https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558230838803-C00D576967ULFEMQLTBN/talent.jpg Contact: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558230838803-C00D576967ULFEMQLTBN/talent.jpg Contact: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/whatnottodo daily 0.75 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558144610151-ZINZUYWZ27PU84F7IC7H/Screen+Shot+2019-05-17+at+9.55.32+PM.png What Not To Do - YEP, THAT’s wire Yep, that’s wire. Well, it kept things sort of whole until we came along. This sash required reproduction, as the damage could not be restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558144662600-K0RS19OPXDVC2C2UNQAI/Screen+Shot+2019-05-17+at+9.55.39+PM.png What Not To Do - AUTO BODY FILLER IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WOOD What you see is auto body filler which tends to promote decay right where it connects to the wood. We do not use it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558145967032-22MQODAZVV1DHA2MGGE3/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-05-17%2Bat%2B9.55.47%2BPM.jpg What Not To Do - that is too much grain The long cross grain joint at the head of the sash is too much grain at 90 degrees. The cracks are due to shrinkage and the board is too wide not to be floating. This was from a well made building that otherwise had sound details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558145039933-EU8W5X4IY4PFKIDAENTT/Screen+Shot+2019-05-17+at+9.55.57+PM.png What Not To Do - This is, in contrast, an excellent detail, one we continue to use today See the drip edge housed in the dado? It is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machined wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558144610151-ZINZUYWZ27PU84F7IC7H/Screen+Shot+2019-05-17+at+9.55.32+PM.png What Not To Do - Yep, that’s wire Yep, that’s wire. Well, it kept things sort of whole until we came along. This sash required reproduction, as the damage could not be restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558144662600-K0RS19OPXDVC2C2UNQAI/Screen+Shot+2019-05-17+at+9.55.39+PM.png What Not To Do - Auto body filler is not compatible with wood What you see is auto body filler which tends to promote decay right where it connects to the wood. We do not use it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558145967032-22MQODAZVV1DHA2MGGE3/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-05-17%2Bat%2B9.55.47%2BPM.jpg What Not To Do - Too much grain The long cross grain joint at the head of the sash is too much grain at 90 degrees. The cracks are due to shrinkage and the board is too wide not to be floating. This was from a well made building that otherwise had sound details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558145039933-EU8W5X4IY4PFKIDAENTT/Screen+Shot+2019-05-17+at+9.55.57+PM.png What Not To Do - This is, in contrast, an excellent detail, one we continue to use today See the drip edge housed in the dado? It is a slot or trench cut into the surface of a piece of machined wood. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/materialsandprocess daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145048943-9UHD1HDI76CBYTXOQFLE/100_1097.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Lovely new lock. We applied the patina by tumbling, not chemistry. With the use of slotted screws it looks the part on a 100 year old window. This classic lock design needs no improvement. We use it on 90% of our work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145176040-VI3K333NGSKCEEBT1DHR/DSC00753.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Beautiful. From Fort Washington's Officers Barracks c. 1837. Lock makers are learning from firearms producers about mass production. Fifty years earlier these parts would be cut and filed by a smith. The lift off hinges feel Blacksmith-made, but in the lock is the rumblings of the Industrial Revolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145294191-FJCXNESCVWJ5PBGK260Y/DSC00757.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145443060-T0TF0DB9TKK8NS5XX7UU/DSC00755.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145468875-NF04HAAQTNXQHKQ03A9N/IMG_0084.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Hundreds of pounds of solid bronze hardware from the old Department of Agriculture, now the GSA Headquarters. All was stripped, tumbled, lubricated, and used again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145530837-YXYFVKTPB960FSK71ELP/IMG_0085+%281%29.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145545030-9Y4Y1XBZFSGU1LUVIDOX/IMG_0096.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services GSA locks during tumbling process. Those little green tetrahedrons are the tumbler media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145632133-Z79RQYWO77SUP348R9FV/IMG_20140319_104129.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is a nice look, though not historic. The cast iron pulleys are tumbled, cleaned, and lacquered. Solid brass and slotted screw finishes it off — works even better in a stained jamb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145729465-RVU19X84KRTPW6H4LY8K/_MG_1725.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services My experience in motorcycling, which started at nine years of age, has informed our restoration of architecture — metallurgy, physics of spinning, heat, fluids, friction, and much more. Purpose driven aesthetics and the glee of the making and fixing things that later can be enjoyed all enhance my appreciation of historic architecture . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145845136-X64U5YT7ZEJFDWUXUE5C/_MG_1731.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The bike pictured here and the previous is a 1962 Triton. For me, in the late 80's, it started as a Norton frame and Triumph engine. I made all the bracketry and seat, and collected parts far and wide from many bikes. That is a wide-line Featherbed frame and a pre-unit Triumph 650 motor, two English classics from post-war England's cottage like industrial complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559146011986-R2W6WLEL121QFTREX0R0/IMG_20140714_132533.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These are now not produced. Note the lefts and rights. They are laylight pivot hinges with detents. Most row house skylights were meant to function as chimneys. The curbs were ventilated and the laylight sealed things off in the summer. This excellent devise allowed the sash to be open vertically or at a 45-degree angle. We still have some in our hardware library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559146131053-Q3RMTYTV28UTGH88Y2LD/IMG_0285.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Baldwin hardware is good. This stuff, from the P. House in Georgetown, is getting a revitalization after 50 years of service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559146196185-T9PVE52TWU6CZIJ32F64/IMG_1268.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Just a door knob. Florence, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168829692-93QG07GFTW693DEZW0GV/4.22.16+560+%281%29.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559167954003-1O95LF9XEZJC2KD4C8GR/4.22.16+698.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This photo and following are from the Andrew Mellon Residence at 1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW. We have restored most of this material and it is available for reuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168222919-3YYO7KF11MZPPQWWM4KH/4.22.16+232.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168229281-NG25O062UX3LWZX2NMI1/4.22.16+364.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169019812-CJPU3D3UYP1OUU6F1DII/IMG_6146.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Series of pulleys from the Octagon House c. 1803. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169017342-RV0AF2PXO570YMG0X66M/IMG_6147.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169010528-WU68U6WWQYDIKA31XT04/IMG_6153.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169014826-SPSWTFVE5J2Y62X1AFXK/IMG_6151.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169133800-9H3SGT9YGWEPKWKDK4N6/IMG_4120.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169153814-C6H2XA2XVNNOY92OXZYC/IMG_0931.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The locks pictured here have a secondary function where they clasp the sash together — not widely used though effective where components no longer align. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559161635055-CKRTNZS2ENG3ZWTG9A22/100_0235.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558788798530-KG63MZ3AYDV1DA75MHDU/100_2566.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These glass knobs and brass back plates are an American classic. Common in the 20s and 30s and often mounted to doors with a Deco influence, there are Victorian Regency influences here. Good stuff — a cleaning and lubrication can put another ninety years of service ahead of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558791553586-05PI39MIF8CAZMU864CZ/100_2584.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This image and the next three are an expression of what we will do to broaden our skills base at a bit of financial loss. These escutcheons could have been bought with the latches, but at the job we only need these. We fabricated a punch die from hardened steel to create the tapered relief in the plate. Using a simple hydraulic press we could do 50 in an hour — pretty fun and knowledge gained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558792053812-Y5LXXHONQRKXOLE9F98R/100_2592.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558792071413-RPRQGO6M5LX4ENBA7EMM/100_2596.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558792076356-YNKJXDO68OV84ZK1Q9UO/100_2598.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144780766-G32Z14AJP9L79Q39OQNJ/100_0189-1.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The pivot axel mounts from the jamb exterior and the receiver mounts to sash edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144930044-C9LTIORFVAKJH5D9PSZ4/100_0191.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144956257-EYV765L7TV55SNC8RI7R/100_0192.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144914110-ST4AB8RE213E5YFHNE9I/100_0186.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145006401-50YPRO16I4TXA8J350IQ/100_0234-1.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169666324-NCBFWBXYWS16MP66NCSE/IMG_8094.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Craftsmen using our preferred brass and bronze cleaner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169416269-BBS8UMK9NDB91GW5PM1F/4.22.16+343.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is bronze c. 1900 period. Bronze can carry more of a golden hue rather than the yellow of brass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168224621-Q9JDBQKD9FG184JA1M5X/4.22.16+339.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169756215-C4JE6G3DRIDSRMOY1RX4/IMG_7970.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services On large projects every single piece of hardware is numbered per its opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169965106-WXGG9LDGSA38A99WBG5U/IMG_0294.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services While the hardware industry has gone to making many finishes available on brass and bronze as seen here in a selection of sash chain available to us, we prefer solid bronze or copper-plated for most projects with chains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170089030-U02CVP1P1HXQB3476SD7/IMG_0299.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This hardware is from a cow barn in Rockville, Maryland c. 1930. We stripped, tumbled, and lacquered these original pieces for their now new use as a music venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170165900-IW8R4WIP0YK2OBOC0Q9Q/IMG_0311.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Hardware in process from the former Textile Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170168697-PEK5RIE22S89R7AWGA7A/IMG_0425.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Hardware finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170171708-U5TKGUVX5GXP8NN1XDUW/IMG_0427.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170256773-N92R4KA7SVLPNM5U4PWG/IMG_0446.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Bronze freshly out of the tumbler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559246339818-KBG8JIFWNC5ONCAFK3J4/IMG_4030.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Chain does not completely clean in the tumbling process. Embedded paint is removed by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559246448518-3LVS3MCUI70IXRCH4QQF/IMG_4038.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These are riveted pulley housings from the mid-19th century. Later, single piece cast design was most common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559246528463-CKKRS5XYT94PCEGPDH8F/IMG_4040.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559246531112-SR5FE2T8UQTBSU6H3NTK/IMG_4041.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637781581980-4RUOK6XPD9REYXH39UZX/KEL_2501.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315240981-7XGR3HIDCZGON0PKDYLN/IMG_4242.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558476311509-QAS37CN8JYOUJ1E5FGJS/IMG_1258.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558476442569-QI6IO14LNCMR4063UH9H/IMG_4304.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637782321712-K9PN03J7YTUOD8QB5HFQ/IMG_5431.jpeg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098844397-JYA70O2ZKL3SWMW43T7T/DSC00755.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Lock from mid-19th century, Fort Washington. Industrial America is just emerging and expressed here is transitional technology. These parts are cut, not stamped, and most are hand finished. This lock can last centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098848638-5GCQELVBBT0IBPGGZ0IV/IMG_1030.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Hinges from the halls of Congress, half-way through the polishing process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098859425-YW1HPYOVJIPR2TCK6ZRS/IMG_1227.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Bronze on the left, brass on the right, these parts are in the high-energy tumbler with a corn and walnut media. They will emerge with high polish in 12-minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098845992-LVVMRM8N65YWDEMCP733/IMG_0424.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A polish this high is beautiful to behold, but will not endure without bi-weekly cleaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098853413-6D811Z7H5LDO4C3LG6X7/IMG_1037.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A mix of hardware from the 1930s and 1960s from the King Dairy barns. Cheap steel with failed plating is an odd candidate for restoration. The barns will become a country music venue and this patina somehow works. The hardware was cleaned, tumbled, and lacquered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098857207-1O7V59PYXYPEAK61UFWG/IMG_5649.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Cast iron parts for the C & O Canal Gates in Georgetown. Made at an Amish Foundry. There are few Foundries left that can do small projects like this. The Amish Foundry is still coal fired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098858916-WOC59N5ZU7B0SXQIJILW/IMG_5656.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A lantern finial from Massachusetts Heights. We do some light fixture restoration generally when we are on a project engaged in window and door restoration. Very satisfying work, the corrections and repairs made can see that a beautiful thing lasts again another 100 years. This patina began its evolution in the 1920s. The top most element is zinc, the rest solid copper. 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All the original ocular windows were gone due to decay and neglect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099313849-VY9907S4MI6ZX1IPXI5I/100_0596.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Quinn Evans Architects chose a tinted glass for this historic building based on firm requests from long-term tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099314945-MHQ2V9XW2KT7IFCOJSQ2/100_0599.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Next few photos are a little how-to on glass cutting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099316112-0WK7NOB4TK4GRS4RQAVE/100_0604.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services “Running” the slight imperfection created in the glass surface by a cutter can seem like magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099316478-2MC5V4IMXQHGS3EMLI6C/100_0704.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services For our first 20 years we gladly used DAP 33 glazing putty. 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We can both make curved wood and bowed glass in house. Pretty neat what two craftsmen, two roofing torches, and some fire brick can do. The piece of glass here inside is now in a house off 14th Street at Rhode Island Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099323293-N41IRQ2BUZVJT4P62QQY/IMG_0367.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Oscar has been with the Craftsmen Group for 12 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099323370-VVCC6OKM82IY2GKZ8W07/IMG_4864.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Sometimes I find that scrap is more interesting than the piece itself. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241030974-0I0E4JY0T3GWFZUA1UKW/IMG_0017.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services An 1 3/4” thick Sapele Mahogany sash with traditional joinery and profiles adapted for insulating glass. We made 4,000 sash like this sample for the GSA headquarters. The deeper relief for the insulating glass panels complicates joinery and assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241032569-X5TRE5O92A27POKCET5R/IMG_8213.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Samples for the Rayburn Office Building replicating details from the early 1960s. This is stave core door construction where door elements have at their core something like a glued-up butcher block. This technique evolved in America in the 1880s once the woodworking industry was fully machine driven. This display describes the varied veneer thicknesses required for the unusual and “unbalanced” door design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241037976-6UULD3UIUZUG0EK6CN15/IMG_8223.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The thick veneer shown at the center-top sample is sawn, not sliced, not available for commercial purchase. We saw these veneers in-house. Sample on the right has a pine core, Baltic Birch underlayment, and factory-sliced walnut veneers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241024963-0SO5QLTFKLJQA9FS995U/4.22.16+425.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The door design at Rayburn Office Building reflected the hierarchy of politics. One door face was flush, the other had recessed panels with bolection molding. This required the veneer be supported by the highest quality Birch plywood, so the flush face would remain stable while the panel-side could move. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241034916-6WFR5XZ75VM9TLJ5VKAE/IMG_8222.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services At Rayburn we had an unusual advantage, we had the original architectural drawings. Those drawings described this door construction as “unbalanced”. Indeed it is, unbalanced and complicated, but at least the working classes are not luxuriated by the view to a paneled door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098637024-3E7O6SF8ST8QXQ22H438/IMG_9785.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services My Benjamin Moore rep says this is the best paint they’ve ever made, and we agree. Expensive and worth it, high-bond, color retention, and most important for operable wooden windows, a surface tension higher than most other acrylic paints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098621694-3WATJYN3FZ9MRU8ED8AR/72.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Catalyzed paint from Sherwin Williams for metal. Excellent gloss and bond. We became a fan when using as specified for Canal Gate parts for the lock gates in Georgetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098621511-WEZSZLGGXXLDJ4M5Y36K/75.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Primer for the Acrolon. Outstanding bond and surface preparation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098635662-QQP7Q930SLWDY2BQU167/IMG_3864.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We are stripping thousands of sash for U.S. Congress. This is a typical result out of the steamer. Modern latex paint applied over heavily decayed oil-base paint makes for a mess. When old oil paint becomes this degraded, they must be completely stripped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098623643-49QU9O9R1IUT487308Y0/898.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This paint is dry. With a gloss unmatched, the fine paints of Europe, oil-based coatings, are dramatic and rich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098625859-URERDOMY2ZO1X8V2Y54R/901.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Applied to a stable substrate, this coating can endure 15 years. It makes for an outstanding front door finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098631820-H255RD1YFKJQECAIDPUP/IMG_0676.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services FPE paint delivers exceptional results only after meticulous preparation and immaculate spray booth conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098628443-7XMG3ZZAT07OTNAQMGZS/1007.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Reproduction sash for the U.S. Navy improved thermal performance through insulating glass. The green is spray applied Macropoxy and Acrolon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238815638-U8HP1POANILQLFBAATEM/IMG_0074-001.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238797600-Z4RUFNGKTTU3BSRFHVF9/DSC02943-1.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238808321-PN0EFTW19LIFFWHH5ERS/IMG_0032.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238816676-CHW3ZCSFH50DM0ULTOX1/IMG_0033.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561240947328-S78NI9WD9ABWQ6VOPL5A/Screen+Shot+2019-06-22+at+6.01.35+PM.png Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561240945832-3RGMNEM3AYU5SPREUGWX/Screen+Shot+2019-06-22+at+6.01.51+PM.png Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238797651-33JCH9LAA006YO55BLET/DSC02928-1.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238809479-1LOCIPG8WUZ6X5R2NM24/DSC02986.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238797810-5QFUI1PWINM9X4QKGUA3/DSC02962-1.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238797913-NFMKTW3DP0SV6SLFEX32/DSC02967-1.JPG Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238835018-VAKVUVGRTG021UVFES6W/IMG_20120719_084348.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561238834632-0SSC0OT4B3DZSS2PIP9U/IMG_20120719_084327.jpg Materials & Process: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/window-reproduction daily 0.75 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000239414-MIATN7RAD6ZIIT04MZKW/IMG_1616.JPG Window Reproduction Tenons cut in the 19th century. This photo shows well how adding dowel pins to small and delicate tenons can erode their strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000245675-DQW81RK32ED9EOVQXS02/IMG_1617.JPG Window Reproduction The meeting rail is the weakest link. The reproduction on the left is what is required. Square mortises in the middle receive the small muntin components and hear they will contribute to the strength and stability of the meeting rail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000291499-IHSHP9BAAL543LV7277K/IMG_5717.JPG Window Reproduction Parts from the large transoms at the old post office were in need of structural enhancement. The animal hide based glues had failed and required new laminations and renewed joinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000471759-8S42DRX0DN4BYOLQLG2V/IMG_8906.JPG Window Reproduction Coming through this table is a custom carbide router bit made to our specifications. This modern convenience allows us to do limited production runs fairly cost-effectively. The high speed router and carbide tip mean this relatively small diameter cutting head can make more than 100 windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783637103-EC1RCIQUCQRGQM0PP0QK/KEL_2075.jpg Window Reproduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000210568-YWZM74JM7LPFGKTF2U0E/IMG_20120911_171815.jpg Window Reproduction Note the thin rectangles created as the pieces are stacked. This void is where the interlocking metal weatherstripping is applied creating a seal between top and bottom sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000129498-K8IPQDVXRQWLJEBJ44JJ/IMG_20120523_075044.jpg Window Reproduction Sash parts manufactured and ready for assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000172536-C51RE83T0XWX6ZCP7O9O/IMG_20120911_171741.jpg Window Reproduction These are the meeting rails in traditional sash it is the most complicated piece. When you add insulating glass it becomes even more technical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000220740-RL08QCRVH4CJ9KHPJ803/IMG_20120911_171837.jpg Window Reproduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559999915170-OQSCXM8QJ7M07S4SEYM1/100_0391.jpg Window Reproduction More sash reproduction for Eastern Market. These extended tenons make for strong joinery in curve top sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000478913-MNQY18VG0LMGVNANOOX6/IMG_8908.JPG Window Reproduction Here we have the positive and negative profiles cut by two different knives. This cope fit is the essence of traditional millwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559999978312-EOIUG3S4INIHDU0PW7J6/IMG_0057.JPG Window Reproduction Large tenon with large glue surfaces provide excellent connection for rail and stile in curved sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000397434-Y43KL2UX7DA854L0WNHF/IMG_4829.JPG Window Reproduction These curved sash are reproductions of replacement units on sleeping porches on Q Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000338999-F2G7MSFPNLLSLWX8D0OA/IMG_5520.jpg Window Reproduction Sash assembly underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559751592929-LIS26HKJOV0S5L2F3BXJ/100_0187-1.jpg Window Reproduction Stack lamination bending technique is a staple, modern glues make this process all the more enduring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558208631560-KILAV1OXKSHS965ZTZ2M/100_0274.jpg Window Reproduction Ocular windows for Eastern Market in Spanish cedar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559999879675-NL990IXQHF5G7D1BOZFD/100_0385.jpg Window Reproduction Mass production techniques for a small run, make for precision parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000004315-YTRP0E35J8D5Z99PJ9D1/IMG_0128.JPG Window Reproduction Stack lamination provides for efficiently made, strong sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000035610-MZPI2C2HAHOU81A74VSE/IMG_0014.JPG Window Reproduction These are solid mahogany sash reproductions made for the GSA headquarters. They reproduce historic details while providing or 5/8" thick blast slash insulating glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000067032-GYT17DADKFPNP2OUPE4Y/IMG_0021.JPG Window Reproduction Mahogany sash will go back operable at the GSA headquarters, c. 1908. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000085987-446NM4UKW21ZQDK74038/IMG_0173.JPG Window Reproduction This close-up is the glazing stop bonded and sanded flush to house the insulating glass panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000153199-JL6LOXIUET1JG3HKRY2Z/IMG_20120525_101945.jpg Window Reproduction These sash will go back to window frames that are 120 years old. Glass in them is insulating with low-E film and blast resistant vinyl interlayers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000097533-8UF7FCDUABIK2IRPWKOM/IMG_0177.JPG Window Reproduction We produced 3600 sash like these, all bottom sash were made operable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000382335-X9ZA6EMXK934VS4602Y8/IMG_3567.JPG Window Reproduction These mahogany sash reproductions receive a traditional drip edge molding and modern epoxy to seal end grain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000446979-2DM44IC0YG2OT171Z0BW/IMG_5593.JPG Window Reproduction The modest half lapped joinery used here at the Carnegie Library required reproduced the same, though not of ideal design. These sash are center pivot and so lightly stressed, therefore this joinery is adequate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000455627-QXTF2WJ47WA2BLGKF8CG/IMG_7545.JPG Window Reproduction These frames are on the front of the old library now. Solid mahogany exact reproductions of the failed originals. The millwork at the Carnegie Library was not primitive but hardly state of the art-1900s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000466875-TALDJKM4C0BAN4AREOM4/IMG_7576.JPG Window Reproduction Historic reproductions in solid mahogany with insulting glass for Apple Computers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000144891-GC3H4LHLMROIG27IEIG3/IMG_20120525_101829.jpg Window Reproduction The metal strip is pure zinc, a durable and completely corrosion resistant metal. We use these metal weatherstripping profiles that were patented in 1890. They are still the most durable and effective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558208617778-7V8QHJFNNIO6GYH5XGUQ/100_0248.jpg Window Reproduction This photo is from 2007. The sash is from Eastern Market. This operation with shaper is grooving sash for weatherstripping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000361770-5YHR8ZAAULKZDCLDA19C/IMG_2855.JPG Window Reproduction Basement windows on a Georgetown row house are usually poorly made, leaking, and frustrating, and more, they are difficult to restore to the same performance we get from old, double-hung windows. These sash are from N Street and here we made reproduction frame and sash because the decay was so advanced. If one wants good operable windows at these locations, new frames are likely required. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/window-refurbishment daily 0.75 2025-08-02 https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/window-restoration daily 0.75 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754704809-KJO1OQUVEHS7Y11STN67/IMG_8034.JPG Window Restoration - Paint Removal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754703614-XD13H0QUNNTGB1758JGS/IMG_7726.JPG Window Restoration - Paint Removal This photo and next two show the steam stripping process. We often find these conditions where modern latex paint is applied over badly prepared surfaces with harder oil and lead-based paint. The steamer releases the latex and acrylic paints with ease. Mechanical scrapping is required to remove the harder original coatings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754703732-USJ65GZKCYZOGFNT3XQN/IMG_7728.JPG Window Restoration - Paint Removal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445282578-GTXFVPMCM4LNV28DP5Y5/I+Phone+2+093.JPG Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691042-XFGZVK7K4YMJTCPZ0AEB/IMG_4269.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration Sash from the last mansion on Dupont Circle. A common problem on circular and oval windows is the lack of sill slope. This promotes decay that can ruin sash and frame. Signifiant use of epoxy consolidants allowed us to bring this sash back to service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754711911-4XTMDXXOSM842OK9W7BA/IMG_20130615_110623.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754712220-0A9GCL9C4RE0VJ761Y8D/IMG_20130615_110641.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687108-ELW8ORP067Z5U7ORYAO9/IMG_0182.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration Note these sash have their identifying numbers stamped on the edge. About a puddle of parts, but most are there and all these sash will be beautiful when complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691346-B8R7HFCH0OZJIQAJC48Z/IMG_4361.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration This photo and the next two are transoms from the Old Post Office. Here, the original makers technique can be questioned. These sash should have been made from four parts, not three. Grain structure gets weak as the curve processes. Problems like this reflecting a misunderstanding of the material are very unusual and with modern machines and adhesives here we will return the sash not good as new, but better than new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691574-Z7RT3FYXZV4VTTY9VNGS/IMG_4369.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754690501-3H9AEN4LI34J2YY6DWGV/IMG_4142.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration When required, sash are reduced to their separate components. Hector oversees inventory and re-gluing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754689388-QNH327M9ZOKWWYX3XS6Q/IMG_0224.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration The main sash restoration bench at our current facility. Good men with good tools and apparatus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754666847-HZ55SO464CDLXCIPQFCY/DSC00224.JPG Window Restoration - Old Shop Our old alley facility near Howard University was a small, but sufficient work space. We left there in 2012 and now work in 23,000 SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754671014-U4QD2LH6DS8PCREII4EK/DSC00239-1.JPG Window Restoration - Craftsmen Simon Cook at the table saw, he is the principal leader on large projects today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754671161-AEGRGMCKHJP06ZTWFTGM/DSC00307.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery New meets old again, this is Spanish Cedar, our second pick for replacement parts. The cedar is lighter and easier to machine than Sapele Mahogany, which is our most favored specie for replacement parts fabrication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754667250-NLQPBO4S2KL2D2S8KXX8/DSC00228.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery New meeting rail meets old stile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754672215-9KQRMSJGHYSMQQAPN5Y1/DSC00847-001.