Our Country Home in Mono, Ontario
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 The house
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The first issue was clearing the small plot of land for the building envelope. Not simple at all as
there was little flat land and no visibility in the woods - but it worked out perfectly, with the
house and its large windows facing north-east:
We decided to go for superior basement construction using Nudura. This consists of polystyrene blocks which are then filled with concrete: you get easy construction and immediate insulation (no cold walls). Then blueskin is wrapped around the wall for extra moisture protection.
Then frame on top of the basement, with an expensive engineered wood floor construction:
The following picture shows that engineered flooring system (this is the basement, so look at the ceiling):
This was not an easy house to frame:
Insulation done well: again we did it properly. Foam sprayed in the ceiling:
And standard insulation on the vertical walls, wrapped in plastic:
Tyvek homewrap on the outside:
...followed by the Werzalit on top:
The utility room and all its system shows the complexity of a home like this:
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Interior
The Area
Grounds
Flora
Construction
