It was great to be a part of the much needed renewal of this Capitol Hill neighborhood favorite.

We restored and reproduced as the fire damage required most all windows in north and south halls.

Decay at the round window sills was huge. Wood and masonry succumbed because the bottom of the round opening didn’t slope.

Still working in our original 1,200 sf wood shop, we produced all the ocular window sash and frames.

Machining curved brick mold with template on shaper.

Dap 33 glazing putty is still our shop favorite here.

This curved work done well requires stacked lamination of mini-pieces. There are a lot of parts in this truck bed. The original sash had all failed by the 1970s, and replacements at that time were not good enough for reuse 40 years later. These Spanish cedar sash will last 150 year if painted a bit along the way.

Operable round sash require half of the stop to move with the sash.

Bottom sash were made operable, as with nearly all our work, we salvage window weights as well.

Doing more work than usual now on site was our best way to handle our scope of this project.

Here’s a neat item, not available in the marketplace. We designed and fabricated this simple, durable and serviceable pivot hinge for large ocular windows.

Maxwell ready to install the round sash he made last month.

Here, craftsmen secure the multi-component hinge.

We reproduced all the round windows making the sash operable and removable.

We fabricated this copper flashing to solve a problem from the original building’s maker. This 8-inch masonry sill, lacking slope, caused the mortar joints, window sash, and frame to fail completely. This new copper flashing solved most of the problem and we added the triangular component to create the subtle slop required.

Lovely reproduced window ready for 100 years of service.

We made all sash operate in the south hall, but then sealed in position the top sash.

The north hall is from the early 20th century, windows were in better condition.