ID: 93 - Madoc Canteen
Region: Belleville/Madoc/Kaladar Region
Municipality: Madoc
Number of bathrooms: 3 bathrooms: girls, boys and family
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 720
Number of stories: one
Occupancy date: July 2005
Cost per square foot and what that includes: 100$, everything start to finish (see note below)
Municipality: Madoc
Number of bathrooms: 3 bathrooms: girls, boys and family
Usable floor area, square feet (interior): 720
Number of stories: one
Occupancy date: July 2005
Cost per square foot and what that includes: 100$, everything start to finish (see note below)
Main contractor name: Deirdre McGahern
Main contractor company: Straworks
Designer's name: Deirdre McGahern
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 3 months, May 2nd - July 30 2005
Volunteer participation: yes
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Very easy
Main contractor company: Straworks
Designer's name: Deirdre McGahern
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 3 months, May 2nd - July 30 2005
Volunteer participation: yes
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Very easy
Other bale wall style info: 75% hemp bales and 25% wheat straw bales. We used wheat straw bales where they needed to be cut or shaped and hemp every where else. The combination worked well.
Paints used on bale wall plaster: Eco-House Silicate Mineral Paints
Mechanical systems info: Heat source: in-floor radiant heating with electric hot water
Anything else you'd like to share?: This community project was funded by the Centre Hastings Skate Park Committee and the Municipality of Centre Hastings. Many locals individuals, contractors and companies donated time and materials. This is reflected in the relatively low cost per square ft. Hemp bales were donated by Grant Moorcroft of Moorcroft Hemp Farms
Location and Directions
Participating in this year's tour: NoTours the rest of the year: Open to public drop-in
Coordinates: 44.500826,-77.472006 Google Map
Address: 231 Durham Street, Madoc
Driving Directions: From Hwy. 7: From Hwy. 7 go south on Hwy. 62. There's a light and a Tim Horton's at this intersection. - Turn left on St. Lawrence St. - Turn right on Durham St. at the four corners (downtown) of Madoc - Carry on and you'll see a Petro Canada on the left. The skate park and it's straw bale canteen are across the street - Turn right on Seymour St. and right again into the parking lot. Directions From Belleville: - Go north on Hwy. 62. Madoc is about a 30 minutes from Belleville. - As you are coming into Madoc you will go down a hill and there will be a Petro Canada on the right. The skate park and it's strawbale canteen are across the street. - Turn left on Seymour St. and right into the parking lot.
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