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STONE & WOOD — THE ELEMENTS OF BUILDING
Finished addition with exposed brick and wood stove
Stone-clad garage with timber gable and standing seam roof
Timber frame great room over a two-storey glass wall
Matte black standing seam metal roof in winter
Power-trowelling a freshly poured slab at dusk
Self-adhered air and water barrier detailed around a window
Cedar shake carriage house with dormers
Cedar deck along the back of a home
Home wrapped in continuous exterior mineral wool insulation
Crane lifting a roof truss on a winter jobsite
Renovated century log farmhouse great room
Aerial view of a roof deck sealed with membrane
Detached garage build in Georgian Bluffs
Smart vapour membrane taped at windows and floor
Black-sided garage with wood-trimmed doors
Second storey rebuild in Owen Sound
Building wrapped in a self-adhered air and water barrier
Finished garage interior with insulated overhead doors
Exterior mineral wool insulation installed in winter
Metal roofing installed on a home in Grey-Bruce
Log-sided garage with metal roof and concrete apron
Aerial view of roof strapping over the water control layer
Metal roof upgrade in Georgian Bluffs
Wood-lined shop interior with lake-view windows
High-performance construction  ·  Owen Sound & Grey-Bruce

Built right the first time.

Renovations, additions, garages, roofs and foundations — detailed for water, air and heat, so your building is still warm, dry and quiet twenty winters from now.

Stone-and-timber garage with a standing-seam metal roof
Stone-and-timber garage, standing-seam roof · Grey County
02Sound Familiar?

You shouldn’t have to become a building expert to get an honest build.

Most people call because they want it done well — and they’ve seen what happens when it isn’t. None of the below is bad luck. It’s details that got skipped, and every one is avoidable.

“The upstairs is freezing in February — and the bills say otherwise.”Air leaking at the attic and rim joist, gaps in the insulation.
The fix

A continuous air barrier and insulation with no gaps — planned before framing, taped, and tested instead of assumed.

“There’s a damp smell in the basement every spring.”Water isn’t managed outside the foundation, so it comes in.
The fix

Drainage, membranes and flashing that move water away without relying on caulking — over a foundation that’s actually dry.

“We get ice dams every single winter.”Warm air leaks into the attic and melts snow from below. A new roof alone won’t fix it.
The fix

Air-seal the ceiling, insulate it, ventilate the roof and detail the eaves — then the roof goes on.

“I got three quotes and none of them say what’s actually included.”A one-line quote is easy to write and easy to change later.
The fix

Scope and price in writing — what’s included, what’s likely, and where an unknown could move the plan — before anyone picks up a saw.

“The last contractor stopped answering the phone.”No system for communication, so it falls to whoever’s least busy.
The fix

One point of contact and steady updates through Buildertrend — from the first call to the final walk-through, and a year later.

“I’m nervous about what we’ll find when the walls come open.”Old houses hide things. What hurts is finding out on an invoice.
The fix

A proper assessment first, a straight answer about the risks, and allowances built in for the likely ones.

Tell us what’s going on FREE ASSESSMENT · STRAIGHT ANSWER · NO PRESSURE
Foam-insulated shop interior
Foam-insulated shop – Grey-Bruce
Warm in February Dry in April Scope & price in writing One point of contact Built once, built right Red Seal carpentry Air · Water · Thermal Owen Sound & Grey-Bruce 5.0 ★ on Google
03The Pen Test

Can you trace the line without lifting the pen?

Here’s how to tell a house that will stay warm and dry from one that won’t. Take a section through it and trace each control layer — water, air, heat — all the way around. On most houses the pen lifts at every junction. Every lift is a draft, a damp patch or a cold room you’ll be living with in five years.

The rim joist — where the floor meets the wall Around every window and door Where the wall meets the roof
Line 01 — Water

Water control — the outermost line.

Roof to cladding to foundation, flashed and drained so water runs out, never in. Layered to work without relying on sealant — because sealant is the first thing to fail.

Line 02 — Air

Air control — one continuous barrier.

Planned before framing starts, taped at every seam, tied through the floor and into the ceiling. Air carries the heat and the moisture out of a house — stop the air and you’ve solved most of the problem.

Line 03 — Thermal

Thermal control — insulation with no gaps.

Outside the studs, over the ceiling, down the slab edge and under the floor. Continuous — no bridges through the framing, no cold corners where condensation starts.

All three

Three lines. No lifts.

That’s what you’re actually paying for. Every project — a garage, an addition, a roof, a slab — gets these lines drawn on paper before anyone picks up a saw. It’s why our work costs what it costs, and why it doesn’t cost you again in five years.

Attic Living space Grade Slab Rim joist Window Wall / roof Wall / roof Rim joist
Water Air Thermal
Finished Boulder and Beam addition
What’s at stake

Build it once, or pay for it twice.

The cheapest quote is the one you pay for again in five years — in drafts, ice dams, damp, and callbacks nobody returns. Get the hidden layers right and the house just works: warm in February, dry in April, quiet for decades. That’s the difference we’re building for.

05What Clients Say

People who’ve been where you are.

Cold cottages, hundred-year-old foundations, ideas that needed someone to take them seriously. Here’s what it was like to work with us.

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Average rating across our Google reviews.
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Years of trade experience behind every build.
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Control layers detailed on every project — air, water, thermal.
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Service radius from Owen Sound, across Grey-Bruce.

“Without hesitation I would recommend Boulder and Beam to anyone for any building project. The workmanship is expert.”

— Corry · Owen Sound

“They handled a complex foundation issue on a hundred-year-old cottage with real attention to detail.”

— Troy · Southampton

“Aidan took our ideas and turned them into a reality. Boulder and Beam built us a solid structure.”

— Alvin & Laura · Georgian Bluffs
06How It Works

Three steps. No guesswork.

You don’t need to become a construction expert. You need a plan you can hold us to — and a builder who’ll explain every step of it in plain language.

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Book a free assessment

We walk your place, ask a lot of questions, and tell you straight what’s going on, what it’ll take, and whether we’re the right people for it.

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Get your scope & price in writing

What’s included, what’s likely, and where an unknown could move the plan. Drawings, engineering and permits handled as part of the job — you don’t chase paperwork.

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We build it. You live in it.

Sealed work areas, clean sites, steady updates through Buildertrend, a walk-through of every detail before we call it done — and a phone that still gets answered a year later.

07  —  GET STARTED

Stop living with it.
Let’s fix it properly.

Book a free, no-pressure assessment. You’ll get a straight answer about what’s wrong, what it will take, and whether we’re the right people to do it — from the people who would actually build it.

OR CALL (519) 387-1597