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The project’s name was “Community Gathering Place” after discussing its purpose and goals. We began the Pre Construction contract to plan and budget the project. This stage is crucial to formulate a plan and understand each other better. It’s cheaper to plan on paper than during construction. We discussed material options and durability for the building’s purpose and occupants. Understanding the structure and mechanical systems is also a priority. Building a carriage house in Nanaimo can be a fun and exciting process if you have the right team behind you.
I would highly recommend Buck Robertson Contracting. Building a studio/carriage house was a first-time experience and could have been quite a different outcome if it were not for the knowledge and foresight of Jordan. Every step of the way I was informed of possible changes and options. The skill and the workmanship clearly shows and when other trades people remark on the great job it just confirms you hired the right person. I am so happy with my studio and it is much more beautiful than I had imagined. Jordan and his team ensure there is no detail missed and they go above and beyond.
The owner desired a 4′ crawl space in the basement for storage. We explored the logistics and costs involved. We explained that achieving this would require digging a deeper hole, removing more dirt, and possibly using a rock breaker for stubborn material. However, accessing items stored in the deep crawl space might become inconvenient.
At Buck Robertson Contracting, we aim to comprehend your decision-making process and the implications for “your project.” We collaborate to foresee the project’s long-term effects. While mistakes may occur, we consider this endeavor a prototype and strive for the optimal outcome through teamwork.
Shou Sugi Ban is an ancient Japanese way to preserve wood, It is environmentally friendly and allows you the ability to not need to put a finish on it if you would like. Due to it being burnt bugs don’t like to eat at it as well helps to close the cell walls of the wood so it doesn’t suck up water as well with capillary action.
Capillary action is when wood pulls water through its “veils” of the wood fiber. When you have rot in your house often what was a small area of water infiltration can turn into rotting out a much larger area due to capillary action. The post and beam work on this carriage house was a lot of fun we really enjoy working with the larger timbers.
For the exterior details on this carriage house we went with more affordable options which was viynl siding. It had form and character of the neighbourhood without needing to use more expensive wood or cement siding options. The shake we used was Grayne Shingle we have used this product on lots of homes and it is easy to work with and looks great. The main body of the vinyl is D5 dutch.
We used primed comb-face trim which we rabbet to allow to cover up the J trims which part of the vinyl siding material package to allow for the material to have a area for expansion and contraction. We paint all faces and cut edges before it goes up then in then it gets another coat of paint after install.
This is a exciting part of the project as it is when the rooms really start to take shape and allow you the owner to have a much better idea of the sizes of the rooms. At this point as the walls are quite white it makes the room feel large and as a construction project moves through the rooms with shrink and grow as your eyes play with light and depth. We have wrote a article on crowing studs and its importance which shares with you that some of the little things on a project can have a huge impact on the final product.
We had build these Sugi Ban Rain barrels for this project to allow for saving water onsite as well as making our rock pit smaller. On this project we needed to install a rock pit which is where all your perimeter drain and rain water leaders water is brought on onsite to drain back into the land and not affect the structure of the building. We thoughts if we could collect the water for a later date when water restrictions were on what would be the harm in that.
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