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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Expert House Movers of MD, Inc.

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, Help for Historic Home Owners, help for historic homeowners, Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architecture, house and structural moves, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintenance, Other Stuff, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Preservation Conversations & Controversies, Resources for Historic Restorations, Uncategorized / By Laura Kise

Gabe Matyiko, vice president of Expert House Movers of MD, Inc. and a 3rd generation expert in structural moving, joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss information about the family’s house and structural moving business. We covered a multitude of topics including: The origins of the company, and how Gabe came back to his family’s …

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Practical Preservation Podcast featuring Scott T. Hanson of Restoring Your Historic House

5 Comments / Architectural & Building Character, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, historical integrity, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, maintenance, Materials, Other Stuff, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation Education, Products Materials and Methods, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Laura Kise

Scott T. Hanson of Your Historic House joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss his book, Restoring Your Historic House, the result of 4 years of hard work and dedication to present a practical and comprehensive guide for historic homeowners. We covered a multitude of topics including: How the present-day Conway Scenic Railroad and train …

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APPROACHING WORK ON YOUR OLD HOME: PART 1

Leave a Comment / Community Preservation, Contractor, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Reconstruction, Historic Restoration, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Materials, Products Materials and Methods, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

PART 1 OF THIS SERIES of working on your old home explores options for property owners to save the home’s historically relevant aspects specific to when and how it was built, versus mixing time periods and styles. Maintaining your home’s historical relevance necessitates preservation and restoration tactics that honor the home’s appropriate time period. If …

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Preservation Pointers: Internal Gutter Systems

Leave a Comment / Architectural & Building Character, Colonial Architecture, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Reconstruction, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Late Victorian Period, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation Education, Products Materials and Methods, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

Typically, on homes built in the mid-1800’s until the early 1900’s, the most unexpected maintenance problem deals with the internal gutter system. This is because the problem is hidden until the failure has begun. However, regular inspection and maintenance can catch the problem before it is too late, and damage is done. First, I bet …

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Preservation Spotlight: Somerset Door & Column Company

Preservation in Progress, Products & Materials, Resources for Historic Restorations, Wood & Millwork, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

We recently completed a historic porch restoration at the Harris-Cameron mansion in Harrisburg, PA. Part of the project involved fabricating new wood columns to match a few existing column we were salvaging. For that work we turned to Somerset Door & Column Company. For over 100 years, Somerset Door & Column Company has manufactured architectural …

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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 Danielle Keperling

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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Historically Sensitive Storm Windows

Architectural & Building Character, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Wood Windows, Products Materials and Methods, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

Historically Sensitive Storm Windows A Product Recommendation from Chuck When storm windows first came into use to promote energy efficiency, they were installed on the outside of the house. Not only did this take away from the architectural integrity of the house by impeding the view of major architectural features in windows, they also …

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How to Put a Maintenance Plan in Place, A Case Study of the Trinity Church Oxford in Philadelphia

Architectural & Building Character, Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Projects, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

Maintenance Plans for Historic Home & Buildings Recently we completed a maintenance appraisal for the Trinity Church Oxford in Philadelphia. The church purchased the appraisal to evaluate several key areas they knew needed immediate attention and ended up with not only our recommendations for remediating the emergent needs on their buildings – but a …

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National Preservation Month: Celebrting Pennsylvania’s Historic Architecture

Architectural & Building Character, Central Pennsylvania Preservation Society, Colonial Architecture, Historical Architectural Styles, Historical Architecture, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

Every May, the National Trust for Historic Preservation picks a new theme for their National Preservation Month. This year, they’ve built it around: “See! Save! Celebrate!” to encourage us to see our historic places, save the threatened ones, and celebrate the vital role they play in our communities. To support that goal, we’re going to do a three-part blog series with each post …

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What to Avoid When Replacements on a Historical Building are Unavoidable

Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Projects, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Preservation Education, Resources for Historic Restorations / By Danielle Keperling

It is easy to think that if the look of a historical building is maintained, as well as the types of materials used, then the building has been successfully preserved. But preservation is not just about preserving how something looks, it is primarily focused on preserving how something is so that it remains as …

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