away from the basement.
