historic restorations

How Complete Restorations Happen: A Case Study of the Mylin House

Colonial Architecture, Community Preservation, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Restoration, Historic Wood Windows, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, Late Victorian Period, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation in Progress, Products Materials and Methods, Uncategorized / By

The Mylin House project was a complete interior restoration project that we had been very much looking forward to doing.  The Willow Valley Retirement Community hired Historic Restorations to restore the first floor of both the original farmhouse and the addition to use as a community center in keeping with their preservation of the original …

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Energy Efficiency and Historical Wood Windows

Energy efficiency, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Products Materials and Methods, Resources for Historic Restorations / By

Wood windows are an integral part of the innate energy efficiency of historical buildings. If we have learned anything from history it is that sometimes with all our modern advancements we do ourselves more harm than good. Most site here and constructors have started to adopt them because of the numerous benefits. Advancements in technology …

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