River Road Farmhouse

Our company was referred to this client by mutual friends. They had recently purchased this farmhouse and had been collaborating with C.L. Shade Architects. Despite sending their plans to multiple General Contractors, none were willing to tackle the project. However, it was a perfect project for us here CB Chandler Construction! 

The existing house as we received it, was a combination of several additions over 70 or 80 years old. Some work was done well and some not so well. During the full gut of the existing house, we found many very interesting things! 

After we removed several layers of floors – we uncovered a surprising and fun layer of 6” thick concrete floor. Along with a bonus layer of wire mat that was more like razor wire, very sharp and rusty. We used our contingency, got it out of the way, and moved on! 

During the process of removing the floors we uncovered what is believed to be some veterinary pit or shower that was hidden under the floor. In these older homes, you never know what you’re going to find! 

After the demo was complete, we started with the footings and floor framing – the picture above is the primary bedroom, bathroom, & closet. If you look closely, you can see where we boxed out the floor framing for the curb less shower. 

We continued with the framing of the 2nd floor and breezeway infill. Our amazing framers did all this framing without the use of a crane! 

After framing we started working towards our veneer inspection by installing the roof underlayment, vapor barrier on the vertical walls, and the installation of windows.