Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Broadmoor Window Restoration
Fabulous brick house in the gated community of Broadmoor in Seattle Washington. Pritchard Woodworks LLC is a sub contractor for some of the restoration work on the windows. The window sashes are metal set inside the framework and trim. It has been a painstaking process to remove the windows which are screwed into the framing behind the glazing of the windows panes. The windows and exterior trim will be removed, the sashes will be sandblasted and powder coated then put back in place. The exterior trim is being remade to match existing profiles.
Port Townsend Storm Windows
A Port Townsend Washington residence overlooking the waterfront. This house boasts high ceilings on both of two floors. We were fortunate enough to help protect this side of the house with 14 very large storm windows that have low emission glass to reduce the impact the weather has on the structure. The storm windows are in the bottom picture. The homeowner was very pleased that the final product did not alter the look of the house. Something we try very hard to accomplish.
Bainbridge Island Storm windows
A house built in 1870 for a local mill on Bainbridge Island Washington. The homeowner had great sensitivity to the history of this house. Here is what he had to say about his storm windows:
"Hi Nolle,
Here's the report, now that I've had a weekend of living with the windows and we've had some cold weather -- 29 here this morning! The house is definitely tighter. I can tell the storm windows make a big difference. For several nights I've had to remove the top blanket because I've been too warm, even though I am leaving the thermostat at the same cold 60 at night. And when I have the wood stove going the temperature in the front rooms doesn't reflect a ton of heat loss; there used to be more variation in temperature because, I guess, of heat loss through all the old single pane windows.
Thanks for your attention to detail in putting together a handsome, tight-fitting product."
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| Fitting the frame prior to glass and paint |
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| The final product on two of the nine windows. Having the storm windows mounted on the exterior not only insulates but protects the original window |
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| The seal existed on the edge of the storm window frame thus requiring every frame to be scribed to an imperfect opening |
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
2009 Peninsula Daily News Article on Landes House Restoration
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009303219997
Victorian Days to include rare public tour today of historical Port Townsend house
PORT TOWNSEND -- To anyone who has ever walked around the uptown area, the exterior of the Landes House presents an intriguing facade.
Set back from the street in its own formal garden, the two-story house with its painted gables, gingerbread porches and tall brick chimneys looks like something out of a storybook.
But for most, the interior of the house remains a mystery.
Unlike most historical homes in Port Townsend, the Landes House has rarely been open to the public.
This Saturday, visitors on the Victorian Festival Home Tour will have the chance to open the gate, enter the grounds and step over the threshold of the house, now undergoing restoration before new owners move in.
"If these walls could talk, I'm sure they'd have stories to tell," said Jeremy Fields.
An employee of Little and Little Construction, Fields has been working in the house for the past 10 months for the new owners, who now live in San Francisco.
But he has two other connections to the house.
Born in 1979, Fields was delivered by Dr. Jacobs, the town doctor who lived in the Landes House during the 1970s and 80s.
The other is that Fields' father, Joe Fields, worked on the house during one of its many restorations.
"He stops by every once and a while to see how it's going," Fields said.
Actually two houses brought to the site and put together in 1871, the Landes House has been modified over the years into a homogenous whole.
But when it was last open to the public, on a hospital guild tour in the 1980s, there was still an exterior wall visible in the upstairs interior, according to Anne Woods, who was a docent.
"You walked on roof shingles," she said of one of the upstairs floors.
There's also a large light shaft at the top of the stairs.
Downstairs, the large kitchen has been completely redone. One of the front parlors has been decorated with reproduction Victorian wallpaper with coordinating ceiling paper and borders.
In the room across the entry hall, a sample of the chosen wallpaper patterns is on the wall.
Contractor to attend
A contractor from Little and Little Construction will be on hand during the tour to answer questions about the restoration of the house, on Franklin Street between Polk and Tyler streets, which will be open today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A $12 ticket also includes entrance to another historic uptown home.
The Victorian Festival, today and Sunday, is sponsored by the Victorian Society in America Northwest chapter and includes the Grand Ball, guided bus tour, living history presentations and high tea at Manresa Castle.
Additionally, the Jefferson County Historical Society offers walking tours of the downtown and uptown historic districts on through Sunday and a Victorian Fashion Show at 3 p.m. today.
For ticket information, go to http://www.victorianfestival.org/.
Victorian Days to include rare public tour today of historical Port Townsend house
PORