Client
Graham & Magrietha Weeks (family project)
Overview
The Stanley Workshop is a follow-up to the Henley House Project.
The name is to honour my paternal grandfather, Stanley Weeks, whom I never got to meet, but I think I received my builder/maker genes from.
Materials
New and reclaimed barn wood, LVL (laminated timber beams and posts), metal, upcycled windows, soy-based polyurethane spray insulation, rock fiber insulation (Rockwool), Tyvek HouseWrap
Team
Arrien Weeks: Designer, builder, project manager and general contractor
Erik Marcuse: Builder
Graham Weeks & Magrietha Weeks: de-nailer, wood planer, wood stainer, extra hands
Professionals
Etienne Dion: Architect, Firme ADSP
UsiHome Strutures Usinées, local wood structures manufacturer
Juan Demers: Electrician
Tools used
Table saw, mitre-saw, power drills, surface planer, laser level
Timeline
September 6, 2016
Steel pilings are installed
September 8, 2016
Floor structure is built
September 12-15, 2016
Wall structures go up
October 5, 2016
Roof structure goes in
October 11-25, 2016
Exterior paneling starts to go up
October 14, 2016
Roof plywood installed
October 18, 2016
Roof membrane goes down
October 18, 2016
Planing of reclaimed barn wood begins
October 24, 2016
Soy-based polyurethane insulation
Both the the underside of the roof and floor were sprayed.
The floor was given the same foam thickness as the roof as it is exposed from the bottom.
October 26, 2016
Tyvek HomeWrap
November 3-4, 2016
Six small horizontal windows re-built
November 8, 2016
Small windows installed
November 14, 2016
Large window goes in
November 18-28, 2016
November 28 – December 2, 2016
Exterior siding goes up
November 28 – December 2, 2016
Interior paneling goes up
September 9, 2018
Exterior siding finished
October 14, 2025
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