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Fall Home Improvement

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FAMILY ENDEAVOUR: Tod English, above, and his wife Lisa are owners of The Properties at Myrtle Creek, a subdivision of one-acre plus lots south of the city boundaries. They have built a spec home, which is nearing completion, to show the style of houses that will be erected on more than 30 lots. JOYCE CARLSON PHOTO

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When Tod and Lisa English moved a house off a waterfront lot, where they were planning to build a new home, it was transported to a property south of town. Nearby there was acreage for sale and they wondered why no one was buying it. The 74-acre property was located adjacent to Southill Acres.

The couple, both born and raised in Powell River, answered the question themselves and purchased the property. As new owners, they named the area The Properties at Myrtle Creek, and developed 30 one-acre-plus lots and left a 30-acre piece intact at the rear. “It’s a family affair,” says Tod. “Our daughters even have been helping to trim back the weeds in

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AREA MATERIALS: Granite, which was hand-split, on pillars at the front entrance, came from nearby Hardy Island. Fir bracing on the exterior was milled at Lois Lumber.

OPTIMAL LIGHT: Large windows in the specially ordered carriage doors for the three-bay garage bring plenty of daylight into the 1,000 square-foot area. JOYCE CARLSON PHOTOS

front of the lots.”Five lots have been sold and four houses are

in various stages of completion.Former Powell River resident Richard Berry

and his wife Karen are planning to build on their lot in the spring. She has retired from a career as a public health nurse and he is wrap-ping up a teaching career as an industrial edu-cation instructor.

“Richard told me that after graduation, he couldn’t wait to get out of Powell River,” says Tod. “Now he and his wife are eager to retire here.”

Tod explains the impact of one other person moving to the properties, who was soon fol-lowed to Powell River by his best friend and daughter. “That’s a trend that’s starting to de-velop as people discover what we have here.”

Interest in the properties is growing, ac-cording to Tod, and once half a dozen or more homes are occupied, he predicts the rest of the lots will move more quickly.

He and Lisa decided to build a home to sell, which is nearing completion. “This way we can show people the type of home, with steep roof lines, that will be built here.”

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Kinley Construction is the main contractor for the Craftsman-style home. It has 1,750 square feet on the main floor with an open kitch-en and living room along with a separate dining room, library and laundry room next to the three-bay garage. All the cabinetry was manu-factured locally.

Specially ordered carriage-style doors feature large windows so the 1,000-square-foot area has plenty of light. The three doors were cus-tom painted with a black finish to match the exterior trim colours.

A wrap-around deck facing south-east off the dining room has two covered areas and includes fittings for a gas outdoor fireplace.

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so many services and materials, it “could be considered a Valley Building,” says Tod, “from engineering to Hardi Plank siding and shingles Vic and Kari Spreeuw helped with and so many small details that mean so much.”

He adds, “all the suppliers and sub-contractors have been great to work with on this project. I can’t say enough about them and their willingness to share our vision for this subdivision.”

With an integrated hot water boiler

system, Tod says it would be “virtually impossible” to run out of hot water. An electronic system senses when the outside temperature drops and reacts by increasing the indoor room tem-perature more quickly than a regular furnace.

Target Installations installed in-floor heating with three-quarter-inch plywood sleepers and provided other plumbing services.

All the bathrooms feature Travertine tiles. “We were able to buy the com-plete lot at once so there are no prob-

lems with matching,” Tod explains.Travertine belongs to the larger fami-

ly of stone called limestone also known as calcium carbonate. It is formed by minerals dissolving in groundwater and then being deposited on the earth’s surface by rivers, natural springs or geysers. The tiles come in many differ-ent colours including ivory, beige, wal-nut, noce and gold, which are the result of iron compounds or other organic impurities.

For the exterior of the home, Modern Windows and Siding supplied gutters and railings along with all the windows. Granite on the front of the house came from Hardy Island and was hand-split before being put in place.

Trees from the property were sent to Lois Lumber and milled wood came back in the form of outside trim. While the fir used for bracing also came from the local lumber mill, it did not origi-nate on the property.

Large boulders make a dramatic style statement in the landscaping that in-cludes hydro-seeded grass areas.

Once the current house is sold, Tod and Lisa are considering another one on an adjacent lot. Because of the tree covenant, included in the subdivision bylaws, all the homes will be placed so privacy is upheld by positioning of neighbouring houses. “When you look out the windows, you feel like you’re in the middle of a forest,” says Tod.

He and Lisa want to see Powell River remain a vibrant community and are committed to investing in its future.

GREEN SURROUNDINGS: Views out of every window make them appear to be a landscape artist’s painting. Houses will be situated to maintain privacy between neighbours. JOYCE CARLSON PHOTO

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It was a family vacation to visit the place ‘at the end of the road’ that interested Denis St-Pierre in leaving behind 13 years of con-struction work in Calgary and moving to Powell River in 2005.

At first Denis dreamed of finding a piece of land north of town and building, but with a teenage son, reality set in and before long he had purchased an 80-year-old house on Mowat Avenue. “I knew as soon as I walked into the house and saw the view of Powell Lake that it was the house for me,” says Denis. A drywaller with some development and building experience, he began to imagine how the house could be renovated to increase living space and maxi-

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NEARING COMPLETION: An 80-year-old house on Mowat Avenue in Cranberry has been completely transformed as a result of the imagination of its owner Denis St-Pierre. He moved to Powell River six years ago and planned to build a new home. Instead he succumbed to lake views and last year went the renovation route instead. DEVON HANLEY PHOTO


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mize the magnificent view up Powell Lake. Finally, in 2010, Denis was ready to realize his dreams.

He teamed up with local timber framer/carpenter Carsten Huber, and a local de-signer. Together they came up with a timber-frame design that would see the house raised two feet to create 900 square feet of living space on the ground floor, reconfiguration of the 900-square-foot main floor, and the ad-dition of a 550-square-foot master bedroom loft with a walk-in closet and desk nook.

“Because of the slope of the lot, every floor has a lake view,” says Denis. “This made lift-ing the house and finishing the ground floor totally worth it.”

He commenced with a partial demolition, then made arrangements to raise the house. Carsten began sourcing materials from local sawmill owner/operators and preparing tim-bers for the new roof.

Nearly all the wood used for the proj-ect came from local sources, some of it old-growth cedar from logging leftovers. The rafters, posts, beams and joists are all made from local fir and hemlock, while the loft floor is made up of tongue-and-groove spruce. Carsten says, “with timber frame, the structural elements become the aesthetic of the house.” That would certainly include the massive 320-kilogram (660-pound) centre beam that was put into place with assistance

HARD TO BELIEVE: Before and during construction phase photos show the original house and the changes it underwent to become a three-storey home that was built using wood from local companies. Included is some old-growth cedar from logging leftovers.

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ANCIENT LOOK: Intricately carved leaf and vine designs form a nature theme for the main bathroom. DEVON HANLEY PHOTOS


from a local crane company.Once the roof was in place,

rebuilding the interior of the house commenced.

The ground floor now boasts a bright cozy family room with

wood-burning stove, a large laundry room, bedroom and a bathroom. From the open main floor living area, one looks up to a magnificent cathedral ceiling. Walls were moved to create a partially open computer galley, a bedroom and a stunning feature bathroom, and a French door was added for easy access to the new wrap-around deck. The mas-ter bedroom loft feels almost like a tree house with views of the hills and mountains surround-ing Mowat Bay through a mag-nificent six-by-12-foot arched window.

Denis hired a local tile setter to create something highly artistic and different for the home’s two bathrooms. The main floor bath-room has the feel of an ancient ruin complete with an intricately carved leaf and vine design cut out of the natural slate, while the ground floor bathroom feels more like a grotto, earthbound and natural. To achieve this ef-fect, a dynamic nature theme was created using hand-picked rock from local beaches.

Another key design element is the three-storey open staircase, which Denis requested Carsten to design. It is a statement of fine woodworking craftsmanship featuring character oak (from a gnarled old oak tree removed from Denis’ front yard), fir, yel-

UPPER LEVEL: Peering up the three-storey open staircase to the top floor brings into view the wooden cathedral ceiling.

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finish of the house a great deal of thought. In the end he combined a West Coast look with East Coast flare. Naturally silvered cedar board and batten at ground level contrasts beautifully with horizontal bevelled ce-

dar siding stained a vibrant cranberry red. The upper storey loft dormers and back of the house are sided with cedar shakes from Goat Lake Forest Products, Ltd., and the metal roof is a warm, copper penny colour.

Still on the drawing table are plans for a wood kitchen

built in the Japanese tradi-tion and a hand-forged din-ing room chandelier and house accessories by a lo-cal artist blacksmith. Denis says it is indeed satisfying that his vintage Cranberry house is being transformed with the use of local materi-als and local craftsmanship.

HAPPY HOMEOWNER: Denis St-Pierre is satisfied with the outcome of his vision to change a small 80-year-old house into his dream home that incorporates styles from both the east and west coasts of Canada. JANET SOUTHCOTT PHOTO


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six years was realized in 2011 when she contracted with Brent McClinchy and Mycro-Works Trucking and Excavating to give her prop-erty a facelift.

“I’d had a few people look at the property before, but none of them came up with what I really wanted,” she says. “I phoned Brent and he could tell me what my vi-sion was. He could explain how it was going to work, he

could explain to me what I had already in my head. So I thought ‘this is good, let’s go ahead with it.’”

Originally, Carmen had some pictures drawn up by an engineer friend, who had used straight walls and stairs. “I asked, why can’t we build it with ramps so she could still get a wheelbar-row up, and curved rather than straight walls?” recalls Brent.

From the initial discussion in February through to the end of April, Brent and his crew changed an unusable slope, that was sloughing, into 3,000 square feet of stable gardening space.

Carmen is self-employed and works from home pro-viding business services to independent BC fallers. For a couple of months her view of the ocean became a view of a pile of dirt, and her of-

FULLY ACCESSIBLE: With garden levels facing west, Carmen Brown can be busy in her garden as the sun goes down. JANET SOUTHCOTT PHOTO

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“Each wall needed extensive drainage pipe placed behind it. You are fighting the water until you get the drainage system in, but you can’t get the drain-age system in until you get the walls in. So you are fighting wa-ter as you go.”

Brent started work at the bottom of the slope. He had a machine at the lowest level that would throw the dirt up to a machine midway up the slope. Then that machine would throw it up to the machine on the top which would load the dirt into the truck.

He used Allan Blocks for the walls. “It was pretty tricky,” says Brent. “They say home-owners can do them too, but they are a little more work. They weigh 80 pounds each and there is a lot of cutting involved if you want to do proper corners or lines. Especially for when you shape the walls the way we did, you have to cut the blocks to fit the angles.

Then I fabricated a tool that picks the blocks up with the machine. It saves on the guys’ backs and is safer that way, too.”

”There is a fair bit of precision to putting them in,” adds Carmen. “You fill the brick with crushed rock as you are going up. Then you have to brush them and make sure there are no little grains on the surface before you put the next block on.”

The rock’s weight gives walls stability. An advantage with using the blocks rather than concrete is that if one area of the wall needs to be repaired or replaced, it is a simple thing to do as each block is slotted on top of or be-

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Flexibility was key to the whole project. Both Carmen and Brent needed to be flex-ible to changes. “We ended up with one less wall,” says Carmen, “but it worked out just fine.”

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Looking back, Carmen says, “It is very impressive.

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There’s nothing like gardening in summer-time, with long bright days, the sun’s heat on a bent back and warm, dry soil. Weeds are easy to pull, grass doesn’t grow as quick-ly, and neighbourhood conversations take place.

With fall, many people prefer to stay in-doors, but gardening can still be enjoyable. The lawn has a quick growing spree after each shower of rain, summer crops die down, and time to garden relates directly with the weather forecast.

Gardeners cast their thoughts toward preparing for the winter and colour for the spring. Bulbs can be planted at this time of year. Snowdrops, daffodils, crocuses, tulips, winter blooming pansies and early flower-ing forget-me-nots all make a lovely show. Bulbs can be planted anywhere in the gar-den or in containers, and make especially nice displays under deciduous trees and shrubs. If planted together they give each other support and provide an intense blast of colour.

Vegetable gardens do not need to sit empty throughout fall and winter months. Many gardeners keep growing food all year, choosing to plant kale, spinach, Swiss chard, turnips, broad beans, purple-sprouting broccoli, garlic and onions in late summer and into the fall. Choice just comes down to which vegetables will grow and mature in cool weather.

“Generally speaking, the plants for the best winter gardens must be started in June and July for things like purple-sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts, et cetera,” says Gary and Ellen de Casmaker of Eternal Seed. “But, do not despair, there is still time to sow winter lettuce, spinach, cilantro, corn salad and arugula seed.”

Gary and Ellen suggest October planting for garlic and broad beans to harvest next July.

Storm season can bring in bucket-loads of seaweed that adds nutrients when spread upon any garden bed. Layering a bed with newspaper, seaweed, fallen leaves such as maples, compost and top soil can create a hotbed of useable soil for the spring.

Preparing the lawn for winter can involve fertilizing, aeration, dethatching, seeding and edging. Edging is important if a garden-er wishes to avoid damaging overhanging turf when shoveling snow.

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The jury is out about whether to leave leaves on the lawn or rake them up. Leaves can be added to com-post to make a good mulch, which speaks to raking them up, but also if the lawn is not completely covered, leaves can be left to provide fertil-ization to the lawn. They are also great bedding material for animals looking to hun-ker down over the colder months.

Shredded leaves placed around the base of shrubs and trees can help insulate and nourish the root sys-

tems. Decomposing leaves also provide food for soil in-sects, including earthworms.

Burlap, bamboo or ce-dar stakes, a large bag, some string and dry straw is all that’s needed to pro-tect tender plants already in the ground, according to GardenWorks.ca. The stakes can be placed around the plant in a type of tri-pod and secured at the top with string. Straw is placed around the base of the plant to insulate the root struc-ture. At least three layers of burlap are then wrapped

around the frame and se-cured with string. The plas-tic bag is pulled over the top like a rain hat, and draped until about 30 per cent of the burlap is covered. This will protect the growing tip from cold and wet weather.

The arrival of cooler weather is also a great time to work on garden projects. If the look for the garden needs to change, it is a good time to plant shrubs and trees. The still warm soil and regular rainfall will help stimulate rapid root growth. New planting beds can also be dug and soil quality enhanced.

Use of cold frames or greenhouses can help start seedlings and protect them from cold and wet weather. Even an old glass window will work if placed at an angle against a wall. Cold frames and straw or leaves can also help container plants withstand the older months.

Even with the best inten-tions, gardeners know they may lose a few plants over the winter. To some, this is just the pleasure of gar-dening, seeing what sur-vived when the frost melts and spring flowers start to bloom.

GREEN THUMBS: Ellen and Gary de Casmaker own Eternal Seed garden centre on Zilinsky Road. They provide gardeners with advice on seeds and planting throughout the year. JOYCE

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