Climbing
Addition
Best of the Northeast Gold: Addition over $100,000
Meghan Haynes - 10/01/2004
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| A
mix of brick and vinyl cladding maintains the farmhouse
feel and eases maintenance. Porches on two sides
of the kitchen mesh indoors and outdoors. Photos:
Lisa Habig. |
Remodeler:
Red Oak Remodeling, York, Pa.
Architect: Shermeyer & Associates
Architects, Inc., York, Pa.
While
farmhouse renovations are common in the Northeast, this
addition stood out for one soaring reason: three levels.
Seamlessly integrating three new stories with a home built
in 1869, the judges felt, was truly remarkable.
Demo
work on a home that old is bound to present challenges,
and this project didn't disappoint. The stone foundation
had no footers, and the exterior walls were formed with
a triple layer of brick. A 76-year-old elevator shaft
had to be removed before work could begin. Crews poured
a concrete foundation under the stone and added the
footers necessary for the addition's foundation wall.
Steel beams replaced the stripped-away exterior wall
bricks - Red Oak office manager Lora Deller says it
took three full dump truck loads to remove all of the
brick from the site.
After
the extensive prep work and reconfiguration of some
existing spaces, the addition provided the homeowners
with an office and powder room on the walkout basement
level, an expanded kitchen and dining area on the first
floor and a master bath suite with walk-in closet on
the second floor.
More
than providing a nice contrast with the new vinyl siding,
retaining brick on the lower level of the exterior was
an aesthetic segue to the rest of the home. This thoughtful
application of materials is what makes the project pop.
When possible, items salvaged from the original house
were integrated, reworked and updated. For example,
the office's stone interior wall was adapted from an
old exterior wall that crews repointed, and the wall's
glass lit shelving unit was once a basement window.
An oak seat cover made to match the stair landing between
the existing basement and the new office masks the foundation
footer under the exterior wall.
"In
an older home such as this there are so many variables
and unknowns. It takes flexibility and brainstorming
when issues arise," Deller says. "Each level
of the addition, both interior and exterior, maintains
the look and feel of the original farmhouse. Each room
has its own identity, yet there is unity throughout
the entire addition."
Decking:
Trex. Roofing: GAF. Siding:
CertainTeed, Georgia-Pacific, Wolverine. Windows:
Pella.
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