Tamlin Homes Blog
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Thinking About Designing a New Home?
With Over 40 Years of Custom Home Designing, Tamlin Can Draw You the Perfect Home! How We Design: We are happy to custom design your plan from scratch or redraw a plan that you already have. We have many clients that have found a floor layout and style of home that...
What you need to know about the new HPO Owner-Builder rules in BC
The BC Energy Code has changed and many builders, home owners and architects have questions: On December 19th 2014, the BC Building Code introduced significant energy efficiency requirements for houses and small buildings. During 2015 many building departments and...
Flush Mounted Floor System – Why Do It?
Flush Mounted Joists Some of the homes we build, have a system in them that allows the home to have almost no grade change when you exit the building. This is known as ‘flush mounted joists’. The main advantage of this system is to have little or no stairs as you exit...
Monolithic Pour (Mono Pour)
What is a Monolithic Foundation Pour Today we mono (monolithic) poured our Surrey Renovation project's foundation. Check out these pictures! We had to use 2 pump trucks to span the 350' from the point where the concrete truck could park and where the foundation is...
Our New Office in Coquitlam!
We welcome you to stop in at our Coquitlam office and chat about your project. Just give us a call and we can book an appointment with you to ensure we are available for an allotted amount of time. Reasons to Come in For a Consultation: You can look through literature...
Construction Estimating
Why Is The Estimate Important? The estimate is likely one of the most important aspects of the pre-build planning feasibility process. It is the foundation of the whole build. We will require an accurate estimate for the bank if you require financing and for you as a...
Are You Planning to Build a New Home?
You've Come To The Right Place! There are several things to consider when you are planning to build a new home. Tamlin can assist in all aspects of the planning process. We are experts in home design and custom home building. This is your dream home, whether is it a...
Do You Think It Is Important For Your Home Builder To Use Construction Programs to Estimate?
Gone Are The Days Of Using Microsoft Excel to Estimate Construction Projects! Why Not Excel? Although Excel used to be the go-to program for construction estimating and lots of companies still use it, Tamlin has moved from the old ways to a fantastic program called...
Tamlin’s Award Winning Team
About the Team With over 50 years combined experience in the custom home industry, Chris and Paul provide the leadership and experience needed to continue moving forward with innovative designs and building techniques. The reason for Tamlin’s success has been our...
