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Traditional Joinery: What it is and why is it important in preservation?

Historic Preservation, Historic Restoration, Historic Wood Windows, Historical Architecture, Products & Materials, Resources, Uncategorized, Wood & Millwork, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

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Preserving the Tower of Independence Hall

Federal Preservation, Historical Architecture, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

In the summer of 2011, the tower at Independence Hall was bared to the bones for the first time since it was added in 1828. In a restoration project for the National Park Service (NPS), contractors bared the face level of the tower down to the structural framing. The NPS has a detailed write-up of …

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Timber Frame Hybrids

Architectural & Building Character, Wood & Millwork, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

“You can’t have your cake and eat it, too” might apply in the kitchen, but when you’re building houses, you sometimes can have both. If you like timber-frame houses but can’t afford one, consider a hybrid. Although a complete timber frame usually costs 10% to 20% more than a comparable stick frame, a small timber-frame …

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Wood Window Maintenance

Products Materials and Methods, Resources, Wood & Millwork, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

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15 Steps to Weatherize Your Home

Energy efficiency, Indoor Air Quality, Local Preservation, Maintaining Historic Buildings, Materials, Resources, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

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The Carpenter, May 1938

Help for Historic Home Owners, Wood & Millwork, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

Wrecker or Builder I watched them tearing a building down A gang of men in a busy town.With a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell, They swung a beam and a sidewall fell.I asked the foreman, ” are these men skilled, As the men you’d hire if you had to build?”He gave a laugh and said, …

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Rainy Days…

Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Wood Windows, Other Stuff, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

What to do when a wet Nor’Eastener settles over Staten Island on a work day? Take the ferry to the Big Apple! Lois and Chuck went on an adventure in Manhattan last Friday. We arrived at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal at noon and mingled with the local fokes waiting to board the ferry to …

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Restoration is Green Building

Energy efficiency, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Wood Windows, Indoor Air Quality, Preservation News, Uncategorized, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

Green building is all the rage in the building industry. I can not open a remodeling or design/build magazine without a reference to a green building project. Preservation and restoration work is green in it’s approach. By using resources (building materials) that have already be harvested on land that has already be cleared is a …

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Wood Window Repair Seminar in Bellefonte, PA

Architectural & Building Character, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation Projects, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Restoration Case Studies, Resources for Historic Restorations, Wood Restoration / By Danielle Keperling

Last Saturday, June 7, Chuck, Lois, and Danielle drove to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (right above State College) to conduct a seminar for the Borough of Bellefonte as part of their wood window seminar day in the park. There were various other exhibitors (replacement windows, storm windows, and stained glass window experts with booths) as part of …

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