Gulf Island Log Cabin is Going Up Fast!

    Tamlin’s reclaimed Post & Beam cabin is under construction right now on Cortes Island and is going up quickly! The floor system is finished and now the solid reclaimed Douglas Fir log walls on the first floor are being put in place. Each layer...

Tamlin’s Burnaby Renovation is Moving Along!

Tamlin’s Burnaby renovation is moving along nicely. This 900 ft2 in-law suite, and 400 ft2 bedroom/bathroom renovation is into its final stages of construction. The in-law suite features 10-foot-high walls, and a complete timber frame truss vaulted ceiling, with a...

Burnaby Custom Post & Beam Home Update

Tamlin’s new home building project in North Burnaby is making real headway. Not to mention we are right on schedule! We recently finished pouring the foundation/basement, connecting the services and backfilling. Framing is well underway and the second floor structure...

Gambier Island Project Update- June 14 2012

Our Gambier Island custom home project is moving along and all the exterior concrete (flat work) has been poured and drywall has started inside. You can see by the attached pictures, this will be a spectacular “West Coast” contemporary style home and will...

Gambier Island Project Update- May 22, 2012

New, updated pictures from our Gambier Island Project. Here are some highlights: Exterior pre-finished Western Red Cedar “shadowline” paneling has been installed Premanufactured, ready to assemble glulam post & beam structure,        – Contemporary 14’...

Gambier Island Project- Walls Going Up!

After a week or so of the West Coast rain, the concrete floor was poured, sub-floor installed, the Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs)  wall panels were delivered and are now going up on the Gambier Island house. Should have the walls and all wood beams up in...

Gambier Island BC- Tamlin Homes Project- Foundation Finished

The first week of February saw the concrete truck come into the Gambier Island BC project site to place concrete for the footings and the foundations walls. They are all done now and ‘stripped’, ready for the framers to start on the floor system and the...

Gambier Island BC Project- ICF Foundation Done

This week, we had the crew over to Gambier Island, BC to finish the install of the Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) on the foundation and we are now ready to get the concrete trucks in for the pour. Because this is a remote project, concrete trucks have to be ordered...