Award for Akron contractor recognizes 2-room addition

After founding Eby Exteriors Inc. in 1997 with a focus on home improvements, such as windows and doors, President Phil Eby began branching out into larger projects.

Today, his Akron company does its share of additions one of which was recently honored with a Building Industry Association Remodelers Award of Excellence.

The award was for a two-room addition that enlarged the home of an Ephrata Township family with five children.

Eby Exteriors was among nine local contractors to receive remodelers awards, with 20 projects earning recognition by the six judges. They ranged from a $6,418 wainscoting and interior trim job to a $500,000-plus whole house transformation.

The two-story dwelling on which Eby built the $85,000 or so addition was a 17-year-old residence in a neighborhood near Ephrata Borough, he said.

The homeowners wanted to stay where they were but add more space for entertaining, Eby said.

It was one of three projects for which Eby Exteriors was honored in the 2013 Remodelers Awards of Excellence, the other two being for exterior work.

The Ephrata Township addition took about two months and was finished in August. "They wanted it (done) in time for school," he said.

Eby Exteriors created a one-story, vinyl-sided addition in the rear of the house. Before doing that, the contractor removed a backyard deck, a patio door in the living room and a triple window in the kitchen. A new roof with dimensional shingles was installed on the home as well.

New floors also were laid throughout much of the first floor, including vinyl tile in the kitchen and morning room and dark maple hardwood elsewhere. The vinyl gives the appearance of ceramic tile, Eby said, and the hardwood has a rough, distressed look.

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Award for Akron contractor recognizes 2-room addition