Kenilworth Addition

This was a great project to be apart of. This house was one of two custom projects that we did not complete during construction as Ecobuilders was going out of business. Last year the owners sold and now there are 2 new folks living there. The old owners left the construction binder behind and they tracked us down to look at this addition.

Here is a finished view of the outside. We tucked this addition in under the suspended parking deck. The goal was to have this look as though it was built there when the house was built.

Inside view of the closet inside the addition.

A view into the addition. We had maple flooring milled up to match the existing floor.

A view from the addition into the house.

Here is the same view before we punched through into the house. We had all the sheetrock installed and sanded before we busted through to keep the dust out of the house.

The original home was certified healthy built. To maintain that efficiency, we used open cell foam in the walls, floor and ceiling.

Here is the floor system during framing.

This is what the space looked like before we started. The original owners had a small dog that hung out here.

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Lance Deltec Interior

Here is the Deltec we started in December. We went back to prep for the homeowners to lay tile, set Ikea cabinets and vanities and misc. trim.

Here is a view of the finished handrail.

Ikea floating vanity and sink.

Here is our pre-pitch for the shower pan.

Here is the pan liner in with tar paper, lathe and starting pre-pitch.

Blocking in as well as the liner.

Here is the upper, lower and island cabinets in. We put down 3/4 plywood with 1/2 concrete board for tile tops.

Getting the cabinets set and ready for install.

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Stein Weatherization

This was a small air seal project. This remodel has foam insulation in the new part and will have cellulose blown in the attic.

Hers is a sealed attic hatch with a gasket.

Here is 4 inches of foam board to insulate the attic hatch.

Here is a typical ceiling penetration. There were 20 plus new can lights and ceiling penetrations on this job. We foam around the penetrations and the insulators will blow insulation on top of our air seal.

Here is a typical penetration with no seal. All of these penetrations allow air to flow through the insulation.

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