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Preservation of building exteriors' woodwork may require use of old lumber, or lumber specially selected for durability, including white oak, cedar, locust, or sassafras. Plywood of all types is usually shunned. Replicating original joinery and construction techniques including mortise-and-tenon, generally insures strength and longevity, and is especially important for older buildings.



	The hand-hewn mortise & tenon frame of this 18th century barn was partially replaced in the 20th century by dimension lumber, to terrible effect. Structural deficiencies necessitated replacing the 20th century framing. Our company used similar salvaged antique posts,joists & beams, supplemented with new hand-hewn white oak, authentically joined.
	Over 220 - 10"x10"x5" three piece modillion blocks, 33 - 3'H pierced fretwork brackets, and custom-molded pine formed this wood gutter/cornice assembly on a circa 1878 school in Staten Island.

Constructed as General Contractor 10,000 sq.ft. Federal Style Dutch gambrel cedar shake roof Center Hall design residence with extensive custom millwork, including all T.D.L. windows with heavy restoration glass, 3-story staircase with continuous handrail to third floor, elliptical 2'6" radius at ends, with period style pierced fretwork stair brackets and carriage ornamentation, mortise and tenon raised panel doors, wide board walnut, cherry, and oak flooring, Dolly Varden profile pine siding, with modillion bracket and Greek key cornice, with interior wainscot, and paneling. Solid granite fieldstone wall fabrication, 680'L x 24" thick x 5'4"H (max) with rough hewn and hand chiseled face stone , in straight, curved, and corner shapes. Bluestone walk fabrication. Molding of brick fireplace surround into ogee and arched shapes with hand chiseled ashlar and smooth keystone. Constructed nine masonry fireplaces.

Designed, fabricated and installed hand-painted silk chinoiserie style wall coverings, and extensive drapery fabrication with palmets, valances and other treatments. Extensive exterior trim, with solid antique cedar Tuscan columns and pilasters.


Excavation for 12' deep poured reinforced concrete Foundation.


We cut trees for flooring, sheathing, siding, and moldings for this house.	A logger rides across a stream as "Brownie," a 4-year-old gelding Percheron, hauls a log down the hill and across the brook to the temporary sawmill.



Mobile sawmill was set up to mill the trees into flooring, clapboard siding, sheathing, and moldings.


Solid hemlock sheathing laid diagonally


Framing


	Hand split cedar Shake roof








All wood custom architectural woodwork, T.D.L. weight-balance D.H.D.S. windows, custom siding. The terraced front walls and rear yard took advantage of a zoning ordinance to allow greater building height, with 10'6" first floor ceiling height, 9' + second floor, and 11'6" third floor.