Owners of our houses comment on how warm the basement floors feel. Some people even think they have radiant heating, although we never recommend it except for heating bathroom floors. The way we achieve this is by installing underfloor insulation. In an energy efficient building, insulating against the always cold ground is important. It removes…
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WEEK 11 : Great Progress!
At long last, the foundation was back-filled up to grade in order to remove the large trench around the building. The bottom of the hole is filled with clear gravel to provide good drainage around the weeping tile. The rest was filled with soil provided (at no cost) by our excavators, who are always looking…
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WEEK 10 : Another floor!!
After an almost one week hiatus, the carpenters returned to build the ground floor walls and the second floor. While it was great to stand on the ground floor, it was even more interesting to see how the views will be framed by the windows once the walls were up. The view from the wrap…
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WEEK 9 : Water, Water, Everywhere
We in Toronto have had a very easy way with the cost of water but that is coming to an end. We just had a water meter installed in our current home after 25 years of unlimited water at a low fixed rate. When I asked the installer what he thought was going to happen…
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