WHAT'S
NEW!
This page is for
frequent visitors to use to find out what recently has been updated
on this site. We are always changing or adding content to the
web to show you , the potential customer all the different types
of things we do.
Please
scroll down to the bottom for most recent news, as this website
is now over 25 years of age!
JUNE 1994:
With the help of cousin Jennifer Ogilvie
and my friend Andrew Flach the website was born as a gift to my
father John on his 50th Birthday.
MARCH 2002:
.....after 8 years
we decided to add this "WHAT'S NEW" page with 20 + pictures
showing you how a custom door was built, from A to Z!
APRIL 2002
Customer feedback
page from customers who have purchased our doors, windows etc..
CLICK HERE
JUNE 2002
images posted throughout
the site including more door styles!
Click the VISA/MASTERCARD
logo on the left sidebar to view our credit authorization form
that is printable.
OCTOBER 2002
feature story on us in Canadian
Homes and Cottages Magazine
NOVEMBER 2002
new page added with more information on
unfinished wood flooring available from Hoffmeyer's plus:
DECEMBER 2002
custom wooden GIFT CERTIFICATES
are available in any amount for ideal Christmas gifts or on any occasion!!
We personalize this by routing our details on a block of wood
for no charge, and sending you a piece of wood keepsake so you
have something to wrap up under the tree instead of a plain old
envelope! An example could be :
"Merry
Christmas Chuck Wood"
One Custom
Screen Door from:
www.hoffmeyersmill.on.ca
JANUARY 2003
More images posted in the doors section,
plus our fancy mahogany windows installed are now shown in the
windows section of the website. Click the image below to view
more!
Pine flooring and Hardwood flooring is more
popular than ever. Contact Hoffmeyer's with all your needs. We
stock wide plank pine flooring , red pine flooring , hardwood
strip oak flooring and strip maple flooring. We also stock thicker
porch flooring that is 1 1/8" thick plus we can get it 1
3/8" or 1 3/4" thick as well. We can ship out flooring
usually within 2 weeks!
APRIL 2003
The snow is finally
gone and we have just received our first batch of barn boards
for the year. Pricing is so far the same as last year too! Millwork
is still going strong.
JULY 2003
Cory Mielke has been
given a full time job at the Mill after completing a co-op education
term with us this past school year.
OCTOBER 2003
More and more images
have been uploaded to our site. Please wait for the pictures to
load.
APRIL 2004
We have just completed
two more 11 foot round top windows for Vinalhaven, Maine just
off the coast of Rockland.
JANUARY 2005
Son Reg Ogilvie and
wife Ruth Ann purchased the company from parents John and Sharon
Ogilvie.
JULY 2005
We have been very
busy again this year. I have 50 images of interesting work that
has been completed at the mill recently but have not had the time
to upload them to the website. Please be sure to add us to your
favorites and check back periodically to view our work.
NOVEMBER 2005
We've finally had
a chance to upload some fresh images to the website. We have millwork
orders booked into March, 2006. Some more basic orders such as
flooring, mouldings amd railings etc. can be filled sooner.
MARCH 2006
Canadian country rocker's
Emerson
Drive filmed their first single from
the hit album Countryfied ,"A good man" on site at our
mill on Thursday, March 23rd.
These guys
are FANTASTIC!
If the link
above does not work, youtbe link is below. Check it (us) out!
Emerson Drive Video
March 30, 2006
Daniel Emerson
Ogilvie, born in Stratford, Ontario weighing in at 8 pounds, 14
oz.
Mother Ruth
Ann and Daniel are doing fine!
JUNE 2006
See our Good
men featured in their music video on TV or download it from the
CMT website below. We are at time of writing sitting in 7th and
climbing on the CMT Chevy top 20 chart in Canada!
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/emerson_drive/artist.jhtml
SEPTEMBER 2006
See us featured
in the September 8th,2006 edition of the
Toronto Globe and
Mail:
July 2007
Windows supplied to contractor in MA, USA for Harvard University.
September 18th 2008
Baby Heather Lillian Ogilvie, born Stratford Ontario weighing
in at 7 pounds, 5 oz. shown with Mom Ruth Ann and brother Daniel.
A Millionaire's Family indeed!
October 2008
Ian Wijnands joins the staff part time.
