Dry pack contractor in Thunder Bay

Dry pack in Thunder Bay

Port Arthur and Fort William grew as grain and rail ports and joined as Thunder Bay in 1970. The streets around both old downtowns have houses from the early 1900s, many on wood floors that have moved; their renovations start with a tear-out and a solid new base, metal lath with a scratch coat or a mortar bed.

Between the two cores, the Intercity area and the post-war neighbourhoods have bungalows and split-levels whose bathrooms and basements are now being redone. Lakehead University and Confederation College keep a stock of rentals renovated between terms.

Winters on Superior are long and cold, so any outdoor bed is sloped to shed meltwater before it can freeze, and away from the house. Thunder Bay is a long way from Toronto, so jobs here are planned well ahead: send photos and the postal code first, and the work is booked as a block of days.

Thunder Bay has a large Finnish community, and a sauna is common in houses and at camps. The washroom or shower beside it needs a floor sloped to a drain like any other, and the bed is built for the heat and the water it will see.