by David Logan | Oct 31, 2023 | Building Materials, Restoration
This ranks up there with my favorite kinds of projects. This job entailed the structural upgrades of the oldest (known) house in Stephens City, Virginia. It is part of the museum called the ‘Stone House Foundation’. This house is known as the Stone...
by David Logan | Jan 12, 2021 | Architecture, Renovation, Restoration
At Vintage we have done many roof structure restorations, to prepare an old building for a new roof. On old work, our historical methodology is that you follow the roof planes as they are. Flattening the planes ‘sterilizes’ the historical look of an old...
by David Logan | Nov 1, 2019 | Renovation, Restoration
Traditional wood window sashes are such an important part of an old building. When they are right, they add so much character and quality to a building. We just finished a batch of window sashes for a log cabin project in Tennessee. These are Sapele, and we used our...
by David Logan | Sep 20, 2019 | Renovation, Restoration
Recently, we did a door and window restoration at an 1830s federal brick house in Charles Town, WV. We restored the front door, which included sidelights and transom. The work was phenomenal — it included original hinges which were labeled ‘Baldwin...
by David Logan | Sep 13, 2019 | Restoration
This week we started work on a bank barn restoration. The original barn was built in 1804, and a large addition was added to the back of the barn, creating a cross, in the early 20th century. One of the long eave walls, which was about 50 feet long,...
by David Logan | May 3, 2019 | Restoration
We are restoring the front door and a window of an antebellum solid brick house in Jefferson County, West Virginia. The house is called Barleywood, and it is a beautiful Greek Revival home; still quite original. The door and window construction are still sound and...
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