Our Team from Patriot Custom Homes I love this photo of our team from Patriot Custom Homes. It's a challenge for both us as homeowners and our builders because we have chosen to live in our home during construction. Having a team with a positive attitude and who clearly enjoy their work makes the relationship […]
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Exposed Spiral Ductwork We’ve decided to leave the ductwork in the upstairs part of the new addition exposed. I’ve always liked the look and from the beginning of our project, we asked the architect and the builder to go in this direction. I like the natural color, but there is always the option to paint
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Installing the Metal Roof We chose to go with a 24 gauge Galvalume metal roof product made by Englert and installed by Bradford Standing Seam. We had looked at many options for the roof and were attracted to metal because it is long lasting and we will never have to replace it in our lifetimes.
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Making Electrical Decisions Over the past week we’ve had to make a bunch of decisions about the placement of electrical outlets, switches, and light fixtures. So many things to think about! We had to imagine how we’d live in each room in the new addition – where would furniture go? Would there be wired internet,
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Building the Entrance Hall The new entrance hall will serve to connect the original 1958 Techbuilt home with the addition is a fun, funky, and fascinating design. (The existing front entrance to the original house will go away). The inverted roof is held up by steel posts and a steel beam, On top of the beam
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Installing Windows in the Snow This week the team is installing energy-efficient windows and doors from Pella into the new addition. Considering the cold and snowy weather and how drafty the original 1950s windows are in our existing home, we’re thrilled to have these windows go in. In phase two of our project some time
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Ready for Winter Weather The team at Patriot Custom Homes has made excellent progress over the past three weeks. They worked really hard to get the addition ready for the inevitable Boston area snow. Just a day before 3 inches of snow fell, all new roof areas had Ice and Water shield applied and all
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Exterior Color Palate Our builder asked us what color we wanted for the exterior trim on the windows. It seemed like a simple request and he needed an answer within about a week. Just the window trim color, right? Wrong. That single decision effects everything on the exterior, so rather than just selecting the windows,
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Three Car Garage with No Posts As we were watching the framing of the new part of the house, we were thrilled to discover that the enormous three-car garage was being built without the requirement to have support posts. We found this to be remarkable since there is an entire second story to be built
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Porta-Potties and our Renovation Budget When our renovation and addition plans were nearly completed by our architect Joe Welch, we started a series of meetings with our builder, Dylan James to discuss the construction budget. We had an overall number that we were willing to spend but the first rough-guess budget came in substantially higher.
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