Projects · Virtue Construction · Lake Forest
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Additions, renovations, and modern homes across Lake Forest and 50-plus miles surrounding. Scope, materials, and the structure behind the finish.
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Whole-home renovation
Ridgewood Residence
A center-entry colonial with good bones and forty years of additions that never matched. The owners wanted the original house back, with everything behind the walls replaced.
Selective demolition back to the original framing
New beams and load transfer where three walls came out
Complete mechanical, electrical, and plumbing replacement
Radiant floor heat throughout the first floor, nVent certified
White oak flooring, honed limestone, plaster walls
Whole-home renovation
Scope
Nine to twelve months
Duration
Lake Forest
Location
Addition
Linden Avenue Addition
A rear addition on a house that had already been added to once, badly. The new volume carries its own structure and meets the original wall on a clean seam.
Foundation and footings sized to the new load
Structural steel framing for a long, uninterrupted span
Board-formed concrete wall at the seam with the original house
Black-framed glazing set to the drawing set
Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing extended and rebalanced
Addition
Scope
Five to seven months
Duration
Lake Forest
Location
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