February 2009
The Home Renovation TAX CREDIT has passed! Canadians who complete
home renovations over the next year can receive a 15% tax credit
(up to $1350). Take advantage of these savings! You simply accumulate
your receipts for most all home renovations for the year and claim
the credit on next years income tax return. Read about it below:
JUNE 2009
John is offically an old timer, reaching 65 years of age.
The website is 15 years old (yeah we are pioneers in web presence
too!)
SEPTEMBER 2009
Ian is off to school. Thanks for the good work!
John Walsh is added to the workforce three days a week. His
machinist background has already proven helpful around the mill.
JANUARY 2010
Happy New Year! - we are now machining with a new wood product
called Accoya. Read more HERE
Reg and wife Ruth Ann are now both 40 years young!
FEBRUARY 2011
A fresh truckload of 30,000' of 1 x 12 Pine has just arrived
and price is lower this year than last year!
Oh yeah - also now on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE, next up Twitter
(if I figure out the other two).
AUGUST 2011
The 27th will go down as a special day for Hoffmeyer's. Customers
Paul and Vanessa exchanged vows on the property. It could not
have been a more lovely day for the ceremony. Read more here:
Here's to both of you for health and happiness for
many years to come!
2012 is here and almost gone already! Being November
8th at time of writing all I can say is that it has been very
busy at the mill!
Carl Strasser retires in December 2011 after some
34 years at the mill and January 2012, Dave Faulhafer has joined
our team as our newest carpenter. Welcome Dave and thank you Carl!
January 2014
Happy New Year and it is -25C on the 7th of January.
We're into our 40th year of running the mill. Ogilvie's
came to Sebringville in 1974.
Plenty of good wood (and SNOW) in
stock - so much we are running out of room. Come score a deal!
June 10, 2014
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
John O's Birthday as well as the websites 20th Birthday.
Time flies! The website is dated and some may say disorganized
but it is still working ...and more importantly keeping all
of us working.
August 2016:
August 19th, 2016 marks 42 years the Ogilvie family
has been operating the mill.
JULY 2017
Grant Minke and JakeNey join the team.
FEB 23, 2017
Sad day for all of us at the mill as we lost John
Ogilvie
.
July 2018
One of the last Porches John helped us with was for
The Jefferies. All we had to go off of was a few old pictures
of the home from the early 1900's
Bay window below is behind the older gentleman on
right side of top picture.
Phase 1 is complete and we are working on Phase 2
at time of posting. More pictures to come!
JULY 2018 - Bob Scott joins the team bringing many
years on woodowrking experience on board.
OCTOBER 2018 - Dave Faulhafer re-joins the crew.
January 2019 - Here is hoping for a Great Year after
a rough 2018. Miss you Dad!
June 2019 - Website is now 25 years
young. Yes, we've been online longer than google!
SEE OUR SHIPLAP
PAGE to get in on the new products that we can now offer as
well as custom mill to your liking. More new products have come
out in past 10 years than previous 20 mainly through automation.
These factory prefinished options for both interior and exterior
caldding save time and offer superior finish over manually coated
tradtional wood products.
August 1, 2019
THANK YOU to Linda Gilbert for 35 years of service. Enjoy your
retirement!
Welcome Jackie MacArthur to the company.
2020 - well, let's just forget
about 2020, shall we??
2021 Office Renovations:
Fresh installation of White Oak hardwood flooting!
We found this, never used and in pretty good condition.
March 2021:
We now distribute SARCO Putty in Canada! www.sarcoputty.com
The RAM hauling some Pine flooring to Huntsville and
Oak flooring to Deep River, Ontario, June 2021.
2022 begins Reg's 18th year as owner/operator
(33 year of service) of the mill. Son Daniel is now working part
time after school/weekends helping his father and the rest of
the team.
Jessica Johnson joins the team.
October 2023 brings a couple of updated
images to our website. Can you find them?
2024 begins the Ogilvie era of Hoffmeyers into year
50! YES FIFTY years! we have a few things up our sleeve for this
year. Stay tuned!
Click here to the MEDIA
section of our website where there is now a posted video of a
feature TV show all about our mill.
call or
email sales@hoffmeyersmill.on.ca for details or if you have any questions.
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