Opening it all Up

Infinity Construction was contacted by our client to remake much of the main level on their 10-year-old home. The family room and kitchen were segregated by a wall that contained the pantry and blocked the flow between these two rooms. The complication was this space contained two primary structural load points for the main level and would have to be redesigned. Additionally, our client wanted to open the view to the back of their lot by adding a new bank of windows to the back of their home and modifying the view to the side area. A new kitchen would be part of the planning as well as remaking the primary balcony, staircase, front door, soundproofing the master bedroom, refinishing all the floors on the main level, incorporating a new panty, reworking the laundry room, repainting the brick on the back of the house, removing columns in the family room under the balcony, constructing a barrel vault to the master bedroom and other owner specified tasks. All this work took close coordination with our Structural Engineer, Interior Designer and Architect as major portions of the support for the second level of the house came into play in remodeled areas and the crawl space below.

Once our plan was determined Infinity Construction and our subcontractors set forth on this ambitious endeavor. A strict schedule was implemented to control the flow of activities such that this project could be completed to meet our client’s timeline. The demolition was extensive to facilitate the requirements for reconstruction. New footers were poured under the home to carry the load of the massive 18” and 24” LVL triple beams that were installed to dissipate the weight of the house to specified load points. Custom Steel Hangers were ordered months in advance to tie the beams together at predetermined structural load-points. The beams produced into the living space, so they were wrapped with custom cut, sanded, and stained cedar boards. This gave the spaces defined room break points, allowed for electrical wires to be run inside them and created the French County genre the client desired. We refinished the Sand and Finish floors to complement the massive new island and installed new Custom Kitchen Cabinetry as well as Appliances. The project called for new ducting from a Custom Hood, reworking the Laundry Cabinetry and flooring well as providing new Pantry Shelving. As noted previously, the reconstructed Staircase, custom Return Registers, Stair Railings, Stair Pickets, Stair Lighting, new Stair Handrails, Painting throughout the home as well as new Trim adorned the entire Main Level.

The scope of the structural work to facilitate our clients’ desires was massive. The reconstruction of the rear of the house on the side the windows were installed took considerable effort as we had to remove brick while supporting the brick attached to the floor above, supporting the floor above while altering the exterior walls and then when installing the 1100 lb. beams, supporting the weight of the second floor while cutting loose all structural support for the floor above. With exemplary planning and use of true tried and tested subcontractors this coordinative effort went off without a hitch.

At completion Infinity Construction as well as our clients were able to see all this work had culminated in our client’s dreams coming to fruition. The fit and finish of all the work was exemplary. Most impressively is that we stayed on schedule throughout this undertaking and managed the project such that we came in under budget. The most satisfying aspect of all our work is to know that our clients have now hired us to do the next phase on their homes remake.