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House number eight gets its shingles |
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 It was back on September 11 that Taylor Trenching began the process of creating a lot ready for this new house. On September 16 Farber Construction was assembling the wood basement. At the top of the page is how the house looks today as the shingles are being installed. The walls were up by Wednesday, September 25 as seen here and it was time to put in the foundation for the garage (below). |
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 From the lawn of the RCMP detachment you can see the way the building looked on Friday September 27.with the garage framed and standing but the next day Thursday, September 28 the rafters are taking shape with the complex cottage roof begins to emerge. This is a complex home with bay windows and the intricate roof structure that forms over these design elements. |
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 Being a corner lot this house has lots of windows facing the park across the street but has an extensive set of windows facing North into the small back yard. The nasty weather slowed things down a bit, but below, looking across the park, is how things looked on Friday, October 4. These images taken in sequence give us a chance to watch the structure grow from bits of lumber in to a home that will preside over this |
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 site for a very long time. Houses built like this with 2x6 studding and modern insulation can remain in service for more than a century. Most wooden homes are pulled down long before their structure has decaded but are replaced because of their size or the odd nature of our culture that sees rebuilding as a normal process. |
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 This picture and the next two were taken on Friday, October 4. The garage rafters are now in place and the house roof is mostly sheeted. The inclusion of the garage on the South facing street means that the house has to be moved back from the street so that the garage lines up with the other houses on the street. |
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 The image below was taken on Monday, October 7. With the building closed in the fast part is over. Plumbers and electricians have to build the house's infrastructure together before the dry walling takes place. From now on the windows and siding will signal the advancing of the process but most of the work will be details. |
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