Chemainus, Cowichan Valley
Chemainus Roof Cleaning
Chemainus fits three eras of housing into about four square kilometres, and the roofs came with them. A relocated 1940s mill house, a post-war subdivision built on the old lumber yards and a recent build out near the mall are three different surfaces inside a ten-minute walk.
Local Conditions in Chemainus
Three Roof Generations Inside Four Square Kilometres
Chemainus is about four square kilometres, and inside it the roofs come from three different eras of housing. Old Town holds the oldest, including six of the houses barged here from a US military base at Bremerton, Washington in 1948, which are still standing. Around them are the subdivisions the Victoria Lumber Company laid out on the mill’s old lumber yards after the Second World War. Newer development sits out by the mall, a kilometre from the historic main street. A roof over a relocated 1940s house and a roof on a current build are not the same surface and will not take the same weight, which is why the age of the house is the first thing worth establishing here rather than the square footage. The forest edge matters too — Askew Creek Park puts 3.4 hectares of trees and 8 km of trail hard against the built-up area, and lots along it take their debris from directly overhead.
- The town became a company town in 1862, so the oldest stock predates the streets around it by the better part of a century
- Askew Creek Park puts 3.4 hectares of forest and 8 km of trail hard against the built-up area
Commonly Asked
Old Town holds the oldest stock in Chemainus, and some of it arrived already built — dozens of houses were barged here from a US military base at Bremerton, Washington in 1948 to house mill workers, and six of them still stand. Around them are the subdivisions the Victoria Lumber Company laid out after the Second World War on the mill’s old lumber yards, largely for returning veterans. Older painted timber wants a soft wash: the cleaning solution doing the work at low pressure, joints not driven full of water, and the paint left on the boards rather than taken off them. It is worth saying which era your house belongs to when asking for a price, because the method changes and so does the time it takes.
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Where We Work in Chemainus
Chemainus is four square kilometres, which means everything in it is close together and almost none of it is uniform. Old Town, the post-war streets on the old lumber yards and the newer development out by the mall are three building eras inside a ten-minute walk.
Landmarks nearby: Gerry Smith Park · Wul’aam (Echo) Park · Chemainus Theatre
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