Garage Luxury

As beautiful as the university area is in Saskatoon there is one downfall to living there - parking! Most houses along Temperance don't have a garage and if they do it is not attached. With a custom build this limitation is no more! Our custom home now has a paved driveway, beautiful garage doors, and a two car garage with in floor heat! Say goodbye to scraping windows and starting the cars in the cold mornings and say hello to a nice warm vehicle.

Adding Purple to Make it Green

The residents of the Temperance build made a simple request - they wanted their home to be green; so we went in and sprayed it purple! No, not the paint colour. Poly Plus came by last week and filled the walls and ceilings with purple spray foam insulation which is an environmentally friendly building solution. What makes spray foam so great? Because it is a spray instead of sheets of fiberglass, every crack and corner is completely filled leaving no drafts or room for air to enter or escape the home. This means the cold air stays out and the heat stays in allowing your furnace to not work quite so hard. This lowers your utility bills and gives you more comfort. Also, because the foam fully fills the space, bugs are less likely to enter the home in the spring. Spray foam also reduces moisture infiltration preventing mold growth. Watch how a little purple can make a home turn green!

Give Thanks for the Sunshine

This Thanksgiving we were giving thanks for the beautiful weather in the last couple weeks. The sunshine allowed us to make progress on the exterior of Temperance. The stucco and stone work is complete and the fencing and landscape preparation is underway. Soon the window wells will be finished and the homeowners will have a beautiful deck with a hot tub for some well deserved relaxation! Now that's something to be thankful for!

Just in Time for Fall

As the weather has been cooling down the exterior development and heating requirements have moved along at full speed to get ready for fall. The sidewalk has been all fixed up and the stucco and stone have been added to the exterior of the home. Our licensed electricians have been working hard to complete the electrical rough-in on the home including 140 pot lights! Very soon our Temperance home will be lit up for the dark mornings and evenings and will be toasty warm for the cool fall weather.

The Entrance to a Home

From the moment guests enter your house you want them to notice the care and beauty of your home. The front door on Temperance has created quite the buzz because of its beauty. To give you a little more insight to this gem Centennial General Manager, Tom Firth, was willing to share the process behind the door.

"Wow what a front entrance door and what a procedure to have it painted. In order to have an outstanding looking front entrance we started with a top of the line Fiberglass door; yes, that’s correct Fiberglass. We first picked up the components for the door and delivered them to the automotive body shop and they “Jammed” them for us. That’s a process of spraying paint into the edges that are pretty much hidden once the glass is installed and will ensure that any slight expansion or contraction does not expose the white color. We then returned it to the door plant and they assembled all of the components. Back to the body shop for final prep and paint, it took over 8 hours for prep and setup. It was then taken into the paint booth for its final coats of paint. A single stage black urethane automotive paint was used to ensure the door will not fade.

Disassembly from the paint jig as well as moving out of the paint booth and into the trailer for site delivery was a 4 man job due to the overall size, but in the end we got what we wanted - a first class magnificent front entry!"

If you’re curious, this door was prepped and painted by none other than Andrew Faris of Graveyard Customs and Restorations in Warman – 1-306-260-1155.

Consider a spectacular welcoming piece for your next home!