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.