Groene, Renovation - Project Summary:

This project of Timber Creek Construction's is the renovation of a Caton home. Bill Caton, an architect who was well known in Winfield, designed and constructed this house in 1927 for his sister Julia and her husband as their "Honeymoon Cottage". The couple entitled their dwelling "Chanticleer" because they owned Chanticleer chickens. The original house was constructed with limestone and beams and has been added on to several times over the years.  Eighty four years later when the house was purchased by our clients, it was in desperate need of some love and attention. Ed and Becky Groene purchased the home planning to return it to its glory and at the same time improving it with some modern touches.

The scope of this project is going to be a complete renovation and restoration of the existing house as well as the removal of the south wing, to be replaced with a new one. Complete removal of existing HVAC, most of the plumbing and electrical with installation of new. Replacement of windows and doors with new Pella brand higher effeicancy, insulated units, with the exception of some leaded glass windows and the custom built Dutch front door. New floor covering through out including slate, bamboo, cork, travertine and carpet.

Demolition on the project was started in April of 2011. The addition on the south side of the house that was installed by a previous owner was completely removed. Floor and wall finishes, fixtures, and cabinets were also removed at that time.  Several trees from near the house were removed to allow for a better view of the exterior as well as better visibility from inside. A couple of issues with the house were the amount of termite damage that was found as well as the high amount of moisture in the home. The removal of the trees will help solve these problems going into the future.

One of the things that is typically found in Caton homes is a rather small kitchen.  A new wing will be added onto the south, where a new spacious kitchen will be, complete with beautiful biscut painted maple cabinets with a chocolate glaze from Bridgewood Custom Cabinetry. This new addition will have several large windows the will provide a great location to spend time with family and friends or to just set quietly and enjoy the view.

Most of the construction material is being purchased locally from Home Lumber Company in Winfield. Gary, Sid, Janet and the team do a great job of providing quailty material and good service. Some material i.e. shingles, metal roofing, plumbing and electrical fixtures, etc. will be provided by the subcontractors or purchased at other suppliers.

We explored a varity of exterior options as we discussed the siding and masonry. Originally we were going to leave some of the cedar shingle siding that were in good shape and repaint it replace only what needed it while installing new cedar shingle siding to the addition. The orginal stone was to be pressure washed, cleaned and repaired as needed. The stone had previously been covered with stucco and painted therefore it was neccessary to reseal and repaint it. Once we got started doing some of the demo it was determined that we were going to need to remove more siding than was originally thought to make repairs of termite damage. It was decided at time to remove all of the existing siding and install new. To keep the project from going too far over budget as well as give the house some more of it's orginal character, we came up with a varity of sidings. Several of the areas have a stucco textured, fiber cement siding with rough cedar batts, a few areas got 1x12 cedar lapped horizontally and the remaining areas got the sawn cedar shingles and new masonry as was the original plan. The exterior paint and coatings came from Sherwin-Williams in Arkansas City and was applied by Morgan Painting. Masonry work was done by Tom Edwards from Atlanta, Kansas