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration About 50% of our restoration sash get fully disassembled. For muntin replacement, this is a certain requirement. This sash will go together and no one will notice the two major repairs you see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754679005-NWA77K2WNO0VIBGYB9FH/G.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754678344-PC338ZMFEC8WWI1MS3W4/F.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754675609-C1KCF9GH5FVI9IE8AOME/E.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration This photo and the next two depict discriminating removal and replacement of decayed material. Maintaining profiled components and joinery elements maintains the texture of the original fabric best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687189-NIFRQ94T09GKXLE2F1V6/IMG_0057.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687356-QRQPCYZ1AESSHVGKF5SA/IMG_0192.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery We made 4,000 reproduction sash for the GSA headquarters. The joinery is made additionally complicated by the use of insulating, blast glass at this project. More on this question of the use of insulating glass in historic wood windows elsewhere on the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687471-L9PNH9ZCY9TAJ4W4REU2/IMG_0193.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery This is machine-made joinery. We cut this mortise and tenon 8,000 times for a major sash run for the federal government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754702175-9KEJPU4CN5VVMX2K0OIW/IMG_6199.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery The primary mortise and tenon joint with modern Aliphatic resin glue makes these sash of Northeastern White Pine just a bit better than they every were. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754705484-ZT9JPOJKDR4KHUX9DCK5/IMG_8183.JPG Window Restoration - Meeting Rails There is a lot of work in the Spanish Cedar meeting rail reproduction component you see here. The bottom rail of the top sash is the weakest link in the classic double-hung wood window construction. Note this sash has through tenons at muntin ends. This enhances the mechanical strength of the window and is essential to such a delicate meeting rail maintaining it’s shape and purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754714622-LE10KDDKJD5LDV0LDUFK/IMG_20140107_154832.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754709707-MIXA9072V1BUJ71Q2L4E/IMG_20130326_090644.jpg Window Restoration - Joinery This is a primitive sash, probably early 19th century, where the adhesion provided by animal glues was modest at best. Here, a wedge enhances the joint’s strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754716973-Y9CX9GSMT2V55KBMGB7U/Y.JPG Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754663110-5PUV7DVRJNT8CTU6IRCR/12.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery This photo expresses a commitment to restoration, joinery like this requires excellent tools and craftwork. To replace only what must be replaced is a primary guide for us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754713341-PSG34HADBFM5DZ2O0O52/IMG_20130716_101250.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754715219-6GV0B98YKHP8EL1YGDVC/IMG_20140710_103404.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754711144-I1ZN6Y1QGSOVKLH6SID1/IMG_20130327_103233.jpg Window Restoration - Meeting Rails Original through tenon at meeting rail. With that description one can sense the inherent strength in this connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754684673-JOKWI2SMLP55LSSK7P3B/IMG_0010.JPG Window Restoration - Dutchman Simple Dutchman repair in Spanish Cedar on a 200 year old sash. The asset of modern adhesives is on par with craft in allowing this good millwork to return to service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754712841-KGTJVROHF4LHTXOQ8R9L/IMG_20130710_082807.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754712431-4W3L8FTM2M36XURSJ1KX/IMG_20130710_081928.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754711471-3M33K64XZ77I17BANQHM/IMG_20130327_103526.jpg Window Restoration - Dutchman Broken muntin fins are a common problem and only well-repaired after a sash is stripped. Here, the new Spanish Cedar component is set in a shallow groove to give it purchase to the original muntin. These sash were heavily decayed and will require extensive use of epoxies and abrasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691838-72BLK3JLYRXFSR8F7MTK/IMG_4745.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560435725681-TW3MDEKTGYWWX4VMXIC9/100_0072.jpg Window Restoration This is a common failure particularly on thicker sash. We replace the muntin fin with Sapele Mahogany. This added element sits in a groove at its base and in a shallow mortise at its ends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754700017-IWX4NGZJLGG3K6T2KB0U/IMG_5348.JPG Window Restoration - Epoxy Sash from the Sulgrave Club, Dupont Circle. You can see some Dutchman, but it’s the magic of epoxy that allows this sash to carry on. Notice the axis of decay through the vertical line of the sash. From the bottom of the photo, the most profound decay, is due to its sill which had no slope. The first Dutchman above is the muntin fin which had similar puddling problems. Above it, this radius element lacked sufficient grain structure, and decay at the top likely precipitated from a bad drip condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637784867481-57LDJ584RTA6YFF6PIBW/IMG_0627.jpeg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754683960-RZ19HI5Y38CXASMJZ4F2/IMG_0006-2.JPG Window Restoration - Epoxy Epoxy consolidant and fill from Abatron. In this photo and the next see its common use and application. Ideal material for its density and flexibility. 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When our process is complete they will be good for another 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754694416-J64WIULLF0SBFUUM9JFX/IMG_5076.JPG Window Restoration - Sash Finishing Sash finishing space at our current facility, with abundant light and ergonomic benches, the finish obtained here far exceeds what one can do on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099313849-VY9907S4MI6ZX1IPXI5I/100_0596.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099318828-M1U5EG3026TSEB2G2HX0/Google+Plus+from+I+Phone+606.JPG Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447073763-ZHKGV8D6LFOIZ67Z2ITQ/100_0704.jpg Window Restoration Our craftsmen are well versed using traditional window glazing techniques https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637695169862-MRCHVF85KB37GALX4E2O/image-asset.jpeg Window Restoration Fresh glazing putty on the sash rabbet has to air-dry for at least 10 days before the primer is applied https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099319119-0UINP4QKR4VGVDFC8WRN/IMG_0022.JPG Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754702140-HP1OP4SHV5DOMFP2SG99/IMG_7069.JPG Window Restoration - Glass Good lighting on the sash easels reveals the subtle varigation of late 19th century glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754663376-DQ0MPQNY08LJNBZOY1O6/100_0061.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754706783-KGB5T79OVMWGDYXP24K2/IMG_20130130_113216.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754713963-SL8K5J1XWEBDS7T3E4IF/IMG_20131009_111605.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754714297-QH5YIZ3RA0P8FUSIBK92/IMG_20131010_113812.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754694196-GVAIJLT097DJXXAF9DNS/IMG_5088+%281%29.JPG Window Restoration - Joinery The stop bead here is coped, not mitered, for a joint at the window head which allows for some movement without revealing a gap. This is for a large job for the U.S. Congress. We were able to machine-cope all these elements in the shop prior to installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783775622-HJWPPAQPZ1X24DENM3MR/KEL_2353.jpg Window Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754674575-8DGFSV0KTH3D9S6CSGN3/DSC00311.JPG Window Restoration - Weatherstripping Here the weatherstripping is prepared to accommodate top sash pulleys. 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I bet the architect was born in the 19th century. The natural light and ventilation are fantastic. The overhead crane can be just the tool about once a month. It’s a total of 23,000 SF in two buildings with a great variety of purpose-built work spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1585944342767-DDUW36LMGFQE4PXVBJSV/KEL_2339.jpg Facility: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Center of the main wood facility has a new use every two weeks. On this day nothing important then next week, maybe hundred year old doors from the halls of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1585944327835-4TY1AY7FAIIDO2PTF5JZ/KEL_2092.jpg Facility: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services For 20 years we worked in a large alley garage with little natural light. 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Low-e laminated glass is our favorite modern glass upgrade for historic sash. The fire softens the vinyl inner layer allowing the cut glass pieces to be separated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1567870207136-V4PSJ6MEYF3I5QJSDAOH/IMG_4975.jpg Facility: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Something we all love here is two meals a day. Keeps us going and keeps us together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1567870190141-FBORR4N52R6AKB2725BJ/DSC00029.jpg Facility: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The small library from the old office is still an important resource despite today’s bounty of the world wide web. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1567870220351-12QKI1C75JF3IEPOEMCO/IMG_20130914_133514.jpg Facility: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The original Craftsmen Group, a horse barn built in 1905 before the rest of Petworth, in an alley off Georgia Avenue, we’ve worked in here for more than 20 years. 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It is now slated for redevelopment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1567870172728-UMM5I5ZKQQIZLAZBQYFA/100_0872.jpg Facility: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This was the wood shop for 20 years. We did projects like Postal Square and Eastern Market from this small and intensely efficient space. This is 1,200 SF, our wood working facility is now over 18.000 SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1567870220295-652KWOAVP3O3H7MTD96U/JPEG_000871.jpg Facility: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The original shop in the basement of an Adam’s Morgan row house, 7-ft. ceilings and access through the dining room were among the many challenges of producing work here. This photo is from 1983. The bench in the foreground is used to this day. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/washington-building-congress-craftsmanship-award daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/services daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/00a99ac9-6100-4f85-8bf9-e81a399a6fd4/woodwindows.jpg Services: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - WOOD WINDOWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/60c2c8cf-7670-4765-8d2f-8d09e529c891/wooddoors.jpg Services: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - WOOD DOORS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/430757c3-879a-4c58-abaf-f1c0b6f65a03/steelwindowsanddoors.jpg Services: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - STEEL WINDOWS & DOORS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/00a99ac9-6100-4f85-8bf9-e81a399a6fd4/woodwindows.jpg Services: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - WOOD WINDOWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/60c2c8cf-7670-4765-8d2f-8d09e529c891/wooddoors.jpg Services: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - WOOD DOORS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/430757c3-879a-4c58-abaf-f1c0b6f65a03/steelwindowsanddoors.jpg Services: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - METAL WINDOWS & DOORS https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/window-repair daily 0.75 2025-08-02 https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/galeria-de-prueba daily 0.75 2021-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637253322557-29YLNEC7D5BCKD2O2FNQ/IMG_2294.JPG galeria de prueba - GAllery Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637253322557-29YLNEC7D5BCKD2O2FNQ/IMG_2294.JPG galeria de prueba - GAllery Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444953247-I3WK4UD3952JW1BNURH2/IMG_20131224_102308.jpg galeria de prueba Captain’s chair with reclaimed pine seats and soft maple back and turnings. We made these chairs on special request to fit a client’s special round table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444951942-0GPLQ5YIIJ7JQAPCXFOD/IMG_20130912_101029.jpg galeria de prueba Chair legs turned on lathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444952424-N278B217W6M8Y2O9ZAZI/IMG_20130925_141140.jpg galeria de prueba Soft maple chair rungs and legs in process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444952971-M36CLC3GVKDXFTCIEFOV/IMG_20131224_102228.jpg galeria de prueba Handsome set of captain’s chairs. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/wood-windows daily 0.75 2025-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/cc41cff3-2071-4811-bd61-f29c2193bd2f/IMG_20130425_100435+Maret.jpg Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1563983462007-ZQJLHGOYJGZNXYBD4NPC/woodwindows.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039113035-708HRXGJ6J96XTB81KCQ/IMG_5535.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039113916-P0J0GWOL6OEX8SCKTI0V/IMG_5521.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039116514-BAIHC9AYIXOG8ZIMAHQ4/IMG_5515.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039117218-WNLP24ZQP1NWBW2ZWK5J/IMG_5269.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039118856-K3X6RBYHFL4XA134AYOL/IMG_2865.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039120127-AYQMRX11595ERAQON0H5/IMG_0717.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039122004-QIL9AG22BN9K2BBMC7OP/IMG_0724.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039123546-SC7UA6V5W0AF1W4326I2/IMG_0725.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039124764-FDN4URX9H5A0KTY579SP/IMG_2885.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039126115-2FO22Y0DYI8EW5ML36DG/IMG_3712.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039126680-G2L0AM5BA95B9ZEQ5XA6/IMG_4074.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039128692-00A69KGXDA8HLXD1S8QF/IMG_5264.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039129187-P7B4Z59HP07116GSE7DO/IMG_5265.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039131674-HYZTJUCJ91JDL3TG9HST/IMG_5266.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753039132419-CDK9LSAJVHDKK40Q33E7/IMG_5509.JPG Wood Windows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558790006512-163EX9DYFSKC7OVTEJFW/IMG_1370.jpg Wood Windows JACKSON ARTS CENTER, GEORGETOWN, C. 1880 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558790017788-3H5UR989O80QD5GM43YT/IMG_6542.jpg Wood Windows OCTAGON HOUSE, AIA HEADQUARTERS, C. 1803 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590008524836-GYE6PS577FNSPKB8HL33/IMG_7051.jpg Wood Windows The oval room in AIA's Octagon Museum showing good example of what to expect when your windows are out. These are the white corrugated plastic panels that we use on almost every project. Translucent to direct sunlight, lightweight and somewhat insulating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558790012954-FRP0A1FODVQTTAK13X00/IMG_4681.jpg Wood Windows PRIVATE RESIDENCE, CAPITOL HILL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558790013408-H7AEOBQ6KO5GVR93PNL3/IMG_4684.jpg Wood Windows PRIVATE RESIDENCE, CAPITOL HILL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558790021885-GT17JUAUNCNTOD8IA20U/IMG_6286.jpg Wood Windows PRIVATE RESIDENCE, GEORGETOWN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558790021796-6I8ONJMR4CRXS2D1B2L8/IMG_7495.jpg Wood Windows PRIVATE RESIDENCE, GEORGETOWN (BEFORE) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558790023956-I4FUZO6V5Y793PATYK04/IMG_8281.jpg Wood Windows PRIVATE RESIDENCE, GEORGETOWN (DURING RESTORATION) https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/wood-doors daily 0.75 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/8ee742a7-a11e-4125-b393-f4c57d07ba8a/JPEG_001894.jpg Wood Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/59be6547-a92a-4d98-8e85-9fb4393831aa/Screen+Shot+2021-11-22+at+10.59.19+AM.png Wood Doors - Make it stand out This sequence is an example of the work that doors undergo during the restoration process. The Georgetown handmade door shown above nearly fell apart when the paint was stripped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406523089-AL4BC1CBQNX4PUVHUW3A/IMG_0007.JPG Wood Doors - Capitol Hill (Copy) Capitol Hill These parts are from a Capitol Hill row house in beautiful, original condition — a testament to sound joinery. The door made it to 100 years without glue — a very odd phenomenon. We disassembled the door and we glued it for the next 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407392665-VBZXHV6UDG23NJM5G9FN/IMG_0119.JPG Wood Doors - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle Detail of damage to door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407819018-3ILZN2DWYY6OVUZSVRHN/IMG_6349.JPG Wood Doors - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408168442-0OYKDXFUFKXBQ65DIABW/IMG_6350.JPG Wood Doors - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407729162-A26DUC28AR8IPZS1UF6W/IMG_6345.JPG Wood Doors - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown Handmade, when stripped of paint, it nearly fell apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408728243-RQWUO0DZN7GGNR67V3QI/IMG_6414.JPG Wood Doors - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408773623-OYEGLCI8PBYUPF9278SA/IMG_7457.JPG Wood Doors - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown We reglued all joinery and repaired as required. Exterior finish was FPE paint and interior was stained and oiled. It was very satisfying for us and the homeowners to see this humble piece of millwork carry on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502097772-4BOFGN22652QEBMZY6MT/IMG_8648.jpg Wood Doors - Historic Door (Copy) Historic Door Historic door adapted for modern hardware for the U.S. Congress at the Cannon House Office Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502097543-G5DZM3396BJ7EJRT4HQ6/IMG_8016.jpg Wood Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406890972-5FA5WU8U75K768FVNT0C/IMG_20140320_090146.jpg Wood Doors - Naval Academy (Copy) Naval Academy Informal shop drawings for balcony doors at the Naval Academy. The originals had been cut for air conditioners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637784789698-TXMVDBO2YB04MJFQC5BX/IMG_0938.jpeg Wood Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409122407-05FCHQNBSQOUDCEAI33N/IMG_0132.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building This is simplicity made complex. These American black walnut doors had one flush face and the other face with raised panels and Bolection molding. We built this for the temporary offices for Congress while the Cannon Building was renewed. These doors are stave core with thick sawn veneers on their face. This veneer is made here with a large re-saw. It is not available in the marketplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409122745-PQS1YZF3KOSV49J9EV0O/IMG_1858.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409123364-3BYLPQ5P4T3U9DWMBONP/IMG_2229.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409123728-BS9JEMJ4WA4TVL4BWGDU/IMG_2233.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409124521-H9M2Z3EUJU7K39EBTS2W/IMG_2239.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409124617-Y5A7VC652CV07O4C2AS1/IMG_2404.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409126269-7DT9QP6BW2MIKRGTNSJB/IMG_3200.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409125969-M2KQXVWRVF9VD59T882P/IMG_3277.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409126702-BAFNYR1LD50WBSRXR0DS/IMG_3464.JPG Wood Doors - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409596111-2GG9UW22LIPO3LM631XT/IMG_6677.JPG Wood Doors - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown This pair of doors are pre-Industrial Revolution. Through tenons and just an 1 1/8" thick they were perfect for an 1850s house in Georgetown, but they were too short. Jake stands next to the full scale drawing and you can see the contrasting wood tones describing new and old material. Making a door wider is one thing, making it taller is ridiculous. We accomplished our goal, but this is about twice as difficult as just making a reproduction door to start with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409596081-4WKYUQWW8W7B4PZ7ER7S/IMG_6675.JPG Wood Doors - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409599134-B6AJMA2EZLP1QL4D9YCP/IMG_6724.JPG Wood Doors - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409598758-300AOC15QHQJQ1ERHO1T/IMG_6757.JPG Wood Doors - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409600994-PO6EAG16G034H3T3B87P/IMG_6780.JPG Wood Doors - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409601135-59HKQHGZPWYB9Z9J68UX/IMG_6786.JPG Wood Doors - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407469778-7NPTEIPIZLI0KFO2A704/IMG_0127.JPG Wood Doors - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406369737-FSMPGP3XBIW4T94AXXC4/IMG_0145.JPG Wood Doors - Carriage House (Copy) Carriage House Carriage House doors left unfinished per client request. This is Spanish cedar about seven years in the weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406610477-XU9BV4FHZ12SRV2O8KF4/IMG_0074-1.JPG Wood Doors - Oak (Copy) Oak This is a reproduction door in solid oak based on the neighbor's door. We used Sutherland Welles tung oil which requires reapplication at least twice a year. This door went five years without maintenance. We have moved to using Epifanes marine varnish, five coats minimum, for any exterior clear finish now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405576191-LA8DCEGPYJDNY15LCDES/JPEG_003965.jpg Wood Doors - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown We used this macintosh motif throughout the house. Note the narrow stiles and rails creating more light and delicacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406295768-35334D9L8KIO2BLCIYZC/French+Door.JPG Wood Doors - Balcony Door (Copy) Balcony Door The Cremone bolt works perfectly here. The two doors work as one. One single device operates both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407468110-8R3A1CO3PW2IVY19WFTS/IMG_0123.JPG Wood Doors - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407464863-PBIOMNVT8C9AUBK3HT46/IMG_0121.JPG Wood Doors - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559404277031-UID7FXBCMIZRA3VEOCSB/IMG_0172.JPG Wood Doors - 18th Century Door (Copy) 18th Century Door This door was designed from photos from the 1920s when the original 1790s door was still present. Millwork from this period (1760–1830) is delicate by Victorian standards. This door is robust in proportion and relief for the time it harkens to. It is solid mahogany with a tung oil finish – an easy to maintain option. At the time of the photo, the door is 10 years old, and its patina is enriched by simple bi-annual applications of oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407695316-EDA6RO5ZVN0DUBRQV6YI/IMG_4578.JPG Wood Doors - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown This original 1830s door was leaking and fitting badly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407464842-JOXIFFHHT5WHPB0T5AAM/IMG_0122.JPG Wood Doors - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308422044-XDNQUTNUC2Q9764HG9LU/IMG_5167.jpg Wood Doors - Fine Paints of Europe (Copy) Fine Paints of Europe This door on the north side of P Street is c. 1830. Extensive restoration and preparation readied it for an FPE finish. Some panel movement is evident and we worried the primitive door might not do well with a painted exterior and stained and oiled interior finish. Gratefully, all is well. The following images describe the extensive restoration for this door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637264358466-H4U3UBJ4GMQR0ORT4R03/image-asset.jpeg Wood Doors - N Street door, Georgetown (Copy) N Street door, Georgetown Historic door before renovation treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308320476-44346BVZY6Q465LPC2EN/IMG_5169.jpg Wood Doors - Georgetown door renovated and installed (Copy) Georgetown door renovated and installed This door is really a copy of the original version of a c. 1850s Georgetown row house entry. The door and paint here are from 2016, like the other Fine Paints of Europe doors still in very good condition. This paint is very difficult to apply, but through our own use we have now proved its value. One of the more common mistakes in Georgetown façades is the presence of six-panel doors. Glad we can correct a few. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409915378-ZJ256K3Q53BN078SM46A/IMG_7107.JPG Wood Doors - Cleveland Park (Copy) Cleveland Park Nice oak door. Iron work designed by client and The Craftsmen Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579218181865-PYTX33UXSFNMDCJNHW7I/image-asset.jpeg Wood Doors - N Street. Georgetown (Copy) N Street. Georgetown Door appearance before intervention https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308324649-D6P738MTER647AKG0M0E/IMG_5172.jpg Wood Doors - Door restored and installed on N Street, Georgetown (Copy) Door restored and installed on N Street, Georgetown Solid mahogany, fabricated here, interpretive reproduction. A part of a whole façade restoration. This door on N Street received brush-applied Fine Paints of Europe oil paint in 2015. Again, color and gloss retention is remarkable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308314528-HD1WHBX1FW1PWUXCV0LA/IMG_5178.jpg Wood Doors - Fine Paints of Europe (Copy) Fine Paints of Europe Hoya blue per client’s request, here, an expression of the best gloss retention in a single part paint that is available. This P Street door was brush-painted with Fine Paints of Europe gloss oil, 12 years before this picture was taken. Still basically unblemished. Door fabrication c. 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406782876-HLYSSDFJ5FD1ZRRX9DOW/IMG_0059-001.JPG Wood Doors - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown The door on the left is our reproduction of the adjacent door to the right. It was carefully reproduced in every detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559404302253-SVCPLI3SSQ5NBC3F5F4S/100_2527.jpg Wood Doors - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown Before the doors were painted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408904773-YGEYNYWMW7GALI691VKW/IMG_7565.JPG Wood Doors - Georgetown (Copy) Georgetown Another side-by-side reproduction in Georgetown. Left doors are by the Craftsmen Group, and right doors, original architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407123308-WRQP9Z9WEH9RKNTL8UK4/IMG_0116-EFFECTS.jpg Wood Doors - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle The back sloping canopy drained badly and in 100 years destroyed most of the millwork in this portico. With approval from L'Enfant Trust, we fabricated these quarter sawn oak reproductions. Hardware was sound and restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405951984-NZY1DRWE59K3L91LT553/JPEG_002563.jpg Wood Doors - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown I built these doors in 1985 in my basement for a then renown interior designer, Anthony Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502031002-ZVWGU2EPPKEKYBGLTCPS/JPEG_003969.jpg Wood Doors - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown This photo was taken with film camera and tripod on a timer, 1985. Exhausted, but happy - the most challenging project I’ve done to date. Leaded glass by another artisan in Adams Morgan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405638062-8KD6KKTCOG4C87RYBVIV/JPEG_000351.jpg Wood Doors - Conservatory in Georgetown (Copy) Conservatory in Georgetown This series of doors is for a conservatory in Georgetown. Muntin style was based on original window profiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405785467-QGRKII97VY84SEOSUVPD/JPEG_001286.jpg Wood Doors - The Old Tabard Inn (Copy) The Old Tabard Inn The good ol’ Tabard Inn. These doors are form the early ‘90s. Reproductions of the original in solid mahogany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559404292613-MJVMPM7OC9TNSPO3UJP3/IMG_0282.JPG Wood Doors - Townhouse and Estate Entry (Copy) Townhouse and Estate Entry There are many doors like this throughout Washington. These are reproductions where we were able to reuse the original beveled glass, finished with Marine Spar varnish. If maintained they will outlast the originals. Note the sill at base of the glass — an important detail which connects these doors to the originals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406143884-VCUM0U6RY5AZ1P6Q8ARY/100_1272.jpg Wood Doors - Concealed Door (Copy) Concealed Door Concealed door for private client. This fake worked perfectly and has done so for 20 years now. All of those books are 1" deep. We sawed the binders off real books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406145687-HS4UGFKFXJSJKUFTXGLZ/100_1273.jpg Wood Doors - Concealed Door (Copy) Concealed Door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406147571-HXGPABQ4UXM0EPZT2TAQ/100_1271.jpg Wood Doors - Concealed Door (Copy) Concealed Door The hardware is from France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502042204-I5OE3EC4WTK8M0SMZE7R/Top.jpg Wood Doors - Carriage House Door (Copy) Carriage House Door Circa 1996. Blacksmith Phil Heath and myself out front of the original carriage house shop. This door was built in the basement shop. It pockets into the masonry wall, solid mahogany, 30 years in and it’s still beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637266744379-K0CKHL9M0VQOMMJBV1GJ/image-asset.jpeg Wood Doors - Door Reproduction Detail (Copy) Door Reproduction Detail Fine router work done to replicate intricate details on this Capitol Hill church doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502096181-6A1HXLT8AXEKK12ECZ3W/IMG_7451.jpg Wood Doors - Capitol Hill Church Doors (Copy) Capitol Hill Church Doors Capitol Hill, 2018. Solid sapele mahogany reproductions of late-19th century church doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502096415-E3FH5KCTJSGHFT5GMTFV/IMG_7725.jpg Wood Doors - Capitol Hill Church Doors (Copy) Capitol Hill Church Doors Capitol Hill church doors for new condominiums on Lincoln Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502108629-7ZJDSTEA7IQKLKNHR0R5/230.jpg Wood Doors - Cannon House Office Building (Copy) Cannon House Office Building For this building we restored their mahogany doors, hardware, frames, and transoms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502099793-1NB2KY214S0466CY7NEZ/IMG_9403.jpg Wood Doors - Foundry Methodist Church (Copy) Foundry Methodist Church Foundry Methodist Church doors, built in 1890’s with thick sawn chestnut veneers - all techniques we use in the shop today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502099904-J36KJ6GANI40R3T7CPUD/IMG_9404.jpg Wood Doors - Foundry Methodist Church (Copy) Foundry Methodist Church American chestnut with Epithanes Marine Spar varnish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502108628-AIX625BEKWYJ9CU7TNNI/JPEG_001894.jpg Wood Doors - 19th Street L.R.H. Office (Copy) 19th Street L.R.H. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579885575463-KYNS3RFW40A7S2DSN77O/IMG_0081.jpg Prospect House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579885598174-SPZ8SNOTJST0E83A8YVQ/IMG_20140722_092928.jpg Prospect House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579885573978-D24RVU1DD19DLYMYSN44/IMG_0023.jpg Prospect House https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/opo-trump daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445918427-U201UQ8NWEWC8X33075V/IMG_6485.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel The Old Post Office updated in the mid-80s failed to attract interest in the 21st century. The building was almost demolished in the 60s and made obsolete only 20 years after its erection due to competition from Union Station and Postal Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445919944-022TQ21SOXIZJBC46GXM/IMG_7418.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel One thousand windows, each floor with a different design, by 2014 all were in need of heavy work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445905775-M6LUJB9CZBIAFB9SMQZ2/IMG_6484.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel I’m not sure the two words belong in the same sentence, but Donald Trump seemed nearly humbled and a bit exhausted, grateful to have this project finished at the commemoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445893158-FASJTDTJ4XWZ93V39FQA/169-IMG_2916.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel All the original millwork was Chestnut, painted likely in the 1920s. It was decided that removing all paint would be too costly and so these window surrounds were sanded and prepped to deliver a finish likely better than they ever have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445919084-MV9DUKX3WYEWBYPAL15E/IMG_7264.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445895009-A81ERU5LTJLVUL2LC07X/IMG_2709.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Every window on every project goes back in the opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445895150-F1L6VKV4DK6JH4PEHRZP/IMG_2724.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Sash steamer keeps the dust down, protective gear makes this lead safe work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445894445-4KB7R8U1BHHZTGA8U1VP/IMG_2417.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Inventory sheets like this establish basic condition and the absence or presence of window components. On larger projects, we do this inventory and an inventory of conditions after elements are stripped of paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445917705-1C3EGK1XGJ2PDIN7ZCJE/IMG_7191.