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Exterior Remodeling

Showing: Family Room Expansions, Dormers, Add A Level, Stucco and Stone and Wood Shakes

 

 

This picture shows the back of the house with the foundation panels in place. The orange squares outlined on the back side of house represents the new pass through window, along with the new doorway that was added in order to enter the addition from the existing house.
What you are viewing are the before and after pictures of as Addition/ Family Rood Expansion. To view pictures of the foundation of this addition please see go to the Concrete/Foundations page

New kitchen pass through.

 

 

New doorway viewing from kitchen to new addition.

To view the fireplace in the addition please click the link to our Custom Built Fireplaces

View to the loft from the new fireplace.
New doorway from addition to existing house (leads into kitchen)

 

 

 

This picture depicts the finish product at its best. All the furniture, curtains, wall hangings, pictures, tables and chairs. That real feeling of "your home". Notice all the detail regarding the trim, crown molding and very large base board. Hardwood flooring is through out the entire room. We pride ourselves on the details.
The picture showing the finish product shows the same wall along with the finished ceiling that shows the build out of the lofts flooring. If you notice, look to the back portion of the picture, you can see the finish product of the existing house and it's back wall. As noted above this is the wall with the pass through to the informal dining area. The finished doorway leading into the finished addition from the existing home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Story Add On

 

These set of photos depicts a total remodel of an existing home. The dormers that were on the old home were replaced with larger dormers but in the same style. The dormers were mirror images of each other on both sides of the newly remodeled home.
Dormers

Front view of the second floor add on over the existing living room.

 

 

 

 

 

The owners wanted to keep the same look and feel to the new exterior that existed in the old exterior of the house.

We accomplished this by staying with the same details, overhang, pine boards for the sophet. Brackets that were taken from the old and installed on the new, to continue the charm around the entire home.

Afterwards, the entire exterior was repainted with the new color that the owner picked out.

 

Side shot of the entire add a level, showing the size of the new space and the chimney that still needs to be extended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The back view of the same addition, with the siders starting to take off the old siding and replace it with the new.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This a view of the straight back shot, showing the kitchen and dining room additions behind the second floor add a level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These next two shots show the foundation from two angles, the forms are still on the back side of the foundation. The foundation had been poured two days prior and we are now, what they call, stripping the forms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the beginning stages of the kitchen and dining room framing. You can still see the existing house with all the doors and windows still in place. We leave the existing structure for as long as possible. This allows the home owners to still have some kind of "normal life".

The existing exterior wall will be removed when the entire addition is framed and roofed. We feel that it is important to be able to lock up at night on the job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stucco and Stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

These two pictures show the entire front of a house getting a new look. The old vinyl siding and the shakes that were under that, were removed. The stucco board was added to the top section. The little dots are the screw holes being covered with a thin set mortar. The lower portion had wire mesh applied to the walls. Then it was coated with two coats of mortar and raked for texture. You can't really see the rake texture on the bottom but it is there. This allows the finish stone that will be applied to adhere to the grooved texture for bonding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These shots show the finished products of stucco on the upper half and stone along the bottom and the chimney also. We did this job when it was very cold out for some weeks. We covered the entire front of the building with a very large tarp; we were the rage of the neighborhood for awhile. The owners wanted to sell tickets to the unveiling. It was amazing to see the interest from everyone..."Hey what's under there?", we would just laugh to ourselves, "You will see soon enough."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viola, a new house, the owners are extremely happy. The wife is happy and the husband didn't have to move. A real win, win if you ask me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood Shakes

 

 

This house had a new face lift with the same type of material that was used on the original home. The shakes were about 75 years old; they were passed their prime, literally. The old was taken off, down to the exterior barn board sheathing. The trim that surrounded the windows was removed and restored with new trim. When we restored the trim we matched the existing width and thickness of the old trim.

This house was put back to the day it was first built. The home owners liked the "natural" look so much, they had us seal the shakes as is. As you can see, it is a real gem.

To give you an idea of how large this home is, it took 89 squares of shakes and with four boxes to a square. You can just imagine how many pallets of material were sitting in the front yard. From the street you could not see the first floor. It was amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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