Project Profiles
Below some of the more recent projects by Norton Construction. Click "Read More" to see more photos and customer testimonials
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New Construction - 2011 Check back soon for more details.
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Garage Construction - 2011 Laurie was willing to work with Jannette closely to create a new garage on a limited budget. Regardless of the size or cost of the job or cost, Lauries attention to detail and quality is consistent throughout.
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Kitchen Remodel - 2011 This project was unique in that the kitchen and adjoining rooms were remodeled to accentuate the look and feel of the rest of them home. Laurie produced the product the owners were happy with and kept the continum of the rest of them home. |
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Kitchen Remodel - 2010 The clent Joan initially planed to start the projcet in late winter. In the interests of the project and preventing the tracking of excessive dirt and dust into the home Laurie recommended that the projcet be started in the spring. In retrospect Joan was happy that the project was postponed as her home remained cleaner throught the construction. |
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Remodel - Fall 2009 After accepting Laurie's bid, his clients became more interested in the benefits of energy efficiency, and US made products. With a better understanding of the value in energy efficient housing, the clients decided to change direction midway and opted for the most energy efficient enhancements available for a remodel. The result is a very attractive, comfortable, and efficient home. This house utilizes closed cell foam insulation. This provides superior insulation in applications where traditional insulation is inferior. The windows are highly efficient and were sourced locally, and a thermal syphon hot water system was installed to address the concerns of wasted water. |
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New Construction - 2008 This home was build by Laurie who worked closely with his clients Jeff and Patty to create yet another truly eco-friendly home. This 1866 square foot home is unique as ICF's (insulated concrete forms) and advanced framing techniques were used to create a well insulated air tight home. The concrete floors throughout were finished using tongueoil and carnauba wax. All of the finished interior woodwork including the cabinets were made using salvage material. Furthermore, a conscious effort was made to source services and materials locally when and where possible. |
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New Construction - 2007 This home was build by Laurie Norton and his partner Maurry Smith. Together they created a truly unique eco-friendly home. Much of the materials used to construct this home were recycled. The carpet was made of recycled plastic bottles, the stairwell banister is recycled wood from a ship, the oak cabnitry came from a burn pile on the Northern California coast. Equipped with a 2 Kilowat solar system, energy star apliances, state of the art windows and insulation; this green home is the definition of efficiency. Chico News & Review article #1 |
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New Construction - 2004 Because this home was built on an infill lot, Laurie worked closely with the architect to ensure windows would not be directly facing neighboring housing. It is also unique in the sense that the air conditioning ducts were contained within the conditioned envelope of the house. This was facilitated by employing an open web floor truss system; reducing energy loss. A state of the art computerized Klipsch zone home wiring system was installed allowing each room to receive digital content and media from a centralized location. Click here to read client testimonial... |
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New Construction - 2003 With energy efficiency in mind, this home was created using advanced framing techniques, along with compact fluorescent lighting and R30 insulation in the walls. This home uses a fraction of the energy of a conventional home.
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New Construction - 2000 The emphasis of this house was ultimately energy conservation. This was achieved through creating a tight building envelope. High R-Value insulation was used along with CFL lighting and energy efficient appliances. Even though this house was built 10 years ago the homeowners are still have a substantially lower utility bill than their neighbors.
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