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel We make stop bead for all projects, exactly reproducing the profile and proportion of the originals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445896673-03BVMM8VNZKDEQE61N0Y/IMG_3501.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel We were able to restore and actually re-machine the profile of the original sash — a process only possible given the windows had no muntins. This photo is of the few reproduction sash we made for the first floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445905409-784HD4YC04E4DOBB8744/IMG_6337.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel We cut all the glass for this job in-house. The original glass was 1/4” thick, flat as modern glass, but badly scratched, stained, and edged throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445897755-Z4480BA63ID270JRQK4F/IMG_3509.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel These sash are 125 years old. Note, the modern sealant just below the glass. This modern material serves as bonding agent to hold the heavy glass while the putty takes nearly a month to cure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445915122-BYLJEOL88C2SBUJBSV35/IMG_7189.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Reproduction sash for OPO first floor — a sash cart full of Bondo for wood by 3M. We never use these polyester resin outside or to remediate decay of any kind, but at the Trump Hotel, this fill that bonds tenaciously and sands well, allowed us to bring much of the existing millwork up to hotel standards without stripping all the interior paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241186130-RHEGFRGBXBZWAHQ485CL/IMG_20140114_093425.jpg Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445903993-4SQYUUMWJBU6U9YMLBZZ/IMG_5776.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel With little reasonable means to access the upper floor exteriors, the decay at the Old Post Office was impressive. Had this been millwork made from modern pine, the window units would have melted away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445903875-6WKZOQGNOL9E9NFA3WZ9/IMG_5775.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel New reproduction parts in Sapele Mahogany will endure like the original pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445920101-6Y3I33WW75PIPF93ZQFR/IMG_20140114_100318.jpg Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel The mock-up process at OPO revealed the sash could be restored, while the glass needed replacement. This information conflicted with the 1,000-page report done to determine the status of the windows. The change in plan revealed by the study/mock-up saved much money and historic material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241188454-372L6W9HSSEO52XC5TJN/IMG_20140114_103615.jpg Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445893488-D4MPLRTR75Q6J4Q8JIFR/Google+Plus+from+I+Phone+672.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel The original millwork at the Old Post Office was not on par for the period. This and the following photo are from under the window sill and show the connection of the sill to the weight pocket. Sadly, the sill was not supported at this joint. The result is a sill that slopes negatively, back towards the building. We went under the sill of every window and supported with blocking so this could not ever happen again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445893819-Q6EC6BS0R8UL2LOIYQAB/Google+Plus+from+I+Phone+673.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445894460-MUPHZ65NUCU9WU6PB7QA/IMG_1336.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Wow, almost like driftwood at this point, this original growth pine can decay, but only after what I estimate is 70 years left unpainted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445895923-B6PRK1EL520PJ14N652J/IMG_3375.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel I understand the martinis available at the bar, where this mound of dirt was, are quite good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445897538-49TRK541TXX4BKT7623C/IMG_3520.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Each condition of the glass expresses its iron content, more green means more iron, a trace element added to silica to decrease brittleness. This original glass from the Old Post Office, folks think, was etched on its surface due to the original coal-fired furnace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445903091-P1LXNGYTZ6UCSR230RIU/IMG_5323.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Scaffolding at OPO was a mix of systems type, seen here under scrim, mast climbers and man lifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445900215-LF9JB88UR0EGGWHEZ5S6/IMG_5310.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel Ruined conditions on the first floor of OPO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445963988-JTQZB521P74ZUS3MZOPI/Screen+Shot+2019-06-13+at+1.12.14+PM.png Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel I think the Old Post Office found its ideal 21st century application as hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445900225-PHE0DGDBUWXO0TS74E4Z/IMG_3921.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel I wish the hotel success and I imagine it is the views through the windows that are as beautiful as the views within. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445902887-5R0K81TDK4EAOSC6H6G7/IMG_5317.JPG Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel The building expresses a profound commitment of a government to its postal service. Every single piece of granite here was cut in Vermont, numbered, and shipped to the site. This building could be Washington’s Ponte Vecchio in 1,000 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579039799608-DTXBKR2GWJ8URM2HB0VH/Screenshot+%281%29.png Old Post Office Building / Trump International Hotel https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/tables daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560436602164-KCE0C4DRXMHJOU21O1PP/IMG_0264.JPG Tables This is a Sapele Mahogany top with welded mild steel legs and structure. We can do items of this variety with specific size and shape for a price competitive with furniture stores. The top could be oak, reclaimed pine, cypress, or walnut flitch, all of which we stock. Probably the best value we can offer in a custom furniture piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560436601717-00L4DWN39PRW9ZZEK1WV/IMG_9264.JPG Tables Hector and his new dining room table, all Sapele Mahogany. We stock the Sapele in four thicknesses and buy in quantities that allow us to use this beautiful solid material freely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560436602248-YUL13FITQSBQW3MSZNDL/IMG_20130801_190415.jpg Tables The top is reclaimed pine first cut in the early 19th century. A round table can make for very efficient use of a small dining room. For this style base, the piece is bolted to the architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560436602305-PORGFFS9H36D8HWCPDK2/JPEG_000401.jpg Tables A taller and smaller version of a classic tavern table design—all shop made including turnings for the legs. This piece still awaits its tung oil finish. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/skylights daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558655972546-G3CPS91W7THWIZCES6BN/100_2809.jpg Skylights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558655972483-DTH16QFL1AHSCX860MKW/100_2813.jpg Skylights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558655974683-RBBVIM7T6Z5TVHC595IN/100_2814.jpg Skylights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558655973119-DOW6QQKKX27KY6G7RVOB/IMG_0039_2.jpg Skylights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558655973755-JTKWFR9AQA78RG5PVKQ2/IMG_0040.jpg Skylights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558655974380-XNSNUL8EN4WBY4ZILP8Z/IMG_0040%281%29.jpg Skylights https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/n-street-nw daily 0.75 2025-05-14 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Having made pieces since the early 90s for this space, we have learned first hand what aspects of design are most enduring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445025446-MVR40ETX4ACCBPJDP9A8/IMG_0190.JPG Garden Furniture This is the second round bench detailed and fabricated by the Craftsmen Group. At this time, obtaining teak in pieces large enough to build a bench like this is very expensive due to change in export laws. This bench will last 50 years if the tree does not outgrow it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444994012-S4LSH6C1HY26WJLKRO18/IMG_0007-1.JPG Garden Furniture Templates, joinery, and parts for curved bench elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444987909-FE8KQAV1O91ISHM8R4H1/IMG_0002.JPG Garden Furniture Mock-up of curved bench structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445003714-13EMYEFAKAUTGCA652TW/IMG_0173+%281%29.JPG Garden Furniture Assembly of bench surrounding tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445016245-N7QAQP0R3SVD9BR6IZQN/IMG_0178.JPG Garden Furniture Bench assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445017530-GPJ5CR2PCTNW58HM324A/IMG_0174.JPG Garden Furniture This bench is almost like architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445025688-IDTS8KIX9DSYTB3G2CAP/IMG_0209.JPG Garden Furniture Original round bench from 1998. This photo precedes by minutes of its disassembly. Sadly the tree had outgrown it and despite a few modifications it had to be replaced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445025889-YGOTLSLOHN7OJ6G1EKY5/IMG_0211.JPG Garden Furniture Details worked quite well in the original design and this is a case where we reproduced our own work for the second bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445026232-O6V1HRV9DQXB7RNCARBE/IMG_0214.JPG Garden Furniture Disassembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445026912-5F3SKKEPFGIKD5NHBV1U/IMG_0215.JPG Garden Furniture This section view shows the close relationship between bench and tree. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/corcoranschool daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216344876-N8T8FN0DK3THJK224NQX/IMG_6738.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216333382-6X7DFKH9VBR9ZW885SLU/4.22.16+988.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216330008-RD4WW6ESG4JUIVNIXB63/4.22.16+993.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216333469-UKR1Y5JW8BPJ7BVV8K1M/4.22.16+998.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216335395-5O8YFAT6VYSDQ5LHOZB8/4.22.16+1006.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216336319-DJXXXWBF828D6NDCW7FR/4.22.16+1020.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216337821-D4AWN8SY42U81MFGB75U/4.22.16+1022.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216340004-BJ281ZX235QH78P14YZI/4.22.16+1024.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216341236-KJFO85EPRXFH8FOZ6VL8/4.22.16+1025.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216344405-WZ89QNNZCPYEOCDZBL2C/4.22.16+1026.jpg Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/chairs daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444953247-I3WK4UD3952JW1BNURH2/IMG_20131224_102308.jpg Chairs Captain’s chair with reclaimed pine seats and soft maple back and turnings. We made these chairs on special request to fit a client’s special round table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444951942-0GPLQ5YIIJ7JQAPCXFOD/IMG_20130912_101029.jpg Chairs Chair legs turned on lathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444952424-N278B217W6M8Y2O9ZAZI/IMG_20130925_141140.jpg Chairs Soft maple chair rungs and legs in process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444952971-M36CLC3GVKDXFTCIEFOV/IMG_20131224_102228.jpg Chairs Handsome set of captain’s chairs. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/mockups daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241030974-0I0E4JY0T3GWFZUA1UKW/IMG_0017.JPG Mock-ups An 1 3/4” thick Sapele Mahogany sash with traditional joinery and profiles adapted for insulating glass. We made 4,000 sash like this sample for the GSA headquarters. The deeper relief for the insulating glass panels complicates joinery and assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241032569-X5TRE5O92A27POKCET5R/IMG_8213.JPG Mock-ups Samples for the Rayburn Office Building replicating details from the early 1960s. This is stave core door construction where door elements have at their core something like a glued-up butcher block. This technique evolved in America in the 1880s once the woodworking industry was fully machine driven. This display describes the varied veneer thicknesses required for the unusual and “unbalanced” door design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241037976-6UULD3UIUZUG0EK6CN15/IMG_8223.JPG Mock-ups The thick veneer shown at the center-top sample is sawn, not sliced, not available for commercial purchase. We saw these veneers in-house. Sample on the right has a pine core, Baltic Birch underlayment, and factory-sliced walnut veneers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241024963-0SO5QLTFKLJQA9FS995U/4.22.16+425.JPG Mock-ups The door design at Rayburn Office Building reflected the hierarchy of politics. One door face was flush, the other had recessed panels with bolection molding. This required the veneer be supported by the highest quality Birch plywood, so the flush face would remain stable while the panel-side could move. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241034916-6WFR5XZ75VM9TLJ5VKAE/IMG_8222.JPG Mock-ups At Rayburn we had an unusual advantage, we had the original architectural drawings. Those drawings described this door construction as “unbalanced”. Indeed it is, unbalanced and complicated, but at least the working classes are not luxuriated by the view to a paneled door. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/doors-of-georgetown daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/congressional-country-club daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289890467-ITW0UEQDKB93LLBIAUAZ/IMG_6007.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289695817-BARA74CZKF35MKBZIEQN/IMG_4912.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289680598-6274WZEXM7ZG7ZTZOFPQ/1191.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289691859-IPCUF2KQ540JQHUYTENX/IMG_4909.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289695612-R7KU4IDY2LL8KU3T9HLK/IMG_4915.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289680488-AWLZSM1Q9L3HTTV00W2Q/1192.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289685511-UY79LSUDRKTF1FXNIHIW/IMG_0842.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289685189-IIRJY4RNZW90OSWOSHBF/IMG_2979.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289698018-FVP4SKDR3H369D4LC10S/IMG_4921.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289698467-MGA1GIF9NLFJIBPRB5EF/IMG_4923.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289704830-5D991WMRF54RR5AB7K7H/IMG_4947.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289709297-2X6ZPG3ANBD2N5F0CVRW/IMG_6381.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579290000035-6GY6OU8NC95HS00NM0OA/IMG_2982.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289704882-U2L60XCFW2TSKAVGRNNU/IMG_4933.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289707206-IIPM5QT796XS4TE3Y7UE/IMG_6009.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289687326-JUVQCGX5JOYQAQYPJIOW/IMG_2991.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289689212-9SE48DY2362OV3PZKCYK/IMG_4901.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289688780-17I1UV8R180HSO0C6D1A/IMG_4899.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289691479-IOVBTI04QPPNX1PXNZN7/IMG_4906.jpg Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579289710393-IC5VMAD5AIWC4NSDLSVV/IMG_8875.jpg Congressional Country Club https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/metal-finishes daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098844397-JYA70O2ZKL3SWMW43T7T/DSC00755.JPG Metal Finishes Lock from mid-19th century, Fort Washington. Industrial America is just emerging and expressed here is transitional technology. These parts are cut, not stamped, and most are hand finished. This lock can last centuries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098848638-5GCQELVBBT0IBPGGZ0IV/IMG_1030.JPG Metal Finishes Hinges from the halls of Congress, half-way through the polishing process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098859425-YW1HPYOVJIPR2TCK6ZRS/IMG_1227.JPG Metal Finishes Bronze on the left, brass on the right, these parts are in the high-energy tumbler with a corn and walnut media. They will emerge with high polish in 12-minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098845992-LVVMRM8N65YWDEMCP733/IMG_0424.JPG Metal Finishes A polish this high is beautiful to behold, but will not endure without bi-weekly cleaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098853413-6D811Z7H5LDO4C3LG6X7/IMG_1037.JPG Metal Finishes A mix of hardware from the 1930s and 1960s from the King Dairy barns. Cheap steel with failed plating is an odd candidate for restoration. The barns will become a country music venue and this patina somehow works. The hardware was cleaned, tumbled, and lacquered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098857207-1O7V59PYXYPEAK61UFWG/IMG_5649.JPG Metal Finishes Cast iron parts for the C & O Canal Gates in Georgetown. Made at an Amish Foundry. There are few Foundries left that can do small projects like this. The Amish Foundry is still coal fired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098858916-WOC59N5ZU7B0SXQIJILW/IMG_5656.JPG Metal Finishes A lantern finial from Massachusetts Heights. We do some light fixture restoration generally when we are on a project engaged in window and door restoration. Very satisfying work, the corrections and repairs made can see that a beautiful thing lasts again another 100 years. This patina began its evolution in the 1920s. The top most element is zinc, the rest solid copper. So beautiful as it is, we were able to leave it unadulterated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637781440612-BIEY7RIAKN61J11VGIEU/KEL_1641.jpg Metal Finishes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637781466654-A0M0OO22OUOOA3WROUW0/KEL_1847.jpg Metal Finishes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558476436723-O4V66HCQG20E6PVCFWRW/IMG_3991.jpg Metal Finishes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558477079099-RRNPDKRCHY131NZ9AOOS/Screen+Shot+2019-05-21+at+6.13.45+PM.png Metal Finishes https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/doors-gallery daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406523089-AL4BC1CBQNX4PUVHUW3A/IMG_0007.JPG Doors Gallery - Capitol Hill (Copy) Capitol Hill These parts are from a Capitol Hill row house in beautiful, original condition — a testament to sound joinery. The door made it to 100 years without glue — a very odd phenomenon. We disassembled the door and we glued it for the next 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407392665-VBZXHV6UDG23NJM5G9FN/IMG_0119.JPG Doors Gallery - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle Detail of damage to door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407819018-3ILZN2DWYY6OVUZSVRHN/IMG_6349.JPG Doors Gallery - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408168442-0OYKDXFUFKXBQ65DIABW/IMG_6350.JPG Doors Gallery - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407729162-A26DUC28AR8IPZS1UF6W/IMG_6345.JPG Doors Gallery - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown Handmade, when stripped of paint, it nearly fell apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408728243-RQWUO0DZN7GGNR67V3QI/IMG_6414.JPG Doors Gallery - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408773623-OYEGLCI8PBYUPF9278SA/IMG_7457.JPG Doors Gallery - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown We reglued all joinery and repaired as required. Exterior finish was FPE paint and interior was stained and oiled. It was very satisfying for us and the homeowners to see this humble piece of millwork carry on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502097772-4BOFGN22652QEBMZY6MT/IMG_8648.jpg Doors Gallery - Historic Door (Copy) Historic Door Historic door adapted for modern hardware for the U.S. Congress at the Cannon House Office Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502097543-G5DZM3396BJ7EJRT4HQ6/IMG_8016.jpg Doors Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406890972-5FA5WU8U75K768FVNT0C/IMG_20140320_090146.jpg Doors Gallery - Naval Academy (Copy) Naval Academy Informal shop drawings for balcony doors at the Naval Academy. The originals had been cut for air conditioners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637784789698-TXMVDBO2YB04MJFQC5BX/IMG_0938.jpeg Doors Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409122407-05FCHQNBSQOUDCEAI33N/IMG_0132.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building This is simplicity made complex. These American black walnut doors had one flush face and the other face with raised panels and Bolection molding. We built this for the temporary offices for Congress while the Cannon Building was renewed. These doors are stave core with thick sawn veneers on their face. This veneer is made here with a large re-saw. It is not available in the marketplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409122745-PQS1YZF3KOSV49J9EV0O/IMG_1858.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409123364-3BYLPQ5P4T3U9DWMBONP/IMG_2229.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409123728-BS9JEMJ4WA4TVL4BWGDU/IMG_2233.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409124521-H9M2Z3EUJU7K39EBTS2W/IMG_2239.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409124617-Y5A7VC652CV07O4C2AS1/IMG_2404.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409126269-7DT9QP6BW2MIKRGTNSJB/IMG_3200.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409125969-M2KQXVWRVF9VD59T882P/IMG_3277.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409126702-BAFNYR1LD50WBSRXR0DS/IMG_3464.JPG Doors Gallery - Rayburn House Office Building (Copy) Rayburn House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409596111-2GG9UW22LIPO3LM631XT/IMG_6677.JPG Doors Gallery - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown This pair of doors are pre-Industrial Revolution. Through tenons and just an 1 1/8" thick they were perfect for an 1850s house in Georgetown, but they were too short. Jake stands next to the full scale drawing and you can see the contrasting wood tones describing new and old material. Making a door wider is one thing, making it taller is ridiculous. We accomplished our goal, but this is about twice as difficult as just making a reproduction door to start with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409596081-4WKYUQWW8W7B4PZ7ER7S/IMG_6675.JPG Doors Gallery - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409599134-B6AJMA2EZLP1QL4D9YCP/IMG_6724.JPG Doors Gallery - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409598758-300AOC15QHQJQ1ERHO1T/IMG_6757.JPG Doors Gallery - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409600994-PO6EAG16G034H3T3B87P/IMG_6780.JPG Doors Gallery - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409601135-59HKQHGZPWYB9Z9J68UX/IMG_6786.JPG Doors Gallery - 1850s House, Georgetown (Copy) 1850s House, Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407469778-7NPTEIPIZLI0KFO2A704/IMG_0127.JPG Doors Gallery - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406369737-FSMPGP3XBIW4T94AXXC4/IMG_0145.JPG Doors Gallery - Carriage House (Copy) Carriage House Carriage House doors left unfinished per client request. This is Spanish cedar about seven years in the weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406610477-XU9BV4FHZ12SRV2O8KF4/IMG_0074-1.JPG Doors Gallery - Oak (Copy) Oak This is a reproduction door in solid oak based on the neighbor's door. We used Sutherland Welles tung oil which requires reapplication at least twice a year. This door went five years without maintenance. We have moved to using Epifanes marine varnish, five coats minimum, for any exterior clear finish now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405576191-LA8DCEGPYJDNY15LCDES/JPEG_003965.jpg Doors Gallery - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown We used this macintosh motif throughout the house. Note the narrow stiles and rails creating more light and delicacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406295768-35334D9L8KIO2BLCIYZC/French+Door.JPG Doors Gallery - Balcony Door (Copy) Balcony Door The Cremone bolt works perfectly here. The two doors work as one. One single device operates both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407468110-8R3A1CO3PW2IVY19WFTS/IMG_0123.JPG Doors Gallery - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407464863-PBIOMNVT8C9AUBK3HT46/IMG_0121.JPG Doors Gallery - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559404277031-UID7FXBCMIZRA3VEOCSB/IMG_0172.JPG Doors Gallery - 18th Century Door (Copy) 18th Century Door This door was designed from photos from the 1920s when the original 1790s door was still present. Millwork from this period (1760–1830) is delicate by Victorian standards. This door is robust in proportion and relief for the time it harkens to. It is solid mahogany with a tung oil finish – an easy to maintain option. At the time of the photo, the door is 10 years old, and its patina is enriched by simple bi-annual applications of oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407695316-EDA6RO5ZVN0DUBRQV6YI/IMG_4578.JPG Doors Gallery - P Street, Georgetown (Copy) P Street, Georgetown This original 1830s door was leaking and fitting badly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407464842-JOXIFFHHT5WHPB0T5AAM/IMG_0122.JPG Doors Gallery - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308422044-XDNQUTNUC2Q9764HG9LU/IMG_5167.jpg Doors Gallery - Fine Paints of Europe (Copy) Fine Paints of Europe This door on the north side of P Street is c. 1830. Extensive restoration and preparation readied it for an FPE finish. Some panel movement is evident and we worried the primitive door might not do well with a painted exterior and stained and oiled interior finish. Gratefully, all is well. The following images describe the extensive restoration for this door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637264358466-H4U3UBJ4GMQR0ORT4R03/image-asset.jpeg Doors Gallery - N Street door, Georgetown (Copy) N Street door, Georgetown Historic door before renovation treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308320476-44346BVZY6Q465LPC2EN/IMG_5169.jpg Doors Gallery - Georgetown door renovated and installed (Copy) Georgetown door renovated and installed This door is really a copy of the original version of a c. 1850s Georgetown row house entry. The door and paint here are from 2016, like the other Fine Paints of Europe doors still in very good condition. This paint is very difficult to apply, but through our own use we have now proved its value. One of the more common mistakes in Georgetown façades is the presence of six-panel doors. Glad we can correct a few. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559409915378-ZJ256K3Q53BN078SM46A/IMG_7107.JPG Doors Gallery - Cleveland Park (Copy) Cleveland Park Nice oak door. Iron work designed by client and The Craftsmen Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579218181865-PYTX33UXSFNMDCJNHW7I/image-asset.jpeg Doors Gallery - N Street. Georgetown (Copy) N Street. Georgetown Door appearance before intervention https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308324649-D6P738MTER647AKG0M0E/IMG_5172.jpg Doors Gallery - Door restored and installed on N Street, Georgetown (Copy) Door restored and installed on N Street, Georgetown Solid mahogany, fabricated here, interpretive reproduction. A part of a whole façade restoration. This door on N Street received brush-applied Fine Paints of Europe oil paint in 2015. Again, color and gloss retention is remarkable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587308314528-HD1WHBX1FW1PWUXCV0LA/IMG_5178.jpg Doors Gallery - Fine Paints of Europe (Copy) Fine Paints of Europe Hoya blue per client’s request, here, an expression of the best gloss retention in a single part paint that is available. This P Street door was brush-painted with Fine Paints of Europe gloss oil, 12 years before this picture was taken. Still basically unblemished. Door fabrication c. 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406782876-HLYSSDFJ5FD1ZRRX9DOW/IMG_0059-001.JPG Doors Gallery - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown The door on the left is our reproduction of the adjacent door to the right. It was carefully reproduced in every detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559404302253-SVCPLI3SSQ5NBC3F5F4S/100_2527.jpg Doors Gallery - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown Before the doors were painted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559408904773-YGEYNYWMW7GALI691VKW/IMG_7565.JPG Doors Gallery - Georgetown (Copy) Georgetown Another side-by-side reproduction in Georgetown. Left doors are by the Craftsmen Group, and right doors, original architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559407123308-WRQP9Z9WEH9RKNTL8UK4/IMG_0116-EFFECTS.jpg Doors Gallery - Dupont Circle (Copy) Dupont Circle The back sloping canopy drained badly and in 100 years destroyed most of the millwork in this portico. With approval from L'Enfant Trust, we fabricated these quarter sawn oak reproductions. Hardware was sound and restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405951984-NZY1DRWE59K3L91LT553/JPEG_002563.jpg Doors Gallery - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown I built these doors in 1985 in my basement for a then renown interior designer, Anthony Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502031002-ZVWGU2EPPKEKYBGLTCPS/JPEG_003969.jpg Doors Gallery - N Street, Georgetown (Copy) N Street, Georgetown This photo was taken with film camera and tripod on a timer, 1985. Exhausted, but happy - the most challenging project I’ve done to date. Leaded glass by another artisan in Adams Morgan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405638062-8KD6KKTCOG4C87RYBVIV/JPEG_000351.jpg Doors Gallery - Conservatory in Georgetown (Copy) Conservatory in Georgetown This series of doors is for a conservatory in Georgetown. Muntin style was based on original window profiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559405785467-QGRKII97VY84SEOSUVPD/JPEG_001286.jpg Doors Gallery - The Old Tabard Inn (Copy) The Old Tabard Inn The good ol’ Tabard Inn. These doors are form the early ‘90s. Reproductions of the original in solid mahogany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559404292613-MJVMPM7OC9TNSPO3UJP3/IMG_0282.JPG Doors Gallery - Townhouse and Estate Entry (Copy) Townhouse and Estate Entry There are many doors like this throughout Washington. These are reproductions where we were able to reuse the original beveled glass, finished with Marine Spar varnish. If maintained they will outlast the originals. Note the sill at base of the glass — an important detail which connects these doors to the originals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406143884-VCUM0U6RY5AZ1P6Q8ARY/100_1272.jpg Doors Gallery - Concealed Door (Copy) Concealed Door Concealed door for private client. This fake worked perfectly and has done so for 20 years now. All of those books are 1" deep. We sawed the binders off real books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406145687-HS4UGFKFXJSJKUFTXGLZ/100_1273.jpg Doors Gallery - Concealed Door (Copy) Concealed Door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559406147571-HXGPABQ4UXM0EPZT2TAQ/100_1271.jpg Doors Gallery - Concealed Door (Copy) Concealed Door The hardware is from France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502042204-I5OE3EC4WTK8M0SMZE7R/Top.jpg Doors Gallery - Carriage House Door (Copy) Carriage House Door Circa 1996. Blacksmith Phil Heath and myself out front of the original carriage house shop. This door was built in the basement shop. It pockets into the masonry wall, solid mahogany, 30 years in and it’s still beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637266744379-K0CKHL9M0VQOMMJBV1GJ/image-asset.jpeg Doors Gallery - Door Reproduction Detail (Copy) Door Reproduction Detail Fine router work done to replicate intricate details on this Capitol Hill church doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502096181-6A1HXLT8AXEKK12ECZ3W/IMG_7451.jpg Doors Gallery - Capitol Hill Church Doors (Copy) Capitol Hill Church Doors Capitol Hill, 2018. Solid sapele mahogany reproductions of late-19th century church doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502096415-E3FH5KCTJSGHFT5GMTFV/IMG_7725.jpg Doors Gallery - Capitol Hill Church Doors (Copy) Capitol Hill Church Doors Capitol Hill church doors for new condominiums on Lincoln Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502108629-7ZJDSTEA7IQKLKNHR0R5/230.jpg Doors Gallery - Cannon House Office Building (Copy) Cannon House Office Building For this building we restored their mahogany doors, hardware, frames, and transoms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502099793-1NB2KY214S0466CY7NEZ/IMG_9403.jpg Doors Gallery - Foundry Methodist Church (Copy) Foundry Methodist Church Foundry Methodist Church doors, built in 1890’s with thick sawn chestnut veneers - all techniques we use in the shop today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502099904-J36KJ6GANI40R3T7CPUD/IMG_9404.jpg Doors Gallery - Foundry Methodist Church (Copy) Foundry Methodist Church American chestnut with Epithanes Marine Spar varnish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1587502108628-AIX625BEKWYJ9CU7TNNI/JPEG_001894.jpg Doors Gallery - 19th Street L.R.H. Office (Copy) 19th Street L.R.H. Office A reproduction from photos, Benjamin Moore Aura finish paint. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/maret-school daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445539092-GV769NUYPGI6AN848NIE/IMG_20130425_100244+%281%29.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217039989-TSM8FBLQ9VQ59W5V3SW4/IMG_20130425_100435.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217040547-DWRFBO0G7ED9AMPKR6F1/IMG_20130425_100806.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217036305-OSR9655NPEAYKYUQYW66/IMG_20130425_095451.