Details

Master Bathroom is still "work-in-progress", but the countertop, sink & faucet were installed a few days ago.

Trellis

The crew is installing the garapa trellis today! We used steel tubes & plates as a support frame and the garapa trim was precut and sealed prior to installation.

Railings

The railing cables arrived on site and the crew will install them in the next few days. can't wait to share the final look.

Metal tubes & frames

Feeney Cables

Insulation & R-values

One the feature of this renovation, is that the existing house & the additions are very well insulated and air tight. To achieve this, we removed the existing wall & ceiling batt insulation and used spray-foam insulation in between the roof rafters, blow-in spider insulation in the exterior walls and spray- foam insulation on the exterior crawl space walls. The R-values meet the new International Energy Conversation Codes requirements. The blower door test (to verify how air-tight the house is) will be performed at the end of this week, and we will share the results with you.

Blow-in spider insulation

Floors

The owners loved their existing oak flooring. We left some areas intact, but had to remove parts of it during demolition. The crew salvaged and reinstalled the existing floor back, sanded the entire flooring and applied a fresh coat of clear stain. The floor came with the original house and how it's a part of the their "new" home.

Details

The custom kitchen cabinets are almost complete. Note the Hafele hardware and accessories like pull-out pantry, spice rack and trash cans.

Materials, details

During demolition, we saved the brick veneer, and a few months ago we repurposed it by building a beautiful side yard brick patio. To connect the brick patio with the backyard we used large pieces of Crab Orchard Stone (to match the low stone walls in the project). 

Details: cantilevered west addition

We extended the existing house to the west, and aligned it with the setback line. The added interior spaces provides a larger Master Closet, a master shower and a larger Guest Bedroom. To create a floating effect, for support we used the existing west foundation walls, and cantilevered the structure with (4) 4x4 steel posts. 

Backyard

The view from the deck towards the backyard, on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Garage door

The garage door was delivered and installed last Friday. The overhead door is 20' wide (2 car entry), with a custom 2x6 garapa board finish.

Outside view

Inside view

Outside detail

Details

Under the deck storage access door.

Details

Details at the hidden basement door.

Details

Great detail at the west cantilevered addition: note the "Y" steel post, Azek trim, stucco finish, aluminum stucco trims, glass block wall and frosted operable window into the shower.

Front door

The teak pivot front door is installed.

View towards the backyard

View towards the street

Garage door

The garage door arrived on site today.

Stair deck

The deck stair treads and the handrail are installed.

Before & After - Main Entry

The construction of the garapa entry porch is almost complete and the custom pivot teak door will be installed by the end of this week.

Main entry - Fall 2012

Main entry - April 2012

Before/After - South Facade

The deck & storage are almost complete. The new large windows open the house to the backyard.

Before/After - Front facade

Before & after front facade.

Front facade last year - before the construction started

Front facade this week - during construction (05.05.14)

Kitchen Cabinets

We designed the new kitchen cabinets to fit the Owner's needs complete with Hafele inserts for a custom look. The cabinets are made out of plywood with teak veneer on exposed doors, drawings and edges to match the existing furniture.

Can't wait to share the final product!

Fold-away bracket from Hafele

Before/After Crawl Space & basement access

The existing house had a very small access to a shallow crawl space. The HVAC unit & HWH were barely accessible. 

For the new design, the Owner got a full height gardening area below the addition, we dug out part of the crawl space to create a full height mechanical room, and cleaned the rest of the crawl space and covered it with gravel and protection membrane.

Existing crawl space access

New Basement access

Before/After - Deck

The new deck extends almost the entire length of the house and overlooks the beautiful backyard.

Existing South Facade

New South Facade - Oversized Deck

Before/After - Under the deck storage

The existing storage area under the deck was hard to access, shallow and not waterproofed. The new under the deck storage, is easily accessible, has a clearance height ranging from 5'4" to 4'6", and it's waterproofed.

Existing storage access

Existing under the deck storage

New under the deck storage

Before/After

The renovation of the house will be complete by the end of this month. Looking back at the pictures we took two years ago it's impressive to see the difference between the ranch house we started and the end result. For the next few weeks, I will post a lot of before and after pictures for your review.

First one is for the deck stair.

We used 2x 6 garapa lumber for the treads and  2x 2 garapa trim for the louvers around it. The steps will have LED strips under and a new metal railing that will be installed next week.

Before - Stair from the backyard to landing

Before - Stair from landing to deck

New stair during construction