We have been working on a shop for Sockeye Enterprises in Slocan for their sawmill operations. The design of the 1920 sq ft workspace will include heated concrete flooring and a mezzanine for storing lumber. We will post images upon…
Here is a recent article about our Rosemont Park project from the Nelson Star. http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/176638201.html
http://kootenaybiz.com/winners-at-a-glance/article/focusing_on_a_healthy_lifestyle
Please join us this Saturday for a warm drink at Art Gibbon Memorial Park. Ellenwood Homes and Cascadia will be there to answer any question you have about this net zero, green built project. Please view poster below. …
In the last image you can see that the final look of the infill technique compared to the brick wall is quite different. The face of the brick wall will be roughed up with tool before applying the natural plaster…
Wood-Chip Clay Infill and Clay Brick Techniques were both demonstrated in the 2 day workshop. Here is a visual documentary of the the wood-chip clay infill.
The Cascadia Green Building Council facilitated this Vegetated Roof System Workshop and here is a look at what took place.
This is the final workshop opportunity to learn about using solar power and net-zero energy building alternatives. This completes this green building workshop series put on by the Cascadia Green Building Council. Rosemont Park will be left with this new…
The following workshop coming up is the Natural Plastering workshop. Please view this poster for more details and to pre-register.
The Cascadia Green Building Council is offering a unique opportunity to participate in a series of green building workshops this summer at Art Gibbons Park in Rosemont. Ellenwood Homes has constructed the timber frame and spiral concrete form of this…
We started building a public washroom facility for the city of Nelson. The project was initially proposed to the city of Nelson by the Cascadia Green Building Council. Local architects and engineers volunteered their design expertise to come up with…
We recently had the opportunity to build a covered wheel chair access ramp for the Kootenay Kids Society, a local non profit organization providing essential services and programming for both parents and children. Fairbank Architects of Nelson, BC designed the…
Our last project of the summer and fall was an entire exterior finishing job on a custom timber frame home. We used beveled cedar siding, cedar trim and fascia, and pine soffits stained with Landark original finish. We also installed…
It has been a busy summer for us. I did install one more kitchen in a timber frame home, that turned out nice. The cabinets were vertical grain fir finish to complement the timber structure. We used Paperstone for the…
The house in Slocan is now complete. The final inspection was over one month ago. We are working on a few custom millwork pieces for an entertainment centre at the moment. The landscaping will be done over the next year…
We are at the final stages of finishing work. I am waiting on a few panels for the final kitchen installation, but you can see what it looks like. We used Paperstone counter tops. I got it from the Building…
Siding installation is well under way. We are fortunate here in the West Kootenays to have access to some excellent cedar bevelled siding. I got this siding from Perry Ridge Panelling, which is about 15 minutes away from the site.…
The drywall has been completed, all walls are primed and ceilings are painted. Once the framing inspection was done by the local building inspector, we went directly into drywall because all of the insulation is within the Structural Insulated Panels.…
We performed the initial pre drywall blower door test last Friday. The blower door test is a big part of the energuide rating system, which in turn is a requirement under Built Green Canada. What’s a blower door test? The…
