Trades

OTHS co-op student, trades apprentice

Oakville High School Co-Op Student Learns Carpentry Skills

2022 Fall semester – Eastview has a co-op student helping our skilled trades. Oakville Trafalgar High School has a Cooperative Education Program (Co-op) that provides students with the unique opportunity to get out of the classroom and learn what life is like in the real world. Students explore career options and gather-up the valuable information …

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Domurad Spray Foam contractor, Karol Domurad spraying Insulthane at a home renovation in Burlington.

Insulating Renovations with Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF)

Homeowners who retain Eastview to remodel their residential houses can be confident their newly finished walls are well insulated. Exterior walls are sealed with spray polyurethane foam, where applicable. We choose SPF over fiberglass because good spray foam insulation eliminates air infiltration (heat loss), which is it’s primary mission. Good spray foam insulation reduces HVAC …

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Professional Trades Work Together in Eastview Homes

Eastview Homes is a family of diverse tradespeople and any list begins with the carpenters, Dave and Matt. David is an apprentice carpenter and Matt’s journey to complete accreditation was profiled here in this blog. They bring a variety of rough and fine construction skills to each project. Here they are installing faux brick as …

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trims closet door, carpentry apprenticeship

Progressing from Journeyman Apprentice to Finish Carpenter

Good help is hard to find, and experienced contractors know the best tradespeople are handmade on the job.   Raw talent must be spotted, trained and taught the basics.  Woodworkers learn by doing, and doing it some more, adding time saving techniques when they see them, and turning safety protocols into good habits through repetition.  There …

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The Core Four Building Contractors at Eastview Homes

The building contractors seen here are no longer four individual tradespeople – they have become a single well-oiled machine.  We are Eastview Homes, and here are the ‘core four’ specialists in our design build squad. Each of these hammer wielding heroes is an expert at something specific on top of being a skilled carpenter. One …

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