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217035364-T7RMLK4W9TUJM3U8MU22/IMG_6184.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217032727-TKYBFPA8ADJZB0MFRLBE/IMG_6177.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217032766-PFK7D27GBMT4746S53WD/IMG_6180.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445540270-PNWGQ16OYNFQGTU555B3/IMG_20130710_081859.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217041163-FMGNEVCOA5MAGDSB1JF0/IMG_20130709_155935.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217041544-QXIO3BRQE9KN4HA0EYQW/IMG_20130710_081843.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217042799-4TZP5O28BCLQYN6USQYX/IMG_20130710_081859.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217042901-3PAPHGJZQNNU3VIZ2ZBP/IMG_20130710_081921.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445541685-PS2DDQOQ5VT411C29LQP/IMG_20130723_091100.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445540316-IAWM3NIYJZ0NWJ4I9IOU/IMG_20130719_090602.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217044336-RBU8VRLMTWWBYZAKT6UA/IMG_20130719_090544.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445541690-7I6KDUPD7GFGF8N67ECT/IMG_20130814_132601.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445542435-QMZ0XGDD99S0QW0QG9L3/IMG_20130824_112924.jpg Maret School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579217044382-C4GTVX2M0U05HPIHC72V/IMG_20130824_112756.jpg Maret School https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/hardware daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145048943-9UHD1HDI76CBYTXOQFLE/100_1097.jpg Hardware Lovely new lock. We applied the patina by tumbling, not chemistry. With the use of slotted screws it looks the part on a 100 year old window. This classic lock design needs no improvement. We use it on 90% of our work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145176040-VI3K333NGSKCEEBT1DHR/DSC00753.JPG Hardware Beautiful. From Fort Washington's Officers Barracks c. 1837. Lock makers are learning from firearms producers about mass production. Fifty years earlier these parts would be cut and filed by a smith. The lift off hinges feel Blacksmith-made, but in the lock is the rumblings of the Industrial Revolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145294191-FJCXNESCVWJ5PBGK260Y/DSC00757.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145443060-T0TF0DB9TKK8NS5XX7UU/DSC00755.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145468875-NF04HAAQTNXQHKQ03A9N/IMG_0084.JPG Hardware Hundreds of pounds of solid bronze hardware from the old Department of Agriculture, now the GSA Headquarters. All was stripped, tumbled, lubricated, and used again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145530837-YXYFVKTPB960FSK71ELP/IMG_0085+%281%29.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145545030-9Y4Y1XBZFSGU1LUVIDOX/IMG_0096.JPG Hardware GSA locks during tumbling process. Those little green tetrahedrons are the tumbler media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145632133-Z79RQYWO77SUP348R9FV/IMG_20140319_104129.jpg Hardware This is a nice look, though not historic. The cast iron pulleys are tumbled, cleaned, and lacquered. Solid brass and slotted screw finishes it off — works even better in a stained jamb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145729465-RVU19X84KRTPW6H4LY8K/_MG_1725.JPG Hardware My experience in motorcycling, which started at nine years of age, has informed our restoration of architecture — metallurgy, physics of spinning, heat, fluids, friction, and much more. Purpose driven aesthetics and the glee of the making and fixing things that later can be enjoyed all enhance my appreciation of historic architecture . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145845136-X64U5YT7ZEJFDWUXUE5C/_MG_1731.JPG Hardware The bike pictured here and the previous is a 1962 Triton. For me, in the late 80's, it started as a Norton frame and Triumph engine. I made all the bracketry and seat, and collected parts far and wide from many bikes. That is a wide-line Featherbed frame and a pre-unit Triumph 650 motor, two English classics from post-war England's cottage like industrial complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559146011986-R2W6WLEL121QFTREX0R0/IMG_20140714_132533.jpg Hardware These are now not produced. Note the lefts and rights. They are laylight pivot hinges with detents. Most row house skylights were meant to function as chimneys. The curbs were ventilated and the laylight sealed things off in the summer. This excellent devise allowed the sash to be open vertically or at a 45-degree angle. We still have some in our hardware library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559146131053-Q3RMTYTV28UTGH88Y2LD/IMG_0285.JPG Hardware Baldwin hardware is good. This stuff, from the P. House in Georgetown, is getting a revitalization after 50 years of service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559146196185-T9PVE52TWU6CZIJ32F64/IMG_1268.JPG Hardware Just a door knob. Florence, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168829692-93QG07GFTW693DEZW0GV/4.22.16+560+%281%29.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559167954003-1O95LF9XEZJC2KD4C8GR/4.22.16+698.JPG Hardware This photo and following are from the Andrew Mellon Residence at 1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW. We have restored most of this material and it is available for reuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168222919-3YYO7KF11MZPPQWWM4KH/4.22.16+232.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168229281-NG25O062UX3LWZX2NMI1/4.22.16+364.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169019812-CJPU3D3UYP1OUU6F1DII/IMG_6146.JPG Hardware Series of pulleys from the Octagon House c. 1803. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169017342-RV0AF2PXO570YMG0X66M/IMG_6147.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169010528-WU68U6WWQYDIKA31XT04/IMG_6153.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169014826-SPSWTFVE5J2Y62X1AFXK/IMG_6151.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169133800-9H3SGT9YGWEPKWKDK4N6/IMG_4120.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169153814-C6H2XA2XVNNOY92OXZYC/IMG_0931.JPG Hardware The locks pictured here have a secondary function where they clasp the sash together — not widely used though effective where components no longer align. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559161635055-CKRTNZS2ENG3ZWTG9A22/100_0235.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558788798530-KG63MZ3AYDV1DA75MHDU/100_2566.jpg Hardware These glass knobs and brass back plates are an American classic. Common in the 20s and 30s and often mounted to doors with a Deco influence, there are Victorian Regency influences here. Good stuff — a cleaning and lubrication can put another ninety years of service ahead of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558791553586-05PI39MIF8CAZMU864CZ/100_2584.jpg Hardware This image and the next three are an expression of what we will do to broaden our skills base at a bit of financial loss. These escutcheons could have been bought with the latches, but at the job we only need these. We fabricated a punch die from hardened steel to create the tapered relief in the plate. Using a simple hydraulic press we could do 50 in an hour — pretty fun and knowledge gained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558792053812-Y5LXXHONQRKXOLE9F98R/100_2592.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558792071413-RPRQGO6M5LX4ENBA7EMM/100_2596.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558792076356-YNKJXDO68OV84ZK1Q9UO/100_2598.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144780766-G32Z14AJP9L79Q39OQNJ/100_0189-1.jpg Hardware The pivot axel mounts from the jamb exterior and the receiver mounts to sash edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144930044-C9LTIORFVAKJH5D9PSZ4/100_0191.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144956257-EYV765L7TV55SNC8RI7R/100_0192.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144914110-ST4AB8RE213E5YFHNE9I/100_0186.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559145006401-50YPRO16I4TXA8J350IQ/100_0234-1.jpg Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169666324-NCBFWBXYWS16MP66NCSE/IMG_8094.JPG Hardware Craftsmen using our preferred brass and bronze cleaner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169416269-BBS8UMK9NDB91GW5PM1F/4.22.16+343.JPG Hardware This is bronze c. 1900 period. Bronze can carry more of a golden hue rather than the yellow of brass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559168224621-Q9JDBQKD9FG184JA1M5X/4.22.16+339.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169756215-C4JE6G3DRIDSRMOY1RX4/IMG_7970.JPG Hardware On large projects every single piece of hardware is numbered per its opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559169965106-WXGG9LDGSA38A99WBG5U/IMG_0294.JPG Hardware While the hardware industry has gone to making many finishes available on brass and bronze as seen here in a selection of sash chain available to us, we prefer solid bronze or copper-plated for most projects with chains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170089030-U02CVP1P1HXQB3476SD7/IMG_0299.JPG Hardware This hardware is from a cow barn in Rockville, Maryland c. 1930. We stripped, tumbled, and lacquered these original pieces for their now new use as a music venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170165900-IW8R4WIP0YK2OBOC0Q9Q/IMG_0311.JPG Hardware Hardware in process from the former Textile Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170168697-PEK5RIE22S89R7AWGA7A/IMG_0425.JPG Hardware Hardware finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170171708-U5TKGUVX5GXP8NN1XDUW/IMG_0427.JPG Hardware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559170256773-N92R4KA7SVLPNM5U4PWG/IMG_0446.JPG Hardware Bronze freshly out of the tumbler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559246339818-KBG8JIFWNC5ONCAFK3J4/IMG_4030.JPG Hardware Chain does not completely clean in the tumbling process. Embedded paint is removed by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559246448518-3LVS3MCUI70IXRCH4QQF/IMG_4038.JPG Hardware These are riveted pulley housings from the mid-19th century. 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This photo shows well how adding dowel pins to small and delicate tenons can erode their strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000245675-DQW81RK32ED9EOVQXS02/IMG_1617.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery The meeting rail is the weakest link. The reproduction on the left is what is required. Square mortises in the middle receive the small muntin components and hear they will contribute to the strength and stability of the meeting rail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000291499-IHSHP9BAAL543LV7277K/IMG_5717.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Parts from the large transoms at the old post office were in need of structural enhancement. The animal hide based glues had failed and required new laminations and renewed joinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000471759-8S42DRX0DN4BYOLQLG2V/IMG_8906.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Coming through this table is a custom carbide router bit made to our specifications. This modern convenience allows us to do limited production runs fairly cost-effectively. The high speed router and carbide tip mean this relatively small diameter cutting head can make more than 100 windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783637103-EC1RCIQUCQRGQM0PP0QK/KEL_2075.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000210568-YWZM74JM7LPFGKTF2U0E/IMG_20120911_171815.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery Note the thin rectangles created as the pieces are stacked. This void is where the interlocking metal weatherstripping is applied creating a seal between top and bottom sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000129498-K8IPQDVXRQWLJEBJ44JJ/IMG_20120523_075044.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery Sash parts manufactured and ready for assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000172536-C51RE83T0XWX6ZCP7O9O/IMG_20120911_171741.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery These are the meeting rails in traditional sash it is the most complicated piece. When you add insulating glass it becomes even more technical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000220740-RL08QCRVH4CJ9KHPJ803/IMG_20120911_171837.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559999915170-OQSCXM8QJ7M07S4SEYM1/100_0391.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery More sash reproduction for Eastern Market. These extended tenons make for strong joinery in curve top sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000478913-MNQY18VG0LMGVNANOOX6/IMG_8908.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Here we have the positive and negative profiles cut by two different knives. This cope fit is the essence of traditional millwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559999978312-EOIUG3S4INIHDU0PW7J6/IMG_0057.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Large tenon with large glue surfaces provide excellent connection for rail and stile in curved sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000397434-Y43KL2UX7DA854L0WNHF/IMG_4829.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery These curved sash are reproductions of replacement units on sleeping porches on Q Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000338999-F2G7MSFPNLLSLWX8D0OA/IMG_5520.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery Sash assembly underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559751592929-LIS26HKJOV0S5L2F3BXJ/100_0187-1.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery Stack lamination bending technique is a staple, modern glues make this process all the more enduring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558208631560-KILAV1OXKSHS965ZTZ2M/100_0274.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery Ocular windows for Eastern Market in Spanish cedar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559999879675-NL990IXQHF5G7D1BOZFD/100_0385.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery Mass production techniques for a small run, make for precision parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000004315-YTRP0E35J8D5Z99PJ9D1/IMG_0128.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Stack lamination provides for efficiently made, strong sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000035610-MZPI2C2HAHOU81A74VSE/IMG_0014.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery These are solid mahogany sash reproductions made for the GSA headquarters. They reproduce historic details while providing or 5/8" thick blast slash insulating glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000067032-GYT17DADKFPNP2OUPE4Y/IMG_0021.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Mahogany sash will go back operable at the GSA headquarters, c. 1908. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000085987-446NM4UKW21ZQDK74038/IMG_0173.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery This close-up is the glazing stop bonded and sanded flush to house the insulating glass panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000153199-JL6LOXIUET1JG3HKRY2Z/IMG_20120525_101945.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery These sash will go back to window frames that are 120 years old. Glass in them is insulating with low-E film and blast resistant vinyl interlayers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000097533-8UF7FCDUABIK2IRPWKOM/IMG_0177.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery We produced 3600 sash like these, all bottom sash were made operable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000382335-X9ZA6EMXK934VS4602Y8/IMG_3567.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery These mahogany sash reproductions receive a traditional drip edge molding and modern epoxy to seal end grain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000446979-2DM44IC0YG2OT171Z0BW/IMG_5593.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery The modest half lapped joinery used here at the Carnegie Library required reproduced the same, though not of ideal design. These sash are center pivot and so lightly stressed, therefore this joinery is adequate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000455627-QXTF2WJ47WA2BLGKF8CG/IMG_7545.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery These frames are on the front of the old library now. Solid mahogany exact reproductions of the failed originals. The millwork at the Carnegie Library was not primitive but hardly state of the art-1900s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000466875-TALDJKM4C0BAN4AREOM4/IMG_7576.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Historic reproductions in solid mahogany with insulting glass for Apple Computers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000144891-GC3H4LHLMROIG27IEIG3/IMG_20120525_101829.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery The metal strip is pure zinc, a durable and completely corrosion resistant metal. We use these metal weatherstripping profiles that were patented in 1890. They are still the most durable and effective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558208617778-7V8QHJFNNIO6GYH5XGUQ/100_0248.jpg Window Reproduction Gallery This photo is from 2007. The sash is from Eastern Market. This operation with shaper is grooving sash for weatherstripping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560000361770-5YHR8ZAAULKZDCLDA19C/IMG_2855.JPG Window Reproduction Gallery Basement windows on a Georgetown row house are usually poorly made, leaking, and frustrating, and more, they are difficult to restore to the same performance we get from old, double-hung windows. These sash are from N Street and here we made reproduction frame and sash because the decay was so advanced. 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All the original ocular windows were gone due to decay and neglect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099313849-VY9907S4MI6ZX1IPXI5I/100_0596.jpg Glass & Glazing Quinn Evans Architects chose a tinted glass for this historic building based on firm requests from long-term tenants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099314945-MHQ2V9XW2KT7IFCOJSQ2/100_0599.jpg Glass & Glazing Next few photos are a little how-to on glass cutting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099316112-0WK7NOB4TK4GRS4RQAVE/100_0604.jpg Glass & Glazing “Running” the slight imperfection created in the glass surface by a cutter can seem like magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099316478-2MC5V4IMXQHGS3EMLI6C/100_0704.jpg Glass & Glazing For our first 20 years we gladly used DAP 33 glazing putty. 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The piece of glass here inside is now in a house off 14th Street at Rhode Island Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099323293-N41IRQ2BUZVJT4P62QQY/IMG_0367.JPG Glass & Glazing Oscar has been with the Craftsmen Group for 12 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099323370-VVCC6OKM82IY2GKZ8W07/IMG_4864.JPG Glass & Glazing Sometimes I find that scrap is more interesting than the piece itself. Above is our Fletcher Glass cutter for straight work, but these curves take skilled hands and eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099324588-5PMM0FDVSSJJ0PA7S480/IMG_6256.JPG Glass & Glazing Currently we can not temper glass in house. These tempered pieces are from a trusted local distributer and will go in the Old Post Office Building. 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St. John's College McDowell Hall was a principle building at this school’s founding in the 17th century. It burned badly in the early 20th century. What we restored and what you see here is an approximate of rebuilding of the original building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974466750-YM9TCAF3X0ZHZ8ZX9XY4/IMG_2662.jpg St. John's College The windows were overpainted and under-repaired. There were many function and fit issues throughout, but relatively little serious decay. This project was a good candidate for our refurbishment process. By not stripping all paint and putty unnecessarily, we could save the college nearly 30% from the restoration budget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974473608-MADMTE7A6Y3Z00A9V1RT/IMG_2663.jpg St. John's College The new McDowell Hall, though with many quotes from the original structure, forwards the influence of Georgian-style academic architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974482477-WW5AB5ZVMPTTOV9IGLF2/IMG_2621.jpg St. John's College This muntin profile common before the Industrial Revolution was present at McDowell hall. I think therefore, in their rebuilding in 1910, they chose to be inspired by the original profile from 1784. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579039461057-XEQWMDB7VOAQ8J5P8VY5/mcdowell_hall_front.jpg St. John's College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579039463486-845A7WILH5D7SCT5TU7B/mcdowell_hall.jpg St. John's College https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/window-restoration-gallery daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754704809-KJO1OQUVEHS7Y11STN67/IMG_8034.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Paint Removal (Copy) Paint Removal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754703614-XD13H0QUNNTGB1758JGS/IMG_7726.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Paint Removal (Copy) Paint Removal This photo and next two show the steam stripping process. We often find these conditions where modern latex paint is applied over badly prepared surfaces with harder oil and lead-based paint. The steamer releases the latex and acrylic paints with ease. Mechanical scrapping is required to remove the harder original coatings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754703732-USJ65GZKCYZOGFNT3XQN/IMG_7728.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Paint Removal (Copy) Paint Removal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445282578-GTXFVPMCM4LNV28DP5Y5/I+Phone+2+093.JPG Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691042-XFGZVK7K4YMJTCPZ0AEB/IMG_4269.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration Sash from the last mansion on Dupont Circle. A common problem on circular and oval windows is the lack of sill slope. This promotes decay that can ruin sash and frame. Signifiant use of epoxy consolidants allowed us to bring this sash back to service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754711911-4XTMDXXOSM842OK9W7BA/IMG_20130615_110623.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754712220-0A9GCL9C4RE0VJ761Y8D/IMG_20130615_110641.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687108-ELW8ORP067Z5U7ORYAO9/IMG_0182.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration Note these sash have their identifying numbers stamped on the edge. About a puddle of parts, but most are there and all these sash will be beautiful when complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691346-B8R7HFCH0OZJIQAJC48Z/IMG_4361.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration This photo and the next two are transoms from the Old Post Office. Here, the original makers technique can be questioned. These sash should have been made from four parts, not three. Grain structure gets weak as the curve processes. Problems like this reflecting a misunderstanding of the material are very unusual and with modern machines and adhesives here we will return the sash not good as new, but better than new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691574-Z7RT3FYXZV4VTTY9VNGS/IMG_4369.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754690501-3H9AEN4LI34J2YY6DWGV/IMG_4142.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration When required, sash are reduced to their separate components. Hector oversees inventory and re-gluing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754689388-QNH327M9ZOKWWYX3XS6Q/IMG_0224.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration The main sash restoration bench at our current facility. Good men with good tools and apparatus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754666847-HZ55SO464CDLXCIPQFCY/DSC00224.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Old Shop (Copy) Old Shop Our old alley facility near Howard University was a small, but sufficient work space. We left there in 2012 and now work in 23,000 SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754671014-U4QD2LH6DS8PCREII4EK/DSC00239-1.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Craftsmen (Copy) Craftsmen Simon Cook at the table saw, he is the principal leader on large projects today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754671161-AEGRGMCKHJP06ZTWFTGM/DSC00307.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery New meets old again, this is Spanish Cedar, our second pick for replacement parts. The cedar is lighter and easier to machine than Sapele Mahogany, which is our most favored specie for replacement parts fabrication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754667250-NLQPBO4S2KL2D2S8KXX8/DSC00228.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery New meeting rail meets old stile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754672215-9KQRMSJGHYSMQQAPN5Y1/DSC00847-001.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration About 50% of our restoration sash get fully disassembled. For muntin replacement, this is a certain requirement. This sash will go together and no one will notice the two major repairs you see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754679005-NWA77K2WNO0VIBGYB9FH/G.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754678344-PC338ZMFEC8WWI1MS3W4/F.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754675609-C1KCF9GH5FVI9IE8AOME/E.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration This photo and the next two depict discriminating removal and replacement of decayed material. Maintaining profiled components and joinery elements maintains the texture of the original fabric best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687189-NIFRQ94T09GKXLE2F1V6/IMG_0057.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687356-QRQPCYZ1AESSHVGKF5SA/IMG_0192.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery We made 4,000 reproduction sash for the GSA headquarters. The joinery is made additionally complicated by the use of insulating, blast glass at this project. More on this question of the use of insulating glass in historic wood windows elsewhere on the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754687471-L9PNH9ZCY9TAJ4W4REU2/IMG_0193.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery This is machine-made joinery. We cut this mortise and tenon 8,000 times for a major sash run for the federal government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754702175-9KEJPU4CN5VVMX2K0OIW/IMG_6199.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery The primary mortise and tenon joint with modern Aliphatic resin glue makes these sash of Northeastern White Pine just a bit better than they every were. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754705484-ZT9JPOJKDR4KHUX9DCK5/IMG_8183.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Meeting Rails (Copy) Meeting Rails There is a lot of work in the Spanish Cedar meeting rail reproduction component you see here. The bottom rail of the top sash is the weakest link in the classic double-hung wood window construction. Note this sash has through tenons at muntin ends. This enhances the mechanical strength of the window and is essential to such a delicate meeting rail maintaining it’s shape and purpose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754714622-LE10KDDKJD5LDV0LDUFK/IMG_20140107_154832.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754709707-MIXA9072V1BUJ71Q2L4E/IMG_20130326_090644.jpg Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery This is a primitive sash, probably early 19th century, where the adhesion provided by animal glues was modest at best. Here, a wedge enhances the joint’s strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754716973-Y9CX9GSMT2V55KBMGB7U/Y.JPG Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754663110-5PUV7DVRJNT8CTU6IRCR/12.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery This photo expresses a commitment to restoration, joinery like this requires excellent tools and craftwork. To replace only what must be replaced is a primary guide for us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754713341-PSG34HADBFM5DZ2O0O52/IMG_20130716_101250.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754715219-6GV0B98YKHP8EL1YGDVC/IMG_20140710_103404.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754711144-I1ZN6Y1QGSOVKLH6SID1/IMG_20130327_103233.jpg Window Restoration Gallery - Meeting Rails (Copy) Meeting Rails Original through tenon at meeting rail. With that description one can sense the inherent strength in this connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754684673-JOKWI2SMLP55LSSK7P3B/IMG_0010.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Dutchman (Copy) Dutchman Simple Dutchman repair in Spanish Cedar on a 200 year old sash. The asset of modern adhesives is on par with craft in allowing this good millwork to return to service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754712841-KGTJVROHF4LHTXOQ8R9L/IMG_20130710_082807.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754712431-4W3L8FTM2M36XURSJ1KX/IMG_20130710_081928.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754711471-3M33K64XZ77I17BANQHM/IMG_20130327_103526.jpg Window Restoration Gallery - Dutchman (Copy) Dutchman Broken muntin fins are a common problem and only well-repaired after a sash is stripped. Here, the new Spanish Cedar component is set in a shallow groove to give it purchase to the original muntin. These sash were heavily decayed and will require extensive use of epoxies and abrasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754691838-72BLK3JLYRXFSR8F7MTK/IMG_4745.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560435725681-TW3MDEKTGYWWX4VMXIC9/100_0072.jpg Window Restoration Gallery This is a common failure particularly on thicker sash. We replace the muntin fin with Sapele Mahogany. This added element sits in a groove at its base and in a shallow mortise at its ends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754700017-IWX4NGZJLGG3K6T2KB0U/IMG_5348.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Epoxy (Copy) Epoxy Sash from the Sulgrave Club, Dupont Circle. You can see some Dutchman, but it’s the magic of epoxy that allows this sash to carry on. Notice the axis of decay through the vertical line of the sash. From the bottom of the photo, the most profound decay, is due to its sill which had no slope. The first Dutchman above is the muntin fin which had similar puddling problems. Above it, this radius element lacked sufficient grain structure, and decay at the top likely precipitated from a bad drip condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637784867481-57LDJ584RTA6YFF6PIBW/IMG_0627.jpeg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754683960-RZ19HI5Y38CXASMJZ4F2/IMG_0006-2.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Epoxy (Copy) Epoxy Epoxy consolidant and fill from Abatron. In this photo and the next see its common use and application. Ideal material for its density and flexibility. Used in this way on most every project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754684608-EAAIPDM21B54LGIA1HSS/IMG_0009-2.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Epoxy (Copy) Epoxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754681104-ZZQOUOZ1FIRS0I32Y8XW/I+Phone+2+042.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Restoration (Copy) Sash Restoration These are 200 year old sash from the Maret School. When our process is complete they will be good for another 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754694416-J64WIULLF0SBFUUM9JFX/IMG_5076.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Sash Finishing (Copy) Sash Finishing Sash finishing space at our current facility, with abundant light and ergonomic benches, the finish obtained here far exceeds what one can do on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099313849-VY9907S4MI6ZX1IPXI5I/100_0596.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099318828-M1U5EG3026TSEB2G2HX0/Google+Plus+from+I+Phone+606.JPG Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447073763-ZHKGV8D6LFOIZ67Z2ITQ/100_0704.jpg Window Restoration Gallery Our craftsmen are well versed using traditional window glazing techniques https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637695169862-MRCHVF85KB37GALX4E2O/image-asset.jpeg Window Restoration Gallery Fresh glazing putty on the sash rabbet has to air-dry for at least 10 days before the primer is applied https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560099319119-0UINP4QKR4VGVDFC8WRN/IMG_0022.JPG Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754702140-HP1OP4SHV5DOMFP2SG99/IMG_7069.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Glass (Copy) Glass Good lighting on the sash easels reveals the subtle varigation of late 19th century glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754663376-DQ0MPQNY08LJNBZOY1O6/100_0061.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754706783-KGB5T79OVMWGDYXP24K2/IMG_20130130_113216.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754713963-SL8K5J1XWEBDS7T3E4IF/IMG_20131009_111605.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754714297-QH5YIZ3RA0P8FUSIBK92/IMG_20131010_113812.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754694196-GVAIJLT097DJXXAF9DNS/IMG_5088+%281%29.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Joinery (Copy) Joinery The stop bead here is coped, not mitered, for a joint at the window head which allows for some movement without revealing a gap. This is for a large job for the U.S. Congress. We were able to machine-cope all these elements in the shop prior to installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783775622-HJWPPAQPZ1X24DENM3MR/KEL_2353.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754674575-8DGFSV0KTH3D9S6CSGN3/DSC00311.JPG Window Restoration Gallery - Weatherstripping (Copy) Weatherstripping Here the weatherstripping is prepared to accommodate top sash pulleys. It turns out a woodworking jig is ideal for creating this cut out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754707061-4QJCTXME2TZXIF6XVTMZ/IMG_20130130_113922.