All House Framing Explained (in 12 minutes!)
If you are starting down the road of designing and building a new home or cottage, but realize there is a lot of new terminology you may...
The Future of Home Heating
Here is an interesting CBC article on the future of home heating equipment using heat pumps. Along with a well insulated & well sealed...
Tips on how to read your Land Survey
If you have a survey of your land but are wondering how to make sense of it, here is a great article on how to do so.
A Fine Home Building article on Straw Bale Homes - what we have been saying all along!
Check out this article from the magazine Fine Home Building, a magazine I highly recommend. https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2018/10/10/h...
Here's how Straw Bale Walls Hold Up!
One of the main questions that I hear regarding straw bale walls is "how do they hold up over time? Don't they rot?". This is a very good...
Here is why you should use "hurricane clips".
Watch the clip on CBC News " This Small Metal Bracket Could Mitigate Tornado Damage". https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/this-small-meta...
Get comfortable with reading plans!
We have just added a new tutorial section to our website called "Reading Plans". It is meant for people who are not as familiar as they...
Bent 1 is done at The Roy Frame!
Abby & Jean-Marc Roy are busy cutting their own timber frame and they now have bent 1 complete. Jean-Marc looks like a proud papa!
The 2017 Fleming Sustainable Construction students make the news!
http://www.chextv.com/2017/07/20/fleming-students-constructing-outdoor-education-centre-at-tass/
Haliburton Solar & Wind Presentation Centre
Here is another project on the Abbey Gardens site in Haliburton. Back in 2012 we design the Food hub. And then in 2016, we had the...
