A town that fills up in summer
Tuftonboro has about 2,500 people year round, and the town says that number more than doubles in the summer. So a good share of the houses here are lake places that sit quiet part of the year, and a good share of the owners plan their projects from somewhere else.
That works fine for stone veneer. Send photos of the bare concrete and the deck posts, and Kevin can tell you what he sees and when he can get there. Some owners would rather the work happen while they are away. Others want to be around for it. Tell Kevin which you prefer.
Shore lots on Melvin Bay and Route 109
Route 109 follows the Winnipesaukee shore through town, with Melvin Bay reaching in at Melvin Village. Where a lot drops off the road toward the water, the side facing the water usually shows a tall concrete foundation and a deck held up on posts. That bare wall is the first thing anyone sees from a boat.
Natural stone veneer fixes both. Kevin faces the foundation in real stone and wraps the deck posts in round fieldstone, and the poured concrete disappears behind it.
Up toward the Ossipee Mountains
Away from the big lake, Tuftonboro is hilly. Mirror Lake sits in the south end, Dan Hole Pond in the north, and the Ossipee Mountains fill the north part of town, with the south peak of Mount Shaw on the line. Houses up there are more often year round homes on wooded lots.
The stone that suits them is the kind in the old walls along the back roads on Route 171 and Route 109A: rounded, weathered, gray and brown with a little moss on it. Fieldstone veneer brings that same look to a foundation or a fireplace wall.
Walls, walkways and paint in Tuftonboro
Boulder walls like the one pictured, retaining walls on the slope to the water, fieldstone walls along a property line, flagstone paths and patios are all part of the work. And Kevin paints, inside and out, which helps when a camp needs both new stone and fresh trim before the season starts.