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754698856-BSXSIXIV5SDP97SHDHD2/IMG_5282.JPG Window Restoration Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559754715033-LK4CN4FV17CDHDJE74Y9/IMG_20140210_122010.jpg Window Restoration Gallery https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/asbury-methodist daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447180016-1RCJHQ4UGSAGDG0R10AK/100_0638.jpg Asbury Methodist On this window is the original paint from 1890 and maybe one or two coats from the 20th century. We restored these clock tower windows in position. Here again the old pine rules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447178778-GOOPBV13G1WLEM6N090B/100_0611.jpg Asbury Methodist Another project making clear the value of original growth pine. This variety is denser, likely from the south differing from most window material in this town which is northeastern white pine. Neither of these species from currently harvested trees will yield anything like the natural durability of the original growth timber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447178819-CM2ALFHM567MFUB22WGN/100_0612.jpg Asbury Methodist The same team that is now painting, removed the original paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447180154-KOU7Q65NV4BEFIGOMLE1/100_0650.jpg Asbury Methodist Here, oil primer is applied prior to sealants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447181410-9VJSMOFFW0Y8WFX7LKI6/100_1454.jpg Asbury Methodist We decided on this steel reinforcement plate in order to save great expense in time in a complete window frame removal. While not an exacting preservation technique, this fix worked and when faux finished, was barely visible from a pedestrian’s view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447181142-PD8R84261MP0ILZ85Y4D/100_1441.jpg Asbury Methodist This stained glass at the north entry was prized by the congregation. Said to have Tiffany components, we cleaned and re-grouted interior and exterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805429376-VMPAZB8TKVVRBVVZMWMH/100_0672.jpg Asbury Methodist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805430790-ZV13J7UTOQBUYCP1M8IK/100_1380.jpg Asbury Methodist The restoration at Asbury Methodist focused mostly on the wooden steel window components, the leaded glass, but for 10% was in good shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805431173-PZDJCFJ8A0IUEZHU9W1M/100_1381.jpg Asbury Methodist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805447825-EEB1PKTPMNB2Z7ZKVW0Q/100_1460.jpg Asbury Methodist https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/gsa-modernization daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445242020-KCJ4OHEZPOKTOWOZEIKK/IMG_0132.JPG GSA Modernization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445106197-N7LZ27EFR8FWAP1K6IEC/IMG_0027.JPG GSA Modernization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445106341-RZV17WNXQE2G9FC6TZJA/gsa+sills+008.JPG GSA Modernization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445106457-3GP3XDDC2K51XVTM3RTW/IMG_0035.JPG GSA Modernization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445106651-R5W36S0BSV4LF5R7IG74/IMG_0123.JPG GSA Modernization https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/leaded-glass daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098248818-G6NOP558667D37UT8YX4/100_0499.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098251568-BLZVUG5DGPWN0BFBFWCZ/100_0501.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098248820-K9506F7DPD8YRIU4DVI4/100_0500.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098245828-ZJ0AYGFJP515K3O1BLU0/4.22.16+449.JPG Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098245834-R8P5DTB34F7RWKPQ8MLF/4.22.16+450.JPG Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098250944-TZQ6AHX4L50VY5D5NJ9E/100_0502.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098253425-KC0V9RHB2XX15CZ1315Z/100_1229.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098253705-6OS89S1D8PENQ8B3LQ4N/100_2427.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098254747-N0GYJQX9Y15S6HC5HOTU/100_2432.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098264818-N5RH5JBPQTF5TTWO8BD0/284.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098257553-YTIFRYXB3RF79WXZ44O2/285.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098260380-171AMTYWG9A0TPMZFB80/362.jpg Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098262268-DSFTD8F74ZUIR8ISN8B8/IMG_0007.JPG Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098265172-X9SN9H29ZYY85NOQULCR/IMG_0045.JPG Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098267637-GR5RLZFWZJGUG5BHR948/IMG_0091.JPG Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098266993-SMQDA3YO6AYG152T5P6M/IMG_0337.JPG Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098271897-W034EQUU3V8SA9LKRGFH/IMG_9997.JPG Leaded Glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098272397-O960FC5RENV003OZJAQ7/IMG_9998.JPG Leaded Glass https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/paint daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098637024-3E7O6SF8ST8QXQ22H438/IMG_9785.jpg Paint My Benjamin Moore rep says this is the best paint they’ve ever made, and we agree. Expensive and worth it, high-bond, color retention, and most important for operable wooden windows, a surface tension higher than most other acrylic paints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098621694-3WATJYN3FZ9MRU8ED8AR/72.jpg Paint Catalyzed paint from Sherwin Williams for metal. Excellent gloss and bond. We became a fan when using as specified for Canal Gate parts for the lock gates in Georgetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098621511-WEZSZLGGXXLDJ4M5Y36K/75.jpg Paint Primer for the Acrolon. Outstanding bond and surface preparation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098635662-QQP7Q930SLWDY2BQU167/IMG_3864.jpg Paint We are stripping thousands of sash for U.S. Congress. This is a typical result out of the steamer. Modern latex paint applied over heavily decayed oil-base paint makes for a mess. When old oil paint becomes this degraded, they must be completely stripped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098623643-49QU9O9R1IUT487308Y0/898.jpg Paint This paint is dry. With a gloss unmatched, the fine paints of Europe, oil-based coatings, are dramatic and rich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098625859-URERDOMY2ZO1X8V2Y54R/901.jpg Paint Applied to a stable substrate, this coating can endure 15 years. It makes for an outstanding front door finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098631820-H255RD1YFKJQECAIDPUP/IMG_0676.jpg Paint FPE paint delivers exceptional results only after meticulous preparation and immaculate spray booth conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560098628443-7XMG3ZZAT07OTNAQMGZS/1007.jpg Paint Reproduction sash for the U.S. Navy improved thermal performance through insulating glass. The green is spray applied Macropoxy and Acrolon. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/carnegie-library daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144320688-P8V0DMBZMEQCNRORRCKA/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.30.27+AM.png Carnegie Library The history of preservation and modernization of old buildings is like two steps forward, one step back. At Carnegie, the city negotiated window improvements for allowing the Convention Center construction team to use the property. Someone specified an insulating glass conversion to the hundred-year-old sash. It was this work and not the 100 years of service that basically destroyed the windows. Here, the insulating glass is set in the historic window with careless and irregular machining and worse, set in traditional glazing putty. Of course, as the paint film decayed, capillary action occurred, and moisture got to the seal in the insulating glass precipitating its failure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144318971-C9BRIKB60UVJMVVYUSAR/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.30.35+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144323957-KSQPJTOKAEGWX1COV99O/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.30.47+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144327869-GGOOJ8TLGFQKKRK7G5J7/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.05+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144332346-0PLULM2M1CXD6SF01OWU/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.18+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144339069-4K8B2ZB2VSJWIQETW1SZ/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.26+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144345063-OL9DNXTDAAZATTCAVSZQ/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.33+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144346602-W0XBOV75ZX8NX7FP5EVY/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.39+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144357549-A9MD7DM5K1BWSXJ8HV9R/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.44+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144358980-F8WLQ642EENGQY4SUY07/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.48+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144361060-2D6XEL4IC89I1I8KGDJY/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.31.55+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144369315-XKOZ23QXUBXAMITS8VKA/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.00+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144368764-IA3466OKHK5QEWITAUV6/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.05+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144383088-ZJ48GMIEQQBX962571SY/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.10+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144373168-KC60JY7VGLEREE3Q7REK/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.16+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144388388-RCMYCBZZYXDW76TG8CKV/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.21+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144390330-OVD46KYCJ25CQH29H7QW/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.27+AM.png Carnegie Library After 115 years, this building has found its ideal app. Vibrant in the mid-century, automobile traffic soon isolated it from pedestrian access. In 1977, the library was moved to what is now a vital landmark building as well, and since that time, various museum plans have come and gone. This Beaux-Arts structure is honestly not the best-built monumental building we have helped restore in this town, but a good cleaning and good fix-up have wiped the slate clean, and now this will be one of Apple’s best stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144392386-HJ91T2W9GQU5LE5S1JVX/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.32+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144404167-7678T7LOQC4S44K7MQ1S/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.38+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144406182-4DXQSK8Z1CY3VDMKR7L8/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.43+AM.png Carnegie Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1559144407655-P4UHUIPQWGKL5IFW01K6/Screen+Shot+2019-05-29+at+11.32.48+AM.png Carnegie Library 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These first two photos show the varied door faces, one with panels and bolection molding and the other completely flush. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) had the original drawings where this type was called unbalanced. A strange aesthetic to reinforce hierarchy: only the door faces used by a Member of Congress were elaborated. It seems that having a relatively fancy face and a simple one makes the door only half difficult to fabricate, but indeed, it is twice as difficult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446042528-22WCA7DPD9UB5YV1QBEL/IMG_7222.JPG Rayburn Doors Flush door face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446043973-FHZY4GW8H0GWR85661SW/IMG_7225.JPG Rayburn Doors A handsome 60s take on door panel treatments. This too, more difficult than traditional raised panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446028761-L8PTFJUSXBGIALZZSDQ0/4.22.16+962.JPG Rayburn Doors These stave cores were specified by AOC to be solid wood, not particle board. The quality difference is something they know. The long-term durability of real wood is for them, proven. These cores go into a small segment of the 120 doors we made for Rayburn that would be flush on both sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446028806-RH7UWU85VQZA5HM4EP67/4.22.16+960.JPG Rayburn Doors Precise machining, correct sequence, and a modern surface sander are keys to flush door production. Everyday thousands of these doors are produced by large manufacturers. Here, it was our job, because the face veneers were required to be 1/8” thick by the AOC. Veneer this thick must be sawn and not sliced, so few woodworking facilities produce doors of this quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446030303-K6Q3FHLFB5GE0CXFDRC1/4.22.16+964.JPG Rayburn Doors Here the premium walnut thick sawn veneers are grain matched and laid out for gluing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446030375-RBLOYMN93TPII1HTT6LA/4.22.16+966.JPG Rayburn Doors Premium American black walnut mostly goes to veneer mills. Just sourcing this 100% heartwood free of pin knots in board stock took a bit of looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446031991-D0J3U9SM6PZ3KO6I1QHM/4.22.16+970.JPG Rayburn Doors This veneer, 1/1000th of an inch thicker than an 1/8 of an inch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446033164-N1U0L8BLMBX6SVCYCJFW/4.22.16+973.JPG Rayburn Doors This door core with a coating of Titebond veneer-grade glue is ready for the press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446033433-1VC7YS9W7302SLOV29RL/4.22.16+974.JPG Rayburn Doors The foreground shows, as does the item being coated, a sawn walnut veneer 1/8” x 36” x 84”. This is the maximum thickness most wood species would still act as a veneer and not take on the characteristics of board stock itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446034926-CTLEM8YJ7Y5X812DY5I3/4.22.16+975.JPG Rayburn Doors Sequence and coordination drive efficiency, as does technology. This pneumatically driven vacuum press is a beautiful and simple, effective device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446035123-NDNHECQV70P9W98UKXNK/4.22.16+978.JPG Rayburn Doors The veneer press relies on the column of air above every square inch of this planet. That column of air weighs about 14 pounds. If you take the air out from under that column, you have 14 pounds per square inch pressing on your veneer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446036730-U4HTHTN3L1P0AW5YZDCB/4.22.16+979.JPG Rayburn Doors Blue box below draws a vacuum through a compressed air driven venturi pump. Jake helps settle in the bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446039656-N6M4QCCATJXLFMACOJ6Y/IMG_0011.JPG Rayburn Doors We sawed and laid up over 5,000 square feet of 1/8” thick veneer for this project. The planer in the left-rear handles 37” wide materials. It was built in the 1920s and restored here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446036785-MUCI59MXB2KAIUDGQDT6/4.22.16+1194.JPG Rayburn Doors This run of 126 doors fills the corridor and offices on the ground floor at Rayburn. These new spaces will be the temporary offices for those congressmen displaced by the four-phase renewal at the adjacent Cannon House Office Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446040279-6LBB10DUL5PFOVW1FA1D/IMG_0124.JPG Rayburn Doors Rayburn door production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446039922-HIIJ16CYTND10731M6V1/IMG_0120.JPG Rayburn Doors The rails and stile are our sawn veneers. In the panel field, the government specified sliced veneers. The distinction here is strong on the finished door, less so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446042547-MP0TASRMOJIOCN3QFCZ9/IMG_0145.JPG Rayburn Doors Without hand sanding as the last step, evidence of swirl and cross-grain sanding will always present through the finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560968200625-AZVBZJT3RNEZVWRL4EV6/IMG_7238.JPG Rayburn Doors Scrutiny from AOC was plentiful both during the process and upon completion. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/russianresidence daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156738801-G9DWENETTAZ9J477QEOI/IMG_0932.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence In this phase, our work was limited to third floor fenestration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156726534-RFM0WH0ZFALR3Z5TVGBU/IMG_0781.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence These large casement sash are replacements the Russians made in the ‘90s. Very unusual to see sash made of plain sawn oak in this region. They had fit problems and failing insulating glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156685139-FZP6VD9FH7BZP17NPODA/IMG_0331+%28Edited%29.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Early mock-up for enhanced meeting stile weatherstripping. Traditional interlocking zinc weatherstripping enhanced with modern silicone rubber bulbs. We added a third piece of silicone tube in the bend of the zinc metal at the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156734385-DH0WWCAE35JDARF5Z6NL/IMG_0917.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156799642-OMT9YT3X9WIYDSRBLL5H/IMG_5737.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence All finishing done in house, these sash received their acrylic paint in our spray booth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156799942-EQNCC2IIW9Z6L34GEVEF/IMG_5700.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence These are the few double hung sash we made using the same technique for the thick insulating glass. We made two sash frames for each opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156687626-SB6XOI5TW4A8CP7DFU55/IMG_0336.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence For a durable, seamless, and authentic profiles at the exterior, these thick sash were basically two components laminated together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156694162-KOWD8BQOCQ5RBBXTQ4OM/IMG_0338.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence High performance polyurethane caulk is used at the joint between glass and wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156696700-3T8J3YGTDSVJ15MLP8O6/IMG_0339.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Clamping jigs kept sash dead flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156707310-HHBRV17UHMFIGCMQBOGK/IMG_0405.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580167520145-XRMKD7CRG9BBFITXY9OW/IMG_0403.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Note the groove in sash in foreground, this provides an index for perfect alignment between the two sash layers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156721324-HITQ98Q5K5VGFKBZW875/IMG_0762.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Fabricating the insulating glass panels in house allows us to coordinate the alignment of the three layered muntins perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156723613-SYXDKQOYSE52QDT0MWLJ/IMG_0763%28Edited%29.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Further, we can provide more space for more sealant where it is most needed at the bottom of the sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156702025-XKG16ATH8Z4GSEPJTNNG/IMG_0403.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156727718-R214L3ZTTQ9IOM1EB103/IMG_0899.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence The Russians were cooperative and thoughtful in their communication, they did insist we install these viewing windows in thee containment chambers and maintain security in every room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156730382-B7MXGA7SS27FY6WVADGC/IMG_0902.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence This is the ambassador’s home office. Protection and containment throughout the project were paramount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156730485-5W4B24N98Q9UU9QACNN4/IMG_0903.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence The ambassador moved out for two months during installation. This is his dining room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156737897-O1I4TH71N8YB0AL7ZQEL/IMG_1030.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Our lead paint removal technicians have a keen sense for safety of themselves and the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156749191-KU2QH30QEXI1TOGF6G8H/IMG_1056.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Details in this fine building are a bit more Czarist than Stallinist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156755594-ZAUUUPD48O6E33UF8RGR/IMG_1132+%28Edited%29.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Stripping, cleaning, polishing, lacquering, and then lubrication before final assembly. Doing all this work in house gives us the control we need to finish a complicated project in a few months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156760543-EN5Q1O8I8Z8CNYD71ZKT/IMG_1133.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Cremone hardware is elemental to paired casement sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156787594-JDM0RDBCV3ET5MZ2PV19/IMG_1792.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence These window screens are solid Sapelle mahogany, as well, finished to the same level as the windows. They are readily removed for maintenance and will likely last 50 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156767493-YHM1ZZTXV01D7VU7ZB0D/IMG_1470.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence The many profiles and surfaces involved in each sash and frame joint require precision fitment on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156771069-LL2GCDSTCXTL581DCH3P/IMG_1491.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Yes, we restore the original slotted solid brass and bronze screws, as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156774067-5MSVLU7JG6S9KYVELLZV/IMG_1623.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence We used extruded bronze drip edges for durability, to the left is the original mill finish, to the right a piece satin burnished in our high energy tumbler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156773304-ELPCMOMQ37HKO6GZIZJ9/IMG_1649.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence These radial sash require templating to achieve a precise fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580167495383-DMQCLGXO294MKIKCFF6F/IMG_1194.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Note white rubber tube in groove adjacent hinge. This tube will be compressed against the 100 year old zinc weatherstripping at the frame. This discreet ingredient significantly improves the window’s attenuation of sound and thermal transference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156776848-IZGG0YW2GTPYHXBL5RW0/IMG_1778.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence A completed casement with all its furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156777219-P0O2Z9KZ6L1Y9UVJK2AL/IMG_1779.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156781557-HM9762MSD11UCCQ6K1DW/IMG_1780.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence This window has an insect screen mounted outside. The muntin alignments took into consideration viewing at typical eye level so as here, one can barely see the screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156780650-KWZJT33095SCGJFKJ0OA/IMG_1782.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Meticulous final clean up, essential to a successful project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637689234991-9DS2NJGVEPNQBHCMKKOI/IMG_1791.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Here you can see the window screens with original sash stays. New bronze drip edge is an original cremone keeper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156792876-VKA3K63K0J3BR6BUNGQE/IMG_1799.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence A wonderful phenomenon was apart of this building at its east elevation. A completely reflective modern structure returns back a view of the Russian residence. Windows at the center of this image are those that we reproduced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156796785-IVKEU74TFZO7YLHO86ZW/IMG_1804.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence This shop is funny sometimes, here we restored the Russian pulley, but used the same chain installed at the Trump hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156797990-UDDGGOCY3FXAS7RBHK47/IMG_1807.jpg Russian Ambassador's Residence Since the elevator, never again will steps be so elegantly made. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/octagon-museum daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445740707-5QQFP1MJ40NO2UAZ5F4G/IMG_6121.JPG Octagon Museum A wonderful building and the only left of this type near the Mall. Most all of the doors and windows are original. Circa 1800. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445733898-X5UKOE2OSPOP3T5BOG4S/IMG_5368.JPG Octagon Museum Octagon hardly describes the shape of this building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445740935-HP4XE8B8YV25D6WW364E/IMG_5389.JPG Octagon Museum In this photo one can perceive the delicate window component parts indicating the building’s construction before the Industrial Revolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215754012-XOWZAQIVF84LFEY1ZSWP/IMG_7278.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215742077-BQU6CIQXYIIJ4AR2YPFJ/IMG_7044.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445734223-CVZS5GDVML031TPGPH4C/IMG_5361.JPG Octagon Museum These sash are 210 years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215718813-GM20BYNBXJNK514AX5ZJ/IMG_5364.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215731108-2F20OFX9OO69HMVY8YI2/IMG_5386.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215723600-DQOJJBDRWOE0KQH2XDZV/IMG_5372.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215728043-J69U2DCG6R4D215KCXIU/IMG_5379.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215727694-IMP4JHAU9E0M2S96DLTU/IMG_5378.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215711357-2WR7HNW1KAHHYAUVWK40/IMG_5362.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445743346-56MP2WUUB02MIN6N34J6/IMG_6549.JPG Octagon Museum This pulley is handmade. The replacement rope is the wrong material and wrong weave. The Octagon Museum pulleys revealed four primary stages in the evolution of industrial technology in the 19th century. Here is the first one — a blacksmith with saw and file. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215711460-SLM86OIUBATD2QQ2EJBX/IMG_5363.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215718984-IBP7Q4CBE63WIEFB8L1G/IMG_5370.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215732210-CPKJN0RWZUCPGS4PO0L2/IMG_5388.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215737193-3GR09BPEL8RI0LBK0JKH/IMG_6544.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215738572-Q40VWB3X21LZ9EPSVG24/IMG_6545.jpg Octagon Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215740980-ITC2R7164WW747J8YY8Y/IMG_6548.jpg Octagon Museum https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/randolph-janney-cabinet daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454388537-BJ544G657G2MBNQ48N5Z/CandJ_0003.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454388683-192NK1MGDJXQYXGPN2OO/CandJ_0018.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454388753-E6Z6BKVWLDD8T34E7FJX/CandJ_0024.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454388877-8H3JZ657V2US7ZMIB8UE/CandJ_0028.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389027-4AGFL0FUU9PTO7NDTH4M/CandJ_0036.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389107-YP6DELV2PWJQYHMT9UNP/CandJ_0038.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389192-8DF8HHX29ML5IU9RHOTM/CandJ_0040.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389314-D3Q44NYZUX6JXE6GVLRM/CandJ_0045.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389449-5EPFKDHHLID4BH2JCIDU/CandJ_0048.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389531-8PONATYU2ZYV5A8VOL9X/CandJ_0051.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389679-L2DC6TAUGKV1Z5LIM9G3/CandJ_0052.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389808-2026Q20VV71T4LPC2PTB/CandJ_0054.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389740-OM3589P1YXW8OGP7FRFC/CandJ_0053.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454389955-DA5HON7AFPEP0MJT7ZO8/CandJ_0056.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454390017-28GN1B3HOFA33I8CUAA3/CandJ_0057.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1558454400042-3GTEI2N6VB0H8U3N4RID/CandJ_0062.JPG Randolph Janney Cabinet https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/sulgrave-club daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446088077-GIA37BD6MYNDLFW8SYEJ/IMG_20140707_121357.jpg Sulgrave Club The elegant interior at Sulgrave Club, said to be the last of the Dupont Circle mansions in original condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446087548-LWLMTVA9HEX7468M547H/IMG_5423.JPG Sulgrave Club Often our work involves complete envelope restoration. Here we worked with masons and roofers during the window restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446085463-6U7U88SWY7DEMWFK9H90/IMG_5409.JPG Sulgrave Club Ten more years and these oval sash would not be restorable. Delicate work to revive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446082139-V31HSDGLSC6T2B50KUAU/IMG_4266.JPG Sulgrave Club Our sash steamers provide the most gentle means possible to remove paint from delicate historic fabric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006438074-ONWOD8AFT9PC5BKDEIN9/IMG_4264.JPG Sulgrave Club This decay will be epoxy repaired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006760961-C6KV9EQ10SR05P9W7P6B/IMG_4263.JPG Sulgrave Club This is a weak area in the grain structure. Similar problems are occurring in jambs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446082746-8J1IN7Y4ZP1ZDTE31L8D/IMG_4291.JPG Sulgrave Club One of the few common mistakes in traditional building fenestration. This decay occurs because despite the curved linear nature of the window, there is no slope at the sill. All this decay starts at the very center bottom of the window frame. This problem was wide-spread at the Eastern Market as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006440773-UYX6H05PJZMARX95PPAT/IMG_4293.JPG Sulgrave Club Those angled breaks are not miters. The brick mold has swelled from the bottom to push forward the material where weakest on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446082393-RNICAXTLIDQKW7AHONNL/IMG_4290.JPG Sulgrave Club Full safety gear and nice scaffolding make for efficient work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006464683-M769NUTVKORBT1NMGMDC/IMG_2162.JPG Sulgrave Club Note sash profile here. Very unusual and very complicated. A unique part of challenge of this project. There are both Ovolo and Ogee profiles, and none large enough to take paint well. Some have been eroded due to condensation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006459119-5NHV75KOBOSR1EGGER8G/IMG_2215.JPG Sulgrave Club Sash during steaming process. A last scrape to muntin exterior. Most paint was removed with heat and steam. Paint at interior muntin profile was removed with chemical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006983928-QAXXMW194GATW9OQY12I/IMG_4260.JPG Sulgrave Club Reproduction muniting in original sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006444217-PZR8764G2QI59DK040X3/IMG_2365.JPG Sulgrave Club Here five mock-up sash are receiving mahogany profiles bonded to the meeting rails in order that the interlocking weather stripping fits precisely. White spots are Abatron epoxies. Note application of liquid penetrating epoxy first (the dark area around the white paste). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006442122-AXTXYNFOCA97G67B6ETS/IMG_4295.JPG Sulgrave Club A lovely restored traditional double hung wood window- mockup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590007078046-7527GSVYO17EM9H7T0SB/IMG_5397.JPG Sulgrave Club Before sealant application. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590007029786-YBY3KZKSNLWQTD0AWBD7/IMG_5394.JPG Sulgrave Club Immaculate sealant application at the Sulgrave Club . The extensive scaffolding at this project was an asset . https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/cannon-house daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444482565-4QVNYBKN4RDLKIKQ5MUY/IMG_7414.JPG Cannon House Office Building Beaux-Arts design circa 1903 — a beautiful neighbor to the Capitol Dome, Cannon was the first structure built to house offices for congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215369353-4QX8QGH04TL20IGJ24GK/IMG_7127.JPG Cannon House Office Building Originally built before air-conditioning, even the top transom sash were operable. With modernized climate control, transom sash are fixed, double-hung sash are operable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1562084501556-U2G8OAB5JIXS29LB60DS/IMG_20130311_070345.jpg Cannon House Office Building The rotunda at Cannon is beautifully detailed and beautifully-scaled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215374608-YLTZ1AO8VNAAM62RERYB/IMG_20130211_125809.jpg Cannon House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444482652-5NVCVI0JMG5PWP8VCJDU/IMG_20130211_130307.jpg Cannon House Office Building The Cannon renewal is planned for eight years in four phases. We will restore 1,000 doors and nearly 8,000 window sash for this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444480046-CTB5MM2LJYZTZWU6R29Z/IMG_3172.JPG Cannon House Office Building Security on this project and access to documents sometimes confounded production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215368555-FQ7RTE139491TP6K4CC0/IMG_5261.JPG Cannon House Office Building All original hardware is solid bronze. These lock bodies were eliminated in favor of a modern Schlage® lock body and raised for modern ADA standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215370312-BWEXXNDQR59W978S6MWC/IMG_7149.JPG Cannon House Office Building The building’s envelope maintenance had been for too long delayed. Under the scrutiny of the people that wrote the laws, we removed all lead paint from all doors, windows, and associated millwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802668717-O38O1K922WR4YN261ESP/IMG_1253.jpg Cannon House Office Building If the poplar doesn’t rot away it will do this, either shrink or grow, until connections are no more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802621973-GVH61CG3QKXWPK68XJ7R/IMG_1832.jpg Cannon House Office Building Even old growth pine in extreme conditions with nearly no maintenance can decay until absent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802634060-E0OVXPO6F0DYVGXCET5M/IMG_2872.jpg Cannon House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802636862-K7R61YYQHNO9OFZ5QXEK/IMG_3751.jpg Cannon House Office Building Epoxy is the solution for weak fibers and voids. All of this will sand flush and be completely concealed under paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215377331-D4I7RETUF029N3ZYL7AP/IMG_20130327_103526.jpg Cannon House Office Building The original pine suffered from neglect. Often, this part of the muntin had failed and required renewal. There remains much sanding fill and multiple prime coats to get to a surface ready for finish paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802635599-89WCSUJN7LABD10WU80Y/IMG_3691.jpg Cannon House Office Building Failure of the muntins in this way was common at Cannon House. On this project every fiber of original fabric was conserved as possible. The original profile is on the delicate side for a building of this scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783098716-XKEL5GOXB1NCVK8QGH6I/image-asset.jpeg Cannon House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783147768-CHB7XKGQDYBA2ZGVHPYC/IMG_1967.jpeg Cannon House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802632857-BSTJ5FLDDSQYQBPXPWNQ/IMG_2029.jpg Cannon House Office Building This profile will actually allow the water to escape from the door’s surface as opposed to travel under the door and be wicked up within. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802629331-E8TFX3XJ6XFGOIQMO3LI/IMG_2028.jpg Cannon House Office Building Here, we have poplar again used to fabricate a drip edge so the wood specie is wrong, but also the profile. Slope is the second most important aspect to successful millwork in traditional buildings and here, that is disregarded, note the flat bottom on the drip. See next photo for correct shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802625853-M2RJYV38OZCXQNPCQ0Z9/IMG_2026+%28Edited%29.jpg Cannon House Office Building These terrace doors that look upon the Capital dome will be protected with blast glass. That they will no longer see moisture putting the poplar components back in service was the owner’s desire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802617336-99PVOFU5G2EGBSMZ0URZ/IMG_1255.jpg Cannon House Office Building Here, the poplar bottom rail has actually grown 5/16” in width. Poplar has nice density, nails and cuts well, but should never be exposed to any kind of moisture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802600818-ON8WV69P0PTZJA0P9FQG/IMG_4286.jpg Cannon House Office Building All sash, from every job are inked with a number upon removal and later stamped to make certain they return from the opening bay they came from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802596943-5TVX3EXM0ML5SPPF5QBU/IMG_5192.jpg Cannon House Office Building This is a tall operable, double hung window sash. Heavy exposure had the originals fail and this reproduction, likely from the 1980s, has already failed. The most egregious mistake one can make in this business is the use of poplar, outside. No matter the vintage, poplar is given to decay and tremendous movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783199424-XS1446NX6V68LZ0S8OFF/IMG_1986.jpeg Cannon House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637782880315-OU022BQ13KUN7LII95Y6/KEL_2087.jpg Cannon House Office Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974228570-MIPL4MGKBWECKJS8X7F0/IMG_0690.JPG Cannon House Office Building After 115 years of maintenance and neglect, the doors came to us in many shades of brown. These handsome solid mahogany doors will certainly endure another 100 years after our restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215365481-MOWZWQ3A2O1H12ZAMBRE/IMG_3143.JPG Cannon House Office Building Beautiful solid bronze hinges from 1903 were numbered per their position, polished, lacquered, and lubricated. Installed with original slotted bronze screws. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/georgetowncanalgates daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886651484-3756RXAOA2NJ2470ZOZZ/IMG_3568.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown This basic lock gate designed is a tried classic. Water pressure actually drives all joints tighter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886678867-AOPOW4MXM6LPHPBGNFRJ/IMG_7632.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Used or not, the gates are punished in the canal. We are told this gate is from the 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886639539-2ZF4HQXMOOS230217UPQ/IMG_3225.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown These are parts from the Georgetown gates we replaced. The decay here is so advanced because these parts were not pressure-treated after fabrication. The modern farm grove pine has low natural resistance to decay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886680035-B72RM8JGMG0CIKPTW1KO/IMG_7635.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Interesting here is the decay of the steel strap. The mild steel has nearly melted into the wood. The mild steel, in contrast to the cast iron, is far less durable in harsh conditions. It will flake away and become weak in its core. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886651808-61Y61X7HNI3R59ND7B1S/IMG_3561.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886675574-RQQJ25R01160CMFT3Q8E/IMG_7631.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown We developed shop drawings off existing gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886645127-TIKHMGZE1FFSUY2DZ3UL/IMG_3283.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Four-inch deep, carbide-tipped band saw is used to resize this timber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886647911-FHHEICCMMPAQ8TAIM4J9/IMG_3500.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown We fabricated this simple jig to make precise cuts with a chainsaw for the joinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886647502-A2P3L9T0TSRWXQRX2C04/IMG_3470.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Curious challenge to bring precision to large timbers and a chainsaw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886654264-OQ30MVWVOWY5H37V5FXG/IMG_3740.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Unusual for a millwork shop to have the project components dwarf the dools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886676017-XL04EA98BDVNSN5Y77CT/IMG_5893.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886659538-PWV4LZ66DQWPJIX0NR9A/IMG_4317.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Jigs, full-scale templates were key to precision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886662104-6AEJNOP2B03YPNQPN738/IMG_4806.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Three generations of Amish leaning in hard to talk money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886636590-OGC52N3JC1Q2GE1VIJTT/IMG_2412.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Cattail Foundry in Lancaster, PA made the hardware for the canal gates from patterns provided by the National Park Service. The Foundry is used to making smaller pieces, but delivered beautiful larger castings for the canal gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886657479-KU2ACIEINPO6WAI79NO8/IMG_3898.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Patterns for the hardware from Park Service were, but for one, perfect for the job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886667885-9L96JHIZI64UEUKH15DZ/IMG_4883.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown These cast iron parts will outlast the wood components by 50 years. Old parts could have been used for this set of gates, but Park Service decided for all new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886671409-O22KMZOHOK62PAVGE56I/IMG_5649.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Working with the Amish Foundry was very satisfying. They can readily do parts of this scale, custom, or otherwise. All of it from melted scrap iron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886656890-RZXCIQ9MS1FA4ASST86F/IMG_4075.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown This is a paint system we have come to now make a staple of our steel window work. National Park Service specified Sherwin-Williams, Acrolon and Macropoxy catalyzed primer and paint. Durable, high-bond, good sheen, all good, but can only be spray-applied. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886673688-5PLXRT8KZ5LPYIOOMLFJ/IMG_5870.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown A puzzle of components, these parts are ready for treatment. One can see here how post-fabrication treatment is critical for the parts’ protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886642454-B2F0DYV78NNG71LASIUL/IMG_3232.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Treated southern yellow pine at Culpeper Wood Preservers. The lighter colored center area of each 4x4 is the heartwood. Denser and no longer capable of capillary action it does not absorb the treatment, but for these same reasons is naturally resistant to decay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886642254-OERYF5ATPVXL11LTN4LN/IMG_3238.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Material enters the pressure chamber and remains there for four hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886644871-4QWUTQH3BO2OFTDEIRSC/IMG_3240.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown This is the holding vessel at Culpeper, the waterborne copper-base preservative travels from this tank to the pressure tank and back after each charge of wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886660601-W5MCLV6LEU3NYTNJSICC/IMG_4324.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown For this project, all components were fabricated, fit, and assembled. Then, all taken apart, and sent back to Culpeper for pressure treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886662517-7IE0LN88Y71D1W92JQ7B/IMG_4327.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown The parts returned and needed no numbering. No two parts were the same. The final complexity was the gates’ taper from their pivot side to the mitered post. This was part of the original early 19th century design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886667811-0FT5K9UTKYZNTCUFQQJZ/IMG_4872.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Upper lock gates are shorter, one less rail and a good bit more manageable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886666057-HH94MIUWRKJLDUUO8QB5/IMG_4871.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Moe is a shop dog and the inspector. Here he gazes on quite a contraption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886669286-Y03UXP7RL38YANOORW9U/IMG_5039.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Charles and Francisco built these gates and are happy to be finished. Hard, heavy, dangerous work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886673748-QH03DPTLPCSBXP1GHZPD/IMG_5043.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown This is it, all the weight of the gate rests here. The steel band is crucial to this pivot surviving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886683202-1LXCXPQ4UZ6GSLAXM43K/IMG_7760.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Beautiful day for the installation on 30th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886687399-PC8UX1ZB0D3QIHQOS0L4/IMG_7765.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown The taller lower gates with hardware weighed over 2,500 pounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886686161-Z3J0GYM42INL6W7Q1TFI/IMG_7764.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Plans are to once again run a boat on the canal from Georgetown to Harper’s Ferry. Canal walls were completely re-layed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886689543-3GPGSIF9F1F4YVL2FM5Z/IMG_7773.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown Installation for this job was handled by others. We never like this and wished to have been a part of this installation. These difficult one-off projects should be handled from shop drawings through installation by one resource. The work on this canal project, I think would have been better handled with a smaller team and more time. I look forward to a ride when they finish the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637693073047-ZGR0PFT9ZP706GS9JMJV/IMG_4985.jpg C&O Canal Gates. Georgetown https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/carnegie-library-for-apple daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579040905938-35EEFGF3JIIGJU0G5JCV/carnegie.jpg Carnegie Library for Apple The first Carnegie Library of Washington D.C. is a fine example of adaptive reuse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444767615-480KRSGC4ICD2NN6DZEP/Screen+Shot+2019-06-13+at+12.49.31+PM.png Carnegie Library for Apple I think after 115 years, this building has found its ideal app. Vibrant in the mid-century, automobile traffic soon isolated it from pedestrian access. In 1977, the library was moved to what is now an important landmark building as well, and since that time, various museum plans have come and gone. This Beaux-Arts structure is honestly not the best built monumental building we have helped restore in this town, but a good cleaning and good fix-up have wiped the slate clean and I think now this will be one of Apple’s best stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444766389-9P3P889LZVHFVE9IM4DB/Screen+Shot+2019-06-13+at+12.50.08+PM.png Carnegie Library for Apple North elevation—we reproduced all of these windows that had been basically destroyed through neglect and bad insulating glass retrofit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444750608-DHLSH9YN321LC3IBYU0T/IMG_7494.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple The front doors revealed the building’s challenged history. Somewhat ill-fitting modern design was modified and repaired over the century so that restoration was no longer sensible. We generated new details and design after a careful exploration of the existing door’s components. New doors are 2 1/2” solid oak hung on the original bronze hinges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444751608-WKZEK379CGQI073D1D1L/IMG_7500.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple For its vintage, It was a surprise the building contained plain sawn red oak and not the then widely available chestnut. The laminations that comprised this overly wide bottom rail had failed, thus replacement was the only reasonable option. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444752290-N0CDNAFEHAA3DLW1AI1R/IMG_7505.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple Existing doors revealed a plywood core likely from the year 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887132529-GJ3X7VYS48IKW5DLSRVC/Screen+Shot+2020-01-24+at+12.30.51+PM.png Carnegie Library for Apple The history of preservation and modernization of old buildings is something like two steps forward, one step back. At Carnegie, the city negotiated window improvements for allowing the Convention Center construction team to use the property. Someone specified an insulating glass conversion to the hundred year old sash. It was this work and not the 100 years of service that basically destroyed the windows. Here, the insulating glass is set in the historic window with careless and irregular machining and worse, set in traditional glazing putty. Of course, as the paint film decayed, capillary action occurred and moisture got to the seal in the insulating glass precipitating its failure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444770255-WQ9IAQSPOWKSZEW8IFG9/IMG_3039.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple The window frames on site were severely compromised in the 2001 restoration/destruction. Wrong materials and techniques had rendered the original millwork not just dysfunctional, but basically not improvable. This image displays the destructive techniques necessary to remove the reglazed sash. We replaced this jamb and 100 more with reproductions of the actual original. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444771115-K0K1SQTNJMW0LZ9MXU9W/IMG_3047.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple Modern sealants are amazing materials and essential to the flush conditions of modern architecture. They should however be used with discretion on historic buildings. The misuse of this polysulfide sealant at Carnegie contributed heavily to the destruction of historic fabric. Sometimes too good is just that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444775481-8SU7KXPGAX2SAAFIIE48/IMG_3085.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple The center pivot sash were easy and charming to use. We had looked forward to operating our reproduction sash by remote control through your Apple iPhone. However, owners decided to leave sash fixed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444774175-1I81621T06NNXH6YXSML/IMG_3077.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple Center pivot bronze hardware at Carnegie. More on this unusual hinge in our hardware segment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315237405-28DSUJR9BTJSVEB8L09B/IMG_4117.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple One hundred twenty year old bronze before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313642807-NLW2F7ZQRRLZY211CG39/IMG_5990.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple The windows at Carnegie were caulked shut, some in the late 1970s. These hinges hadn’t worked since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313748153-UHXOYZ5LOXPN50XZ0C4Q/IMG_5795.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple Apple was not much interested in material patinas. Hardware on right is original center-pivot hinge. Other components here pictured are modern bronze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313634746-0KSQOJ18OU8SO14YJCOS/IMG_5969.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple Simple, durable, and elegant. I have only otherwise seen this center-pivot hinge at the Corcoran School of Art, same vintage as Carnegie. This hinge makes for a robust mount and will endure public service much longer than a butt hinge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315240981-7XGR3HIDCZGON0PKDYLN/IMG_4242.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple One hundred twenty years hardware after soft media tumbling and cleaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315243795-PH8XJECOV6DTIIG3L0A6/IMG_6271.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313644704-19L4DXZLM7MGU5VTOK6M/IMG_6297.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple The original center-pivot sash were rendered weak and unusable by the modifications for insulating glass in 2000. We restored just these few so that they would remain as a record of the building’s original construction. All other windows of this type were reproduced in Sapele Mahogany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313747295-LNX3VNO7XTS4L1FZRIKT/IMG_5593.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple The new window frames at Carnegie were reproduced in the original size, details, and joinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313749375-L5I8W2ERP5JTJ73GCZ8M/IMG_6414.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple The sash at Carnegie reproduced the originals in their primary component sizes, but were machined for insulating glass and flush sticking at the interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313749655-0AGVV03Q7XH5N7V5XWA8/IMG_6446.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple At Apple, the exterior received a dark green acrylic paint and the interior’s were stained and lacquered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315217742-PJR09500OBX4SC3QOEET/IMG_2940.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple Apple spent a tremendous amount on this building, this is the now Genius Grove on the north side. Major structural work, all new stone surfaces, new skylight, and new reproduction windows now finish this space. Apple even undid some changes from the 1970s and later which now provide for the large center hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315254263-WZZJWFGUJRWNRL8GZS38/IMG_7281.JPG Carnegie Library for Apple South-facing doors were no longer strong enough or flat enough to provide service at a modern retail establishment. We built new solid Sapele doors, restored the leaded glass in transom above using the original hinges and modern custom-made pulls from Apple. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/tudor-place daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447380371-8TBQ1V4T9J5LRPEYF9GM/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_6e1.jpg Tudor Place Tudor Place, among my most favorite residences in Washington D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447380865-3W1SEQFZG5DROVGR92HZ/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_6f1.jpg Tudor Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447380378-GAJE3020TMAM4987R8UF/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_6ee.jpg Tudor Place Pictured here is the main house, our work was at the garage and guest quarters’ windows. https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/metal-windows-doors-gallery daily 0.75 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052704809-68DZV7A1LAYZGMRQDBRQ/IMG_9930.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center This run of 36 large window assemblies allowed for one good study and then something like mass production for the rest. Here, various components are sized, drilled, and ready for welded assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052620593-1LBNMPE1R0V7O91KO61Q/IMG_9716.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center To approximate original shapes of single pane glazed units, we assembled new profiles out of stock and as seen here, custom bent shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002413756-3GJVL7UIBDI26F3PXNCE/IMG_1095.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Steel Door Reproduction (Copy) Steel Door Reproduction A careful study of this photo shows the components used to replicate the original rolled steel profiles. By sheering flat stock and using available angles we can create all the shapes needed to make classic steel windows here in our Brentwood facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002482490-JPLDKMIUPRHSBNQWQEH5/IMG_1097.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Steel Door Reproduction (Copy) Steel Door Reproduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002576481-C78NFXUQLEFWHO2J8CFB/IMG_1412+%281%29.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Steel Door Reproduction (Copy) Steel Door Reproduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052714891-PGO5F1PO4GSGTSEDTD9R/IMG_0085.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center This image expresses a woodworkers mindset for jigging up operations so the welders work is highly accurate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052458625-2N1RAWZ1GL3F4ATUHBVP/IMG_2789.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Steel Shower Enclosure Mock-up (Copy) Steel Shower Enclosure Mock-up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052355617-FMNR65HCRMCYUFCH6I1X/IMG_2788.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Steel Shower Enclosure Mock-up (Copy) Steel Shower Enclosure Mock-up This is actually a shower surround built in a style of mid-century steel windows. It was glazed with restoration glass with a much more textured feel than modern monolithic glass shower surrounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052523682-14DIN38024WJ4INOU5LP/IMG_8767.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center The next twelve photos show the process and details for steel sash fabrication for the U.S. Navy at Carderock Surface Weapons Laboratory. Our windows reproduced the mid-century originals very closely with the added feature of insulated glass. We fabricated the steel components and the glass in house. Finish is Acrolon catalyzed paint by Sherwin Williams. Sash were operable, out swing awning style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052487710-2MN0CHNWI1TAU9ZIE3EY/IMG_6651.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Congressional Country Club (Copy) Congressional Country Club These details are from 1920's era Congressional Country Club Windsor room. Problems on this project were typical of the window type, built up paint, poor function, and bad fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560055430235-26ZT4KFWWRI1UNEAOL23/IMG_7004.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Congressional Country Club (Copy) Congressional Country Club These components are from the Congressional Country Club, the sash needed to be steamed to remove all putty and glass. We were able to free them from the openings by cutting the original pivot pins and making new bronze pins when the sash returned. This allowed for the highest quality glazing and paint work here in the shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002539052-NDXWM79OCBDMBSBHBO0L/IMG_1576.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Steel Component Preparation (Copy) Steel Component Preparation Work spills over into the motorcycle shop for priming and glazing of these steel windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560055497406-SPN8Y01OHWSCJ9QR1QNS/IMG_7011.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Congressional Country Club (Copy) Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560055495722-NY1943UU2RP0SHMEYEF6/IMG_7007.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Congressional Country Club (Copy) Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560055474349-6Z1DTBMEL07PVF1WZKHF/IMG_7005.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Congressional Country Club (Copy) Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560055493306-SMRZOWQMKILS8A8UPBPA/IMG_7006.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Congressional Country Club (Copy) Congressional Country Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560053638466-FEBE7JDBEQLC1WTI6BP7/Screen+Shot+2019-06-09+at+12.13.12+AM.png Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Steel Door Reproduction (Copy) Steel Door Reproduction The connections in curves are more easily had in steel work than woodwork. Here, a simple jig with hydraulic power creates this smoothly curving frame component. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002294683-P0A19QKD474F1XDRUQFD/IMG_20130722_202613.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Parts Fabrication for Annapolis Elementary School (Copy) Parts Fabrication for Annapolis Elementary School These three photos depict lathe work to produce unavailable hardware components for mid-century steel windows at the Annapolis Elementary School. These bronze pivots were all seized and the windows were dysfunctional. We cut out their old mounts and with these bronze components the windows worked beautifully again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002321150-HBN23O64MTE3A3QNY039/IMG_20130820_173054.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Parts for Annapolis Elementary School (Copy) Parts for Annapolis Elementary School Bronze pivots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052623453-8YLOGS5S3T19TSQ3XDFW/35.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center Bronze guides fit in pre-finished steel sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052625841-P8DDQGZV807GAE45PUEW/IMG_9732.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center Common problem in this traditional sash design is these pivots seizing. We hope the slurry of grace will last at least 50 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052658817-L555QIW9D2N6XN6V2XV7/IMG_9894.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052654310-3DZFOUBHCVF01WKSZRP4/IMG_9895.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052702127-SN85LC2DU8X7FEGHK5LN/209.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052599338-62KH2GI93QQ859MBWJTI/19.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052604437-82W0GO8QX38XHXWVDH47/IMG_9714.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center Removable aluminum stops are bonded in position to capture insulating glass panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052699780-QHGFT9YY9VV9CDEP7QDE/IMG_9919.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560052657034-TNR8OXUXUPZ7SFH5EJIR/IMG_9733.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Carderock Research Center (Copy) Carderock Research Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002391250-VBIMCJW4BBE0IYVH352Z/IMG_4258.jpg Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Corcoran School of Art (Copy) Corcoran School of Art In situ restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002216840-M0TOGKVA2YNFETI9HXCK/IMG_0026-4.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Current Obama Residence (Copy) Current Obama Residence When stripping this ironwork we discovered the bronze medallions. Revealing them brought more subtle attraction to the gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002208920-SC4H0ELLVWYFGTASVCD5/IMG_0024-4.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Current Obama Residence (Copy) Current Obama Residence At this house in Kalorama, we restored all steel windows and light fixtures, and designed and fabricated this railing in response to the motif of the iron gate over door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002152449-EE3BCZGR33TQLA2BLQCE/IMG_0014-4.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Current Obama Residence (Copy) Current Obama Residence Steel windows in our town were very popular between the world wars. They work well in Tudor-style domestic architecture. Decay is not a big problem as with wood windows, but function and weather-sealing are more of a challenge. For this project, we designed an interior storm window system to create a second layer and yet did not impact sash operability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560002137899-O2C3NNPVZ7A5ZVBCBKWL/IMG_0012-4.JPG Metal Windows & Doors Gallery - Current Obama Residence (Copy) Current Obama Residence Note first here the patina of the copper roofs of these window bays. They tell us the left windows are original and the right side is a reproduction. This is the residence of the former President Barack Obama. We restored the original windows in the house and built exacting reproductions for the addition. Components for these classic rolled steel profiles are no longer available. We fabricate from standard and modified stock rolled steel profiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1563983332838-1T7Y00UR4PC1PJ30X24S/steelwindowsanddoors.jpg https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/eastern-market daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447085088-W2WWSH3WIH5ISMX124RJ/DSC00578.JPG Eastern Market It was great to be a part of the much needed renewal of this Capitol Hill neighborhood favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447082407-IE1R78QNO56ETBVK027G/100_0907.jpg Eastern Market We restored and reproduced as the fire damage required most all windows in north and south halls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447076835-8WFH0K6M2J5EWXAIKG3U/100_0719.jpg Eastern Market Decay at the round window sills was huge. Wood and masonry succumbed because the bottom of the round opening didn’t slope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447068571-9F4NKWPU2ZNW53E3IDQI/100_0452.jpg Eastern Market Still working in our original 1,200 sf wood shop, we produced all the ocular window sash and frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447073386-7I73ZLWH4TGLAWNFVFM4/100_0658.jpg Eastern Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887370382-E6O1JNQ6GGZ8VR5KFE71/100_0458.jpg Eastern Market Machining curved brick mold with template on shaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447073763-ZHKGV8D6LFOIZ67Z2ITQ/100_0704.jpg Eastern Market Dap 33 glazing putty is still our shop favorite here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887370747-8I8DI6EOG97DVS21FW1X/100_0459.jpg Eastern Market 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887373845-UZTA2W9D9TKIFMHUAM97/100_0465.jpg Eastern Market Operable round sash require half of the stop to move with the sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447070886-PCTQQHNDISNEQK1ZITFA/100_0613.JPG Eastern Market Bottom sash were made operable, as with nearly all our work, we salvage window weights as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447068528-ZMMPZ8EX5U5ENQZLQCRL/100_0595.jpg Eastern Market Doing more work than usual now on site was our best way to handle our scope of this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887379825-ZCL0I90UAX13A8O212O0/100_0707.jpg Eastern Market 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447075851-PF7B9T0VMNLOW11ON7K9/100_0711.jpg Eastern Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887382163-6V2SAIE25W8OLJVSHX3F/100_0720.jpg Eastern Market Maxwell ready to install the round sash he made last month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447079465-HIR6VRGC0PCK8RHC5L9O/100_0803.jpg Eastern Market Here, craftsmen secure the multi-component hinge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447078437-5M4YVQA1G9P254K3GQWS/100_0798.jpg Eastern Market We reproduced all the round windows making the sash operable and removable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887385090-NA2LFLJYG9Q648BLPTBH/100_0800.jpg Eastern Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887386180-XKA5QJDHFX9D5ATGM1OP/100_0900.jpg Eastern Market 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447081316-9FDCKIZG9PJGRA8GV62X/100_0899.jpg Eastern Market Lovely reproduced window ready for 100 years of service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887389736-ET8BLELURKINZQFGFOQA/DSC03023-1.jpg Eastern Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447093927-TXZ7DDQWQ1IAGPCUQO4Y/DSC03026.JPG Eastern Market We made all sash operate in the south hall, but then sealed in position the top sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447091879-6XC8KLBGZOVJ87T3GC0M/DSC02923.JPG Eastern Market The north hall is from the early 20th century, windows were in better condition. