Tamarack Corp » The Cottage

the cottage

Ryan Zygar — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:33:14 +0000

We decided to call the house “The Cottage”. We are also adding a sponsorship section to the site of products involved with the construction of this great home. Please check out the main webpage for a link to our photographs.

plot plan

Ryan Zygar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:12:01 +0000

We are moving right along.
Hopefully soon the street light will get relocated.

Here is the plot plan for reference on our location in this years Parade of Homes.

updated plan set

Ryan Zygar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:10:26 +0000

Tamarack’s plans of the current edits we have made to the residence.

Download for your convenience: PLANS.pdf

a great site for the parade!

Ryan Zygar — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:29:36 +0000

Across the street from the Burback Residence is a wonderful field of flowers, with a tree.

foundation to house in 6 days

Ryan Zygar — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:07:23 +0000

After the nice Memorial Day weekend the framers fired back up on Tuesday. We had only the first floor decking installed and this is where we ended our week.

This is where we started the weekend!

This is how TruFrame does it, the line up rigs is our entire framing crew. Many thanks to Tim Kysar and Willy Nylund.

Not only can Truframe provide all of our framing needs, they also have a great input on our LEED goals and our integral part of Tamarack’s team for design and building envelope consideration.

excavated crawl space and foundation installed

Ryan Zygar — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:10:24 +0000

Here are some recent photographs.

Our foundation is going in, we added additional fly ash to our cement mix from Glacier. Fly ash is a residue from coal combustion and can be recycled/substituted for Portland Cement in cement mix.

master bedroom & great room

Ryan Zygar — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:49:35 +0000

Images of how the master bedroom will feel with edits to the window on the South Wall.

Fireplace on the East Wall of great room @ 42″ firebox. Just the massing in the room with the mantle to be similar to the lower image.

updated engineering

Ryan Zygar — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:48:25 +0000

We revised our engineering to reflect header sizes, stud spacing and additional room required to make the entry way “feel”.

The header and stud spacing will be more efficient with our lumber order and energy conscious with our design. The cavity where a beam would normally take up space can now be utilized with additional insulation. The stud spaced further apart allow for less wood and additional insulation.

We our installing straps at our foundation stem walls in lieu of all thread. Jason, of Kaski Concrete, Inc., suggested this method when discussing possible alternatives to evaluate our LEED goal.

Download the update engineering plans here.

site plan, address correction & submitted for permit

Ryan Zygar — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:07:40 +0000

Today we submitted for permit. We anticipate a quick turn around. Three builders have started construction on there respective lots. The Parade of Homes will have 5 builders for 2008.

The address for the project is:

12211 NW 48TH CT, VANCOUVER, 98685

HERE IS OUR ANTICIPATED SITE PLAN:

general feel of house

Ryan Zygar — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:51:54 +0000