The Garage

Forming the foundation for the garage.

 

First pour of concrete.

Forming the garage foundation walls.

John inspecting the concrete walls for the garage.

 

Need to fill a big hole with clean fill.

John is a maniac on the bobcat.

Many trips to back fill.

Getting clean fill.

Had to take one selfie.

Compacting the garage floor before concrete.

Big garage - 24' x 32' and 11' high walls.

And 10' by 12' garage door to accommodate camper, etc.

Roofing complete.

 

Enjoyed a nice rainbow over the building site

with Joy and John's homes in the background.

After a hard days' work, we go for a swim

in the Georgian Bay across the street.

 

And the old cottages disappear.

 First comes off the roof.

 



We find that there is shiplap on the roof and sides.

 We hope to do a feature wall with some of the

shiplap in the new cottage.

 



A wonderful old dresser that needs a new home.

 

Another wonderful old dresser that needs a home.

 

Old Singer from 1906 that made John's dad's diapers

and many other wonderful things.

Living looking north. The front window has been saved

 to be used on the feature wall.

 

Bedroom

 Bedroom

Where the kitchen used to be. Cupboards removed.

 

The old cottage gone. 

Slowly disapearing

After walls and ceilings are removed.

The old floor.

 

Going

Going

Going

Going

Gone

This was a very well built cottage and were sorry to see it go,

but the new place will have some of the old included.

All the trees were gone fall 2015.

 Nice view of the beach now looking southwest.

 

View looking northwest.

View now from the beach.  Some people mentioned

they never knew any cottages were back there.

From John's cottage.

Looking between the two old cottages to

Joy's and John's homes.

Looking at Joy's home.

Looking at John's cottage.

As the land was cleared, it came into view.

Slowly the beach is coming into view.

 

Some of the tree cutting equipment.

View developing from the beach.

Equipment used.

Very tall crane for very tall trees.

The view from front of John's cottage to old cottage. 

Creating a blog to catalog the building process. Here are pictures before anything started.

The view of the beach from the old cottage.

The view of the beach from the old cottage.

The back of the old family cottage that was

built by John's father in the late 1950s.

 

The front of the cottage.

Looking at the back of the cottage

before the trees were taken down.

The view to John's cottage from

the path to the old cottage.

The original cabin, from the front, purchased approximately 1948, 

after some brush was cut down.

 

The original cabin from the back

 

View from the north side road looking up to the old cottage.

 View from the road looking up to the old cottage
after some brush was cut down.