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237422268-G5JW3OBLYYA3KW1GU6SD/IMG_8946.JPG Dumbarton House Built in 1803 and moved in 1905 to make room for the Buffalo Bridge, Dumbarton House is owned and operated by the Colonial Dames of America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1682520486087-5FJ1CY7BX94V16WHHMNG/IMG_8969.jpg Dumbarton House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237154921-ZG9W33OJZI270MI059WN/IMG_1471.JPG Dumbarton House The large basement space behind these doors was designed and built in 1992. Pictured here are the doors and windows we fabricated to replace the failed millwork, just 25 years old. The original doors were made of modern-growth pine and badly detailed. Our first impulse is always for restoration, however, the original doors here were junk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237165905-K85MFOJZUEH38GASM74R/IMG_9107.JPG Dumbarton House I think unique to the Craftsmen Group is that we install almost everything we make and we only install what we make. This keeps all levels of the process more responsive to the whole. Here pictured are the original doors. Note, the heavier mullions for true divided light insulating glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237151770-FJOCZXEJF3FWV7KF66R5/183.jpg Dumbarton House ADA operators and panic bars are not common in traditional architecture. Where required by code, we handle our installation in our restoration work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237153320-47PGVKX2Y11MBREUA8EL/11.jpg Dumbarton House We did all aspects of design fabrication, installation, and finishing. This project required permitting from the Old Georgetown Board which we administrated from our office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237155212-UOCM80YE2KCFT5S50M54/IMG_1478.JPG Dumbarton House These new solid Mahogany doors could likely last 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237166130-8PEAWQX64INN8J03JX60/IMG_9422.JPG Dumbarton House Handling installations in-house allows us to respond quickly to any required changed in the millwork or architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237159613-7RAFL1PB4GU14Q06MRRK/IMG_8020.jpg Dumbarton House Rear elevation of the original block of the house — this year we will design and fabricate a door for the center opening which actually responds to the building’s original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886556127-1OGHOJOYK1KZTWDH6BOM/IMG_4130.jpg Dumbarton House There are a lot of subtle things wrong with this millwork from 1992. Depicted here we see a lack or relief, that is, the sash should be set more deeply in the masonry opening. Here, the coining brings water behind the sash. There are slope problems at the transom bar, one sees here in the foreground. Component sizes are ill determined, note the failing joint at extreme right. In general, the muntins are too large for a historic building and yet stile dimension is too small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237162682-6QM1DJJMXA0EOLNUC63V/IMG_8974.JPG Dumbarton House Good building, good organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579038931492-155F4LD19LR1AGLM8087/HABS+South+Elevation2-1.jpg Dumbarton House The house was built where Q Street Bridge enters Georgetown today. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444767615-480KRSGC4ICD2NN6DZEP/Screen+Shot+2019-06-13+at+12.49.31+PM.png Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services I think after 115 years, this building has found its ideal app. Vibrant in the mid-century, automobile traffic soon isolated it from pedestrian access. In 1977, the library was moved to what is now an important landmark building as well, and since that time, various museum plans have come and gone. This Beaux-Arts structure is honestly not the best built monumental building we have helped restore in this town, but a good cleaning and good fix-up have wiped the slate clean and I think now this will be one of Apple’s best stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444766389-9P3P889LZVHFVE9IM4DB/Screen+Shot+2019-06-13+at+12.50.08+PM.png Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services North elevation—we reproduced all of these windows that had been basically destroyed through neglect and bad insulating glass retrofit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444750608-DHLSH9YN321LC3IBYU0T/IMG_7494.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The front doors revealed the building’s challenged history. Somewhat ill-fitting modern design was modified and repaired over the century so that restoration was no longer sensible. We generated new details and design after a careful exploration of the existing door’s components. New doors are 2 1/2” solid oak hung on the original bronze hinges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444751608-WKZEK379CGQI073D1D1L/IMG_7500.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services For its vintage, It was a surprise the building contained plain sawn red oak and not the then widely available chestnut. The laminations that comprised this overly wide bottom rail had failed, thus replacement was the only reasonable option. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444752290-N0CDNAFEHAA3DLW1AI1R/IMG_7505.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Existing doors revealed a plywood core likely from the year 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887132529-GJ3X7VYS48IKW5DLSRVC/Screen+Shot+2020-01-24+at+12.30.51+PM.png Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The history of preservation and modernization of old buildings is something like two steps forward, one step back. At Carnegie, the city negotiated window improvements for allowing the Convention Center construction team to use the property. Someone specified an insulating glass conversion to the hundred year old sash. It was this work and not the 100 years of service that basically destroyed the windows. Here, the insulating glass is set in the historic window with careless and irregular machining and worse, set in traditional glazing putty. Of course, as the paint film decayed, capillary action occurred and moisture got to the seal in the insulating glass precipitating its failure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444770255-WQ9IAQSPOWKSZEW8IFG9/IMG_3039.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The window frames on site were severely compromised in the 2001 restoration/destruction. Wrong materials and techniques had rendered the original millwork not just dysfunctional, but basically not improvable. This image displays the destructive techniques necessary to remove the reglazed sash. We replaced this jamb and 100 more with reproductions of the actual original. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444771115-K0K1SQTNJMW0LZ9MXU9W/IMG_3047.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Modern sealants are amazing materials and essential to the flush conditions of modern architecture. They should however be used with discretion on historic buildings. The misuse of this polysulfide sealant at Carnegie contributed heavily to the destruction of historic fabric. Sometimes too good is just that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444775481-8SU7KXPGAX2SAAFIIE48/IMG_3085.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The center pivot sash were easy and charming to use. We had looked forward to operating our reproduction sash by remote control through your Apple iPhone. However, owners decided to leave sash fixed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444774175-1I81621T06NNXH6YXSML/IMG_3077.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Center pivot bronze hardware at Carnegie. More on this unusual hinge in our hardware segment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315237405-28DSUJR9BTJSVEB8L09B/IMG_4117.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services One hundred twenty year old bronze before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313642807-NLW2F7ZQRRLZY211CG39/IMG_5990.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The windows at Carnegie were caulked shut, some in the late 1970s. These hinges hadn’t worked since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313748153-UHXOYZ5LOXPN50XZ0C4Q/IMG_5795.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Apple was not much interested in material patinas. Hardware on right is original center-pivot hinge. Other components here pictured are modern bronze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313634746-0KSQOJ18OU8SO14YJCOS/IMG_5969.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Simple, durable, and elegant. I have only otherwise seen this center-pivot hinge at the Corcoran School of Art, same vintage as Carnegie. This hinge makes for a robust mount and will endure public service much longer than a butt hinge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315240981-7XGR3HIDCZGON0PKDYLN/IMG_4242.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services One hundred twenty years hardware after soft media tumbling and cleaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315243795-PH8XJECOV6DTIIG3L0A6/IMG_6271.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313644704-19L4DXZLM7MGU5VTOK6M/IMG_6297.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The original center-pivot sash were rendered weak and unusable by the modifications for insulating glass in 2000. We restored just these few so that they would remain as a record of the building’s original construction. All other windows of this type were reproduced in Sapele Mahogany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313747295-LNX3VNO7XTS4L1FZRIKT/IMG_5593.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The new window frames at Carnegie were reproduced in the original size, details, and joinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313749375-L5I8W2ERP5JTJ73GCZ8M/IMG_6414.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The sash at Carnegie reproduced the originals in their primary component sizes, but were machined for insulating glass and flush sticking at the interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589313749655-0AGVV03Q7XH5N7V5XWA8/IMG_6446.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services At Apple, the exterior received a dark green acrylic paint and the interior’s were stained and lacquered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315217742-PJR09500OBX4SC3QOEET/IMG_2940.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Apple spent a tremendous amount on this building, this is the now Genius Grove on the north side. Major structural work, all new stone surfaces, new skylight, and new reproduction windows now finish this space. Apple even undid some changes from the 1970s and later which now provide for the large center hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1589315254263-WZZJWFGUJRWNRL8GZS38/IMG_7281.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services South-facing doors were no longer strong enough or flat enough to provide service at a modern retail establishment. We built new solid Sapele doors, restored the leaded glass in transom above using the original hinges and modern custom-made pulls from Apple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579897478482-5YR98CAJ4V51C22CTCWM/gtowncanalgates.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886651484-3756RXAOA2NJ2470ZOZZ/IMG_3568.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This basic lock gate designed is a tried classic. Water pressure actually drives all joints tighter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886678867-AOPOW4MXM6LPHPBGNFRJ/IMG_7632.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Used or not, the gates are punished in the canal. We are told this gate is from the 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886639539-2ZF4HQXMOOS230217UPQ/IMG_3225.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These are parts from the Georgetown gates we replaced. The decay here is so advanced because these parts were not pressure-treated after fabrication. The modern farm grove pine has low natural resistance to decay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886680035-B72RM8JGMG0CIKPTW1KO/IMG_7635.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Interesting here is the decay of the steel strap. The mild steel has nearly melted into the wood. The mild steel, in contrast to the cast iron, is far less durable in harsh conditions. It will flake away and become weak in its core. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886651808-61Y61X7HNI3R59ND7B1S/IMG_3561.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886675574-RQQJ25R01160CMFT3Q8E/IMG_7631.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We developed shop drawings off existing gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886645127-TIKHMGZE1FFSUY2DZ3UL/IMG_3283.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Four-inch deep, carbide-tipped band saw is used to resize this timber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886647911-FHHEICCMMPAQ8TAIM4J9/IMG_3500.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We fabricated this simple jig to make precise cuts with a chainsaw for the joinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886647502-A2P3L9T0TSRWXQRX2C04/IMG_3470.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Curious challenge to bring precision to large timbers and a chainsaw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886654264-OQ30MVWVOWY5H37V5FXG/IMG_3740.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Unusual for a millwork shop to have the project components dwarf the dools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886676017-XL04EA98BDVNSN5Y77CT/IMG_5893.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886659538-PWV4LZ66DQWPJIX0NR9A/IMG_4317.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Jigs, full-scale templates were key to precision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886662104-6AEJNOP2B03YPNQPN738/IMG_4806.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Three generations of Amish leaning in hard to talk money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886636590-OGC52N3JC1Q2GE1VIJTT/IMG_2412.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Cattail Foundry in Lancaster, PA made the hardware for the canal gates from patterns provided by the National Park Service. The Foundry is used to making smaller pieces, but delivered beautiful larger castings for the canal gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886657479-KU2ACIEINPO6WAI79NO8/IMG_3898.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Patterns for the hardware from Park Service were, but for one, perfect for the job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886667885-9L96JHIZI64UEUKH15DZ/IMG_4883.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These cast iron parts will outlast the wood components by 50 years. Old parts could have been used for this set of gates, but Park Service decided for all new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886671409-O22KMZOHOK62PAVGE56I/IMG_5649.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Working with the Amish Foundry was very satisfying. They can readily do parts of this scale, custom, or otherwise. All of it from melted scrap iron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886656890-RZXCIQ9MS1FA4ASST86F/IMG_4075.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is a paint system we have come to now make a staple of our steel window work. National Park Service specified Sherwin-Williams, Acrolon and Macropoxy catalyzed primer and paint. Durable, high-bond, good sheen, all good, but can only be spray-applied. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886673688-5PLXRT8KZ5LPYIOOMLFJ/IMG_5870.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A puzzle of components, these parts are ready for treatment. One can see here how post-fabrication treatment is critical for the parts’ protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886642454-B2F0DYV78NNG71LASIUL/IMG_3232.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Treated southern yellow pine at Culpeper Wood Preservers. The lighter colored center area of each 4x4 is the heartwood. Denser and no longer capable of capillary action it does not absorb the treatment, but for these same reasons is naturally resistant to decay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886642254-OERYF5ATPVXL11LTN4LN/IMG_3238.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Material enters the pressure chamber and remains there for four hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886644871-4QWUTQH3BO2OFTDEIRSC/IMG_3240.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is the holding vessel at Culpeper, the waterborne copper-base preservative travels from this tank to the pressure tank and back after each charge of wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886660601-W5MCLV6LEU3NYTNJSICC/IMG_4324.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services For this project, all components were fabricated, fit, and assembled. Then, all taken apart, and sent back to Culpeper for pressure treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886662517-7IE0LN88Y71D1W92JQ7B/IMG_4327.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The parts returned and needed no numbering. No two parts were the same. The final complexity was the gates’ taper from their pivot side to the mitered post. This was part of the original early 19th century design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886667811-0FT5K9UTKYZNTCUFQQJZ/IMG_4872.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Upper lock gates are shorter, one less rail and a good bit more manageable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886666057-HH94MIUWRKJLDUUO8QB5/IMG_4871.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Moe is a shop dog and the inspector. Here he gazes on quite a contraption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886669286-Y03UXP7RL38YANOORW9U/IMG_5039.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Charles and Francisco built these gates and are happy to be finished. Hard, heavy, dangerous work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886673748-QH03DPTLPCSBXP1GHZPD/IMG_5043.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is it, all the weight of the gate rests here. The steel band is crucial to this pivot surviving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886683202-1LXCXPQ4UZ6GSLAXM43K/IMG_7760.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Beautiful day for the installation on 30th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886687399-PC8UX1ZB0D3QIHQOS0L4/IMG_7765.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The taller lower gates with hardware weighed over 2,500 pounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886686161-Z3J0GYM42INL6W7Q1TFI/IMG_7764.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Plans are to once again run a boat on the canal from Georgetown to Harper’s Ferry. Canal walls were completely re-layed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886689543-3GPGSIF9F1F4YVL2FM5Z/IMG_7773.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Installation for this job was handled by others. We never like this and wished to have been a part of this installation. These difficult one-off projects should be handled from shop drawings through installation by one resource. The work on this canal project, I think would have been better handled with a smaller team and more time. I look forward to a ride when they finish the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637693073047-ZGR0PFT9ZP706GS9JMJV/IMG_4985.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/0737d8b5-1a6a-4bb3-8ed4-92404cb57195/Rayburn_House_Office_Building_2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446041376-FP5C0X2OSK230P5O2HRU/IMG_7221.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Rayburn House Office Building, built in the early 1960s had a curious and somewhat unusual tack on modernity reflected in its doors. These first two photos show the varied door faces, one with panels and bolection molding and the other completely flush. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) had the original drawings where this type was called unbalanced. A strange aesthetic to reinforce hierarchy: only the door faces used by a Member of Congress were elaborated. It seems that having a relatively fancy face and a simple one makes the door only half difficult to fabricate, but indeed, it is twice as difficult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446042528-22WCA7DPD9UB5YV1QBEL/IMG_7222.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Flush door face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446043973-FHZY4GW8H0GWR85661SW/IMG_7225.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A handsome 60s take on door panel treatments. This too, more difficult than traditional raised panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446028761-L8PTFJUSXBGIALZZSDQ0/4.22.16+962.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These stave cores were specified by AOC to be solid wood, not particle board. The quality difference is something they know. The long-term durability of real wood is for them, proven. These cores go into a small segment of the 120 doors we made for Rayburn that would be flush on both sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446028806-RH7UWU85VQZA5HM4EP67/4.22.16+960.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Precise machining, correct sequence, and a modern surface sander are keys to flush door production. Everyday thousands of these doors are produced by large manufacturers. Here, it was our job, because the face veneers were required to be 1/8” thick by the AOC. Veneer this thick must be sawn and not sliced, so few woodworking facilities produce doors of this quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446030303-K6Q3FHLFB5GE0CXFDRC1/4.22.16+964.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Here the premium walnut thick sawn veneers are grain matched and laid out for gluing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446030375-RBLOYMN93TPII1HTT6LA/4.22.16+966.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Premium American black walnut mostly goes to veneer mills. Just sourcing this 100% heartwood free of pin knots in board stock took a bit of looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446031991-D0J3U9SM6PZ3KO6I1QHM/4.22.16+970.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This veneer, 1/1000th of an inch thicker than an 1/8 of an inch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446033164-N1U0L8BLMBX6SVCYCJFW/4.22.16+973.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This door core with a coating of Titebond veneer-grade glue is ready for the press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446033433-1VC7YS9W7302SLOV29RL/4.22.16+974.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The foreground shows, as does the item being coated, a sawn walnut veneer 1/8” x 36” x 84”. This is the maximum thickness most wood species would still act as a veneer and not take on the characteristics of board stock itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446034926-CTLEM8YJ7Y5X812DY5I3/4.22.16+975.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Sequence and coordination drive efficiency, as does technology. This pneumatically driven vacuum press is a beautiful and simple, effective device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446035123-NDNHECQV70P9W98UKXNK/4.22.16+978.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The veneer press relies on the column of air above every square inch of this planet. That column of air weighs about 14 pounds. If you take the air out from under that column, you have 14 pounds per square inch pressing on your veneer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446036730-U4HTHTN3L1P0AW5YZDCB/4.22.16+979.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Blue box below draws a vacuum through a compressed air driven venturi pump. Jake helps settle in the bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446039656-N6M4QCCATJXLFMACOJ6Y/IMG_0011.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We sawed and laid up over 5,000 square feet of 1/8” thick veneer for this project. The planer in the left-rear handles 37” wide materials. It was built in the 1920s and restored here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446036785-MUCI59MXB2KAIUDGQDT6/4.22.16+1194.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This run of 126 doors fills the corridor and offices on the ground floor at Rayburn. These new spaces will be the temporary offices for those congressmen displaced by the four-phase renewal at the adjacent Cannon House Office Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446040279-6LBB10DUL5PFOVW1FA1D/IMG_0124.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Rayburn door production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446039922-HIIJ16CYTND10731M6V1/IMG_0120.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The rails and stile are our sawn veneers. In the panel field, the government specified sliced veneers. The distinction here is strong on the finished door, less so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446042547-MP0TASRMOJIOCN3QFCZ9/IMG_0145.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Without hand sanding as the last step, evidence of swirl and cross-grain sanding will always present through the finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560968200625-AZVBZJT3RNEZVWRL4EV6/IMG_7238.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Scrutiny from AOC was plentiful both during the process and upon completion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579206699879-OU8Q302ZEF5X1BOTZMR9/chob.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444482565-4QVNYBKN4RDLKIKQ5MUY/IMG_7414.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Beaux-Arts design circa 1903 — a beautiful neighbor to the Capitol Dome, Cannon was the first structure built to house offices for congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215369353-4QX8QGH04TL20IGJ24GK/IMG_7127.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Originally built before air-conditioning, even the top transom sash were operable. With modernized climate control, transom sash are fixed, double-hung sash are operable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1562084501556-U2G8OAB5JIXS29LB60DS/IMG_20130311_070345.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The rotunda at Cannon is beautifully detailed and beautifully-scaled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215374608-YLTZ1AO8VNAAM62RERYB/IMG_20130211_125809.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444482652-5NVCVI0JMG5PWP8VCJDU/IMG_20130211_130307.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The Cannon renewal is planned for eight years in four phases. We will restore 1,000 doors and nearly 8,000 window sash for this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560444480046-CTB5MM2LJYZTZWU6R29Z/IMG_3172.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Security on this project and access to documents sometimes confounded production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215368555-FQ7RTE139491TP6K4CC0/IMG_5261.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services All original hardware is solid bronze. These lock bodies were eliminated in favor of a modern Schlage® lock body and raised for modern ADA standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215370312-BWEXXNDQR59W978S6MWC/IMG_7149.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The building’s envelope maintenance had been for too long delayed. Under the scrutiny of the people that wrote the laws, we removed all lead paint from all doors, windows, and associated millwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802668717-O38O1K922WR4YN261ESP/IMG_1253.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services If the poplar doesn’t rot away it will do this, either shrink or grow, until connections are no more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802621973-GVH61CG3QKXWPK68XJ7R/IMG_1832.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Even old growth pine in extreme conditions with nearly no maintenance can decay until absent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802634060-E0OVXPO6F0DYVGXCET5M/IMG_2872.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802636862-K7R61YYQHNO9OFZ5QXEK/IMG_3751.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Epoxy is the solution for weak fibers and voids. All of this will sand flush and be completely concealed under paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215377331-D4I7RETUF029N3ZYL7AP/IMG_20130327_103526.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The original pine suffered from neglect. Often, this part of the muntin had failed and required renewal. There remains much sanding fill and multiple prime coats to get to a surface ready for finish paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802635599-89WCSUJN7LABD10WU80Y/IMG_3691.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Failure of the muntins in this way was common at Cannon House. On this project every fiber of original fabric was conserved as possible. The original profile is on the delicate side for a building of this scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783098716-XKEL5GOXB1NCVK8QGH6I/image-asset.jpeg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783147768-CHB7XKGQDYBA2ZGVHPYC/IMG_1967.jpeg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802632857-BSTJ5FLDDSQYQBPXPWNQ/IMG_2029.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This profile will actually allow the water to escape from the door’s surface as opposed to travel under the door and be wicked up within. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802629331-E8TFX3XJ6XFGOIQMO3LI/IMG_2028.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Here, we have poplar again used to fabricate a drip edge so the wood specie is wrong, but also the profile. Slope is the second most important aspect to successful millwork in traditional buildings and here, that is disregarded, note the flat bottom on the drip. See next photo for correct shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802625853-M2RJYV38OZCXQNPCQ0Z9/IMG_2026+%28Edited%29.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These terrace doors that look upon the Capital dome will be protected with blast glass. That they will no longer see moisture putting the poplar components back in service was the owner’s desire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802617336-99PVOFU5G2EGBSMZ0URZ/IMG_1255.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Here, the poplar bottom rail has actually grown 5/16” in width. Poplar has nice density, nails and cuts well, but should never be exposed to any kind of moisture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802600818-ON8WV69P0PTZJA0P9FQG/IMG_4286.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services All sash, from every job are inked with a number upon removal and later stamped to make certain they return from the opening bay they came from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588802596943-5TVX3EXM0ML5SPPF5QBU/IMG_5192.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is a tall operable, double hung window sash. Heavy exposure had the originals fail and this reproduction, likely from the 1980s, has already failed. The most egregious mistake one can make in this business is the use of poplar, outside. No matter the vintage, poplar is given to decay and tremendous movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637783199424-XS1446NX6V68LZ0S8OFF/IMG_1986.jpeg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637782880315-OU022BQ13KUN7LII95Y6/KEL_2087.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974228570-MIPL4MGKBWECKJS8X7F0/IMG_0690.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services After 115 years of maintenance and neglect, the doors came to us in many shades of brown. These handsome solid mahogany doors will certainly endure another 100 years after our restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579215365481-MOWZWQ3A2O1H12ZAMBRE/IMG_3143.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Beautiful solid bronze hinges from 1903 were numbered per their position, polished, lacquered, and lubricated. Installed with original slotted bronze screws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579213960075-N6MJZTPMZYS2ZADHGJMR/HABS+South+Elevation2+%281%29-page-001.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237422268-G5JW3OBLYYA3KW1GU6SD/IMG_8946.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Built in 1803 and moved in 1905 to make room for the Buffalo Bridge, Dumbarton House is owned and operated by the Colonial Dames of America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1682520486087-5FJ1CY7BX94V16WHHMNG/IMG_8969.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237154921-ZG9W33OJZI270MI059WN/IMG_1471.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The large basement space behind these doors was designed and built in 1992. Pictured here are the doors and windows we fabricated to replace the failed millwork, just 25 years old. The original doors were made of modern-growth pine and badly detailed. Our first impulse is always for restoration, however, the original doors here were junk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237165905-K85MFOJZUEH38GASM74R/IMG_9107.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services I think unique to the Craftsmen Group is that we install almost everything we make and we only install what we make. This keeps all levels of the process more responsive to the whole. Here pictured are the original doors. Note, the heavier mullions for true divided light insulating glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237151770-FJOCZXEJF3FWV7KF66R5/183.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services ADA operators and panic bars are not common in traditional architecture. Where required by code, we handle our installation in our restoration work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237153320-47PGVKX2Y11MBREUA8EL/11.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We did all aspects of design fabrication, installation, and finishing. This project required permitting from the Old Georgetown Board which we administrated from our office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237155212-UOCM80YE2KCFT5S50M54/IMG_1478.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These new solid Mahogany doors could likely last 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237166130-8PEAWQX64INN8J03JX60/IMG_9422.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Handling installations in-house allows us to respond quickly to any required changed in the millwork or architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237159613-7RAFL1PB4GU14Q06MRRK/IMG_8020.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Rear elevation of the original block of the house — this year we will design and fabricate a door for the center opening which actually responds to the building’s original design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579886556127-1OGHOJOYK1KZTWDH6BOM/IMG_4130.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services There are a lot of subtle things wrong with this millwork from 1992. Depicted here we see a lack or relief, that is, the sash should be set more deeply in the masonry opening. Here, the coining brings water behind the sash. There are slope problems at the transom bar, one sees here in the foreground. Component sizes are ill determined, note the failing joint at extreme right. In general, the muntins are too large for a historic building and yet stile dimension is too small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561237162682-6QM1DJJMXA0EOLNUC63V/IMG_8974.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Good building, good organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579038931492-155F4LD19LR1AGLM8087/HABS+South+Elevation2-1.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The house was built where Q Street Bridge enters Georgetown today. About 1900, it was moved to its new location 300 yards away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/7135d186-3112-44f2-9db2-5c6a9b72c99c/Corcoran_School_of_the_Arts_and_Design_-_George_Washington_University_%2853844897939%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753562289387-D4PGXWMH63Q70PI5M1UO/Corcoran_School_of_the_Arts_and_Design_-_George_Washington_University_%2853844897939%29.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753562290792-YE9E8F3AW1AJB76D6GKP/Corcoran+2019.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216333382-6X7DFKH9VBR9ZW885SLU/4.22.16+988.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216330008-RD4WW6ESG4JUIVNIXB63/4.22.16+993.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216333469-UKR1Y5JW8BPJ7BVV8K1M/4.22.16+998.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216335395-5O8YFAT6VYSDQ5LHOZB8/4.22.16+1006.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216336319-DJXXXWBF828D6NDCW7FR/4.22.16+1020.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216337821-D4AWN8SY42U81MFGB75U/4.22.16+1022.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216340004-BJ281ZX235QH78P14YZI/4.22.16+1024.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216341236-KJFO85EPRXFH8FOZ6VL8/4.22.16+1025.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579216344405-WZ89QNNZCPYEOCDZBL2C/4.22.16+1026.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1753637732494-6R04RJ8F8JB0QNVJ8740/Corcoran+1917.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Corcoran under construction c. 1917 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579206939786-85XXJIXF4X6MTEROMI27/sulgraveclub.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446088077-GIA37BD6MYNDLFW8SYEJ/IMG_20140707_121357.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The elegant interior at Sulgrave Club, said to be the last of the Dupont Circle mansions in original condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446087548-LWLMTVA9HEX7468M547H/IMG_5423.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Often our work involves complete envelope restoration. Here we worked with masons and roofers during the window restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446085463-6U7U88SWY7DEMWFK9H90/IMG_5409.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Ten more years and these oval sash would not be restorable. Delicate work to revive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446082139-V31HSDGLSC6T2B50KUAU/IMG_4266.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Our sash steamers provide the most gentle means possible to remove paint from delicate historic fabric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006438074-ONWOD8AFT9PC5BKDEIN9/IMG_4264.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This decay will be epoxy repaired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006760961-C6KV9EQ10SR05P9W7P6B/IMG_4263.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is a weak area in the grain structure. Similar problems are occurring in jambs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446082746-8J1IN7Y4ZP1ZDTE31L8D/IMG_4291.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services One of the few common mistakes in traditional building fenestration. This decay occurs because despite the curved linear nature of the window, there is no slope at the sill. All this decay starts at the very center bottom of the window frame. This problem was wide-spread at the Eastern Market as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006440773-UYX6H05PJZMARX95PPAT/IMG_4293.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Those angled breaks are not miters. The brick mold has swelled from the bottom to push forward the material where weakest on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560446082393-RNICAXTLIDQKW7AHONNL/IMG_4290.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Full safety gear and nice scaffolding make for efficient work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006464683-M769NUTVKORBT1NMGMDC/IMG_2162.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Note sash profile here. Very unusual and very complicated. A unique part of challenge of this project. There are both Ovolo and Ogee profiles, and none large enough to take paint well. Some have been eroded due to condensation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006459119-5NHV75KOBOSR1EGGER8G/IMG_2215.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Sash during steaming process. A last scrape to muntin exterior. Most paint was removed with heat and steam. Paint at interior muntin profile was removed with chemical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006983928-QAXXMW194GATW9OQY12I/IMG_4260.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Reproduction muniting in original sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006444217-PZR8764G2QI59DK040X3/IMG_2365.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Here five mock-up sash are receiving mahogany profiles bonded to the meeting rails in order that the interlocking weather stripping fits precisely. White spots are Abatron epoxies. Note application of liquid penetrating epoxy first (the dark area around the white paste). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590006442122-AXTXYNFOCA97G67B6ETS/IMG_4295.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A lovely restored traditional double hung wood window- mockup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590007078046-7527GSVYO17EM9H7T0SB/IMG_5397.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Before sealant application. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1590007029786-YBY3KZKSNLWQTD0AWBD7/IMG_5394.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Immaculate sealant application at the Sulgrave Club . 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Most all of the doors and windows are original. 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It burned badly in the early 20th century. What we restored and what you see here is an approximate of rebuilding of the original building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974466750-YM9TCAF3X0ZHZ8ZX9XY4/IMG_2662.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The windows were overpainted and under-repaired. There were many function and fit issues throughout, but relatively little serious decay. This project was a good candidate for our refurbishment process. By not stripping all paint and putty unnecessarily, we could save the college nearly 30% from the restoration budget. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974473608-MADMTE7A6Y3Z00A9V1RT/IMG_2663.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The new McDowell Hall, though with many quotes from the original structure, forwards the influence of Georgian-style academic architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560974482477-WW5AB5ZVMPTTOV9IGLF2/IMG_2621.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This muntin profile common before the Industrial Revolution was present at McDowell hall. 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The building was almost demolished in the 60s and made obsolete only 20 years after its erection due to competition from Union Station and Postal Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445919944-022TQ21SOXIZJBC46GXM/IMG_7418.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services One thousand windows, each floor with a different design, by 2014 all were in need of heavy work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445905775-M6LUJB9CZBIAFB9SMQZ2/IMG_6484.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services I’m not sure the two words belong in the same sentence, but Donald Trump seemed nearly humbled and a bit exhausted, grateful to have this project finished at the commemoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445893158-FASJTDTJ4XWZ93V39FQA/169-IMG_2916.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services All the original millwork was Chestnut, painted likely in the 1920s. It was decided that removing all paint would be too costly and so these window surrounds were sanded and prepped to deliver a finish likely better than they ever have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445919084-MV9DUKX3WYEWBYPAL15E/IMG_7264.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445895009-A81ERU5LTJLVUL2LC07X/IMG_2709.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Every window on every project goes back in the opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445895150-F1L6VKV4DK6JH4PEHRZP/IMG_2724.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Sash steamer keeps the dust down, protective gear makes this lead safe work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445894445-4KB7R8U1BHHZTGA8U1VP/IMG_2417.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Inventory sheets like this establish basic condition and the absence or presence of window components. On larger projects, we do this inventory and an inventory of conditions after elements are stripped of paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445917705-1C3EGK1XGJ2PDIN7ZCJE/IMG_7191.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We make stop bead for all projects, exactly reproducing the profile and proportion of the originals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445896673-03BVMM8VNZKDEQE61N0Y/IMG_3501.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We were able to restore and actually re-machine the profile of the original sash — a process only possible given the windows had no muntins. This photo is of the few reproduction sash we made for the first floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445905409-784HD4YC04E4DOBB8744/IMG_6337.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We cut all the glass for this job in-house. The original glass was 1/4” thick, flat as modern glass, but badly scratched, stained, and edged throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445897755-Z4480BA63ID270JRQK4F/IMG_3509.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These sash are 125 years old. Note, the modern sealant just below the glass. This modern material serves as bonding agent to hold the heavy glass while the putty takes nearly a month to cure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445915122-BYLJEOL88C2SBUJBSV35/IMG_7189.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Reproduction sash for OPO first floor — a sash cart full of Bondo for wood by 3M. We never use these polyester resin outside or to remediate decay of any kind, but at the Trump Hotel, this fill that bonds tenaciously and sands well, allowed us to bring much of the existing millwork up to hotel standards without stripping all the interior paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241186130-RHEGFRGBXBZWAHQ485CL/IMG_20140114_093425.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445903993-4SQYUUMWJBU6U9YMLBZZ/IMG_5776.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services With little reasonable means to access the upper floor exteriors, the decay at the Old Post Office was impressive. Had this been millwork made from modern pine, the window units would have melted away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445903875-6WKZOQGNOL9E9NFA3WZ9/IMG_5775.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services New reproduction parts in Sapele Mahogany will endure like the original pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445920101-6Y3I33WW75PIPF93ZQFR/IMG_20140114_100318.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The mock-up process at OPO revealed the sash could be restored, while the glass needed replacement. This information conflicted with the 1,000-page report done to determine the status of the windows. The change in plan revealed by the study/mock-up saved much money and historic material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1561241188454-372L6W9HSSEO52XC5TJN/IMG_20140114_103615.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445893488-D4MPLRTR75Q6J4Q8JIFR/Google+Plus+from+I+Phone+672.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The original millwork at the Old Post Office was not on par for the period. This and the following photo are from under the window sill and show the connection of the sill to the weight pocket. Sadly, the sill was not supported at this joint. The result is a sill that slopes negatively, back towards the building. We went under the sill of every window and supported with blocking so this could not ever happen again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445893819-Q6EC6BS0R8UL2LOIYQAB/Google+Plus+from+I+Phone+673.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445894460-MUPHZ65NUCU9WU6PB7QA/IMG_1336.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Wow, almost like driftwood at this point, this original growth pine can decay, but only after what I estimate is 70 years left unpainted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445895923-B6PRK1EL520PJ14N652J/IMG_3375.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services I understand the martinis available at the bar, where this mound of dirt was, are quite good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560445897538-49TRK541TXX4BKT7623C/IMG_3520.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Each condition of the glass expresses its iron content, more green means more iron, a trace element added to silica to decrease brittleness. 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maybe one or two coats from the 20th century. We restored these clock tower windows in position. Here again the old pine rules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447178778-GOOPBV13G1WLEM6N090B/100_0611.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Another project making clear the value of original growth pine. This variety is denser, likely from the south differing from most window material in this town which is northeastern white pine. Neither of these species from currently harvested trees will yield anything like the natural durability of the original growth timber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447178819-CM2ALFHM567MFUB22WGN/100_0612.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The same team that is now painting, removed the original paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447180154-KOU7Q65NV4BEFIGOMLE1/100_0650.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Here, oil primer is applied prior to sealants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447181410-9VJSMOFFW0Y8WFX7LKI6/100_1454.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We decided on this steel reinforcement plate in order to save great expense in time in a complete window frame removal. While not an exacting preservation technique, this fix worked and when faux finished, was barely visible from a pedestrian’s view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447181142-PD8R84261MP0ILZ85Y4D/100_1441.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This stained glass at the north entry was prized by the congregation. Said to have Tiffany components, we cleaned and re-grouted interior and exterior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805429376-VMPAZB8TKVVRBVVZMWMH/100_0672.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805430790-ZV13J7UTOQBUYCP1M8IK/100_1380.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The restoration at Asbury Methodist focused mostly on the wooden steel window components, the leaded glass, but for 10% was in good shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805431173-PZDJCFJ8A0IUEZHU9W1M/100_1381.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1588805447825-EEB1PKTPMNB2Z7ZKVW0Q/100_1460.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579208001807-8FPQYKWLXFQ1504SKRAA/easternmarket.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447085088-W2WWSH3WIH5ISMX124RJ/DSC00578.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services It was great to be a part of the much needed renewal of this Capitol Hill neighborhood favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447082407-IE1R78QNO56ETBVK027G/100_0907.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We restored and reproduced as the fire damage required most all windows in north and south halls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447076835-8WFH0K6M2J5EWXAIKG3U/100_0719.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Decay at the round window sills was huge. Wood and masonry succumbed because the bottom of the round opening didn’t slope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447068571-9F4NKWPU2ZNW53E3IDQI/100_0452.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Still working in our original 1,200 sf wood shop, we produced all the ocular window sash and frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447073386-7I73ZLWH4TGLAWNFVFM4/100_0658.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887370382-E6O1JNQ6GGZ8VR5KFE71/100_0458.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Machining curved brick mold with template on shaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447073763-ZHKGV8D6LFOIZ67Z2ITQ/100_0704.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Dap 33 glazing putty is still our shop favorite here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887370747-8I8DI6EOG97DVS21FW1X/100_0459.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887373845-UZTA2W9D9TKIFMHUAM97/100_0465.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Operable round sash require half of the stop to move with the sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447070886-PCTQQHNDISNEQK1ZITFA/100_0613.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Bottom sash were made operable, as with nearly all our work, we salvage window weights as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447068528-ZMMPZ8EX5U5ENQZLQCRL/100_0595.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Doing more work than usual now on site was our best way to handle our scope of this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887379825-ZCL0I90UAX13A8O212O0/100_0707.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447075851-PF7B9T0VMNLOW11ON7K9/100_0711.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887382163-6V2SAIE25W8OLJVSHX3F/100_0720.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Maxwell ready to install the round sash he made last month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447079465-HIR6VRGC0PCK8RHC5L9O/100_0803.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Here, craftsmen secure the multi-component hinge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447078437-5M4YVQA1G9P254K3GQWS/100_0798.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We reproduced all the round windows making the sash operable and removable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887385090-NA2LFLJYG9Q648BLPTBH/100_0800.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887386180-XKA5QJDHFX9D5ATGM1OP/100_0900.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447081316-9FDCKIZG9PJGRA8GV62X/100_0899.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Lovely reproduced window ready for 100 years of service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887389736-ET8BLELURKINZQFGFOQA/DSC03023-1.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447093927-TXZ7DDQWQ1IAGPCUQO4Y/DSC03026.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We made all sash operate in the south hall, but then sealed in position the top sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560447091879-6XC8KLBGZOVJ87T3GC0M/DSC02923.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The north hall is from the early 20th century, windows were in better condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579887391236-JA46M89WB38FLLN87IIH/DSC00579.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1579208089014-7P41S4HKGTIGT6WZZ05A/dumbartonct.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560966420882-H8OVS6YUXW4RQGOHLQLD/DSC01459.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560966418817-8XMS68UFNRNG2OC7GDHP/DSC01455.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1560966414864-YA4RQPE54V36G5E9PXW6/DSC00611.JPG Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580165760825-JCM5101VEH3FVWQ5TTWX/russian.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156738801-G9DWENETTAZ9J477QEOI/IMG_0932.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services In this phase, our work was limited to third floor fenestration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156726534-RFM0WH0ZFALR3Z5TVGBU/IMG_0781.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These large casement sash are replacements the Russians made in the ‘90s. Very unusual to see sash made of plain sawn oak in this region. They had fit problems and failing insulating glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156685139-FZP6VD9FH7BZP17NPODA/IMG_0331+%28Edited%29.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Early mock-up for enhanced meeting stile weatherstripping. Traditional interlocking zinc weatherstripping enhanced with modern silicone rubber bulbs. We added a third piece of silicone tube in the bend of the zinc metal at the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156734385-DH0WWCAE35JDARF5Z6NL/IMG_0917.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156799642-OMT9YT3X9WIYDSRBLL5H/IMG_5737.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services All finishing done in house, these sash received their acrylic paint in our spray booth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156799942-EQNCC2IIW9Z6L34GEVEF/IMG_5700.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These are the few double hung sash we made using the same technique for the thick insulating glass. We made two sash frames for each opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156687626-SB6XOI5TW4A8CP7DFU55/IMG_0336.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services For a durable, seamless, and authentic profiles at the exterior, these thick sash were basically two components laminated together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156694162-KOWD8BQOCQ5RBBXTQ4OM/IMG_0338.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services High performance polyurethane caulk is used at the joint between glass and wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156696700-3T8J3YGTDSVJ15MLP8O6/IMG_0339.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Clamping jigs kept sash dead flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156707310-HHBRV17UHMFIGCMQBOGK/IMG_0405.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580167520145-XRMKD7CRG9BBFITXY9OW/IMG_0403.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Note the groove in sash in foreground, this provides an index for perfect alignment between the two sash layers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156721324-HITQ98Q5K5VGFKBZW875/IMG_0762.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Fabricating the insulating glass panels in house allows us to coordinate the alignment of the three layered muntins perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156723613-SYXDKQOYSE52QDT0MWLJ/IMG_0763%28Edited%29.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Further, we can provide more space for more sealant where it is most needed at the bottom of the sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156702025-XKG16ATH8Z4GSEPJTNNG/IMG_0403.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156727718-R214L3ZTTQ9IOM1EB103/IMG_0899.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The Russians were cooperative and thoughtful in their communication, they did insist we install these viewing windows in thee containment chambers and maintain security in every room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156730382-B7MXGA7SS27FY6WVADGC/IMG_0902.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This is the ambassador’s home office. Protection and containment throughout the project were paramount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156730485-5W4B24N98Q9UU9QACNN4/IMG_0903.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The ambassador moved out for two months during installation. This is his dining room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156737897-O1I4TH71N8YB0AL7ZQEL/IMG_1030.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Our lead paint removal technicians have a keen sense for safety of themselves and the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156749191-KU2QH30QEXI1TOGF6G8H/IMG_1056.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Details in this fine building are a bit more Czarist than Stallinist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156755594-ZAUUUPD48O6E33UF8RGR/IMG_1132+%28Edited%29.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Stripping, cleaning, polishing, lacquering, and then lubrication before final assembly. Doing all this work in house gives us the control we need to finish a complicated project in a few months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156760543-EN5Q1O8I8Z8CNYD71ZKT/IMG_1133.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Cremone hardware is elemental to paired casement sash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156787594-JDM0RDBCV3ET5MZ2PV19/IMG_1792.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These window screens are solid Sapelle mahogany, as well, finished to the same level as the windows. They are readily removed for maintenance and will likely last 50 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156767493-YHM1ZZTXV01D7VU7ZB0D/IMG_1470.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services The many profiles and surfaces involved in each sash and frame joint require precision fitment on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156771069-LL2GCDSTCXTL581DCH3P/IMG_1491.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Yes, we restore the original slotted solid brass and bronze screws, as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156774067-5MSVLU7JG6S9KYVELLZV/IMG_1623.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services We used extruded bronze drip edges for durability, to the left is the original mill finish, to the right a piece satin burnished in our high energy tumbler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156773304-ELPCMOMQ37HKO6GZIZJ9/IMG_1649.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services These radial sash require templating to achieve a precise fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580167495383-DMQCLGXO294MKIKCFF6F/IMG_1194.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Note white rubber tube in groove adjacent hinge. This tube will be compressed against the 100 year old zinc weatherstripping at the frame. This discreet ingredient significantly improves the window’s attenuation of sound and thermal transference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156776848-IZGG0YW2GTPYHXBL5RW0/IMG_1778.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A completed casement with all its furniture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156777219-P0O2Z9KZ6L1Y9UVJK2AL/IMG_1779.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156781557-HM9762MSD11UCCQ6K1DW/IMG_1780.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services This window has an insect screen mounted outside. The muntin alignments took into consideration viewing at typical eye level so as here, one can barely see the screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156780650-KWZJT33095SCGJFKJ0OA/IMG_1782.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Meticulous final clean up, essential to a successful project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1637689234991-9DS2NJGVEPNQBHCMKKOI/IMG_1791.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services Here you can see the window screens with original sash stays. New bronze drip edge is an original cremone keeper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/1580156792876-VKA3K63K0J3BR6BUNGQE/IMG_1799.jpg Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services A wonderful phenomenon was apart of this building at its east elevation. 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Projects: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services https://www.thecraftsmengroup.com/about daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/bc3286ac-e67f-46a4-b56c-d19704ebdf4e/chris_about1.jpg About: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - Christian Kelleher, Founder Master carpenter, fabricator, project coordinator, and 30 years restoration experience – As a two year old, I used to ride in the wagon my granddad pulled, to pick up leftover construction materials at the church. And here, I think, started my interest in construction and materials. Competitive and successful as a school boy, I had many interests. Among them years of judo, wrestling, and motorcycle racing. I was most fortunate to have traveled extensively. An army brat in Europe, I had seen most of the great monuments of western civilizations by 9 years of age, perhaps I was too young, but still inspired. My first professional ambition – archaeologist. College life and text books didn't move me, after 3 years I left and have since begun my own journey. William Blake, Fredric Nietzsche, and T.S. Eliot kept me alive for a few years and James Krenov and Studs Terkel helped me clarify my life's ambition – craftwork. At 21 years, I was resolved to be the greatest carpenter I could be. It is a beautiful, rich discipline, one which engages me most nearly all moments to this day. There is so much to learn and so much to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/d3e535b9-1bae-4d8e-a372-9d47cc080d00/simon_about.png About: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - Simon Cook, Main Project Manager Master Carpenter, 25 years restoration experience – Born in London, England in 1966 and now a 25 year resident of Washington, D.C. I studied engineering at West Cumbria College and soon after completed an apprenticeship in building and renovation, which put me in the ranks of a "time served career carpenter", a very fortunate place to be. My career has mostly been as a self-employed contractor. During that time I have worked in London, France, Italy, and the United States. As well as the more monotonous maintenance projects, I have been lucky enough to work on palaces, villas, boats, mansions, in fact on almost every type of residence or office, and every type of project. Christian has been a good friend of many years and we both were excited when his suggestion of joining the company came up 15 years ago. Since then I have worked on the most unique and challenging projects. My role at the company is split between installing projects and mill shop work. I often get to install projects I have personally worked on and that is very gratifying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/f3238cc8-4ac9-404d-bc8c-7f455564ae8a/KEL_2888.jpg About: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - Jennifer Kiernan, Business Manager For the past 10+ years, I’ve had the privilege of supporting an exceptional group of Craftsmen here. Working on the administrative side of the operation; I assist with keeping the wheels turning smoothly and the vision on track. I have a wide range of work and life experience from working at my family’s restaurant growing up, to coaching Special Olympics, and working for various small business owners. Through association with good folks along the way, I found a home at The Craftsmen Group. Originally from St Petersburg, Florida, I’ve proudly called the DMV area home for over 20 years. Whether it's orchestrating a master plan or finding smarter ways to get things done, I’m always ready to roll up my sleeves. When I’m not in work mode, you’ll likely find me recharging in nature—my favorite place to refocus and find inspiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc8c67e7a1fbd2b1774ba20/e7a7026a-ef0f-4ea2-9fcf-ed8b49fe66f4/liam_about2.png About: Expert Historic Window and Door Restoration & Reproduction Services - Liam Duffy, Lead Fabricator My path to craftsmanship began with a childhood fascination for taking things apart - an endless curiosity to understand how things work. 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