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Craning a Finished Roof

by Jen Feigin | Sep 9, 2014 | Construction Blogs, Sustainable Building & Design program, Teachers' Union offices

Building a roof can be intimidating, and statistically the most dangerous element of making a building. The heights involved add risk, time and a lot of effort. Whenever we have the opportunity, we build our roof structures – including all sheathing and as much...

Paperstone countertops at Canada’s Greenest Home

by Jen Feigin | Aug 17, 2014 | Building Product Reviews, Canada's Greenest Home, Construction Blogs

We spent a lot of time considering our countertop choices for Canada’s Greenest Home. It’s an area with many options, and many factors to weigh when trying to make an environmentally sound choice. Ideally, the countertop material must be durable,...

Framing systems for teachers’ union office

by Jen Feigin | Aug 17, 2014 | Construction Blogs, Natural building materials and techniques, Straw bale building, Teachers' Union offices

Wood framing is a conventional building practice that we use quite frequently at Endeavour. For the teachers’ union project, we are using wood framing for both the floor system and the exterior walls. The walls and floors may not look very different from...

Earthbag foundation for floor system

by Jen Feigin | Aug 17, 2014 | Construction Blogs, Natural building materials and techniques, Teachers' Union offices

In addition to the Durisol stem wall foundation, our project for the teachers’ union office includes two long sections of earthbag foundation to support the floor joist spans inside the building. The inherent insulation value of the Durisol blocks made them our...

Helical pier foundation

by Jen Feigin | Aug 17, 2014 | Building Product Reviews, Construction Blogs, Natural building materials and techniques, Teachers' Union offices

The timber frame portion of our project for the teachers’ union rests outside the walls of the building, requiring individual foundation piers for each of the 14 posts. Typically, these would be poured concrete piers each with its own wide footing, resulting in...

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