Yesterday I met with Robert and Trish (names changed) to look at updating the kitchen in their recently purchased Gordon Head South home. It is a 2,600 square foot home built in 1980 in the popular style of the time with the main floor up to capture the ocean views. This home provides a good example of how one home improvement can lead to another and another! For example, they would like to change the aluminum windows. These windows are installed in vertically applied channel lap wood siding - with minimal flashing. To properly replace these windows the siding needs to be cut back, aluminum window removed complete with interior trims. the new window is then installed with proper flashing and new trims inside and out.
When one looks closely at this siding, especially on the south and west, one wonders the wisdom of leaving it in place, reworking it around new windows. A lot of work and cost for something that will soon need replacing. And, now we notice the fascia needs replacing too. To replace the fascia, the eaves-troughs need to be removed. Do we reinstall those old eaves-troughs? It does not stop there. we now see the there are several places where roof overhangs are sagging and need to be repaired especially so the eaves-troughs will drain properly.
Back to that new inside window trim. This provides an opportunity to update the trim style all round. The baseboard and door trim does not match the preferred new window trim. If replacing the baseboard and door casings, it makes sense to replace the floors when this trim is off. And, if we are installing new floor, this would be the time to remove the texture ceilings. It's all interconnected.
Here is a report about hemlock being sawn in a manner to be waterproof making it able to be used in bathroom shower installs. I believe the author says it all when they say, there is a reason that ceramic tiles are made to look like wood. Article: Would You Choose Wood Tiles over Ceramic […]
Contractors are ubiquitous. As you prepare to embark on that kitchen remodel or create a rental basement suite, the question arises: whom do you call? The construction industry is filled with specialty contractors, including those for concrete, plumbing, and electrical work, among others. The General Contractor is the professional tasked with organizing, coordinating, and overseeing […]
My wife and I did a university semester exchange in Paderborn, Germany. As you may know, Germans seems to love long words. So, when coming up with a name for our firm here in Victoria, BC, Canada, that affection came through in us naming ConstructoGroup as all one word. However, having to explain this hundreds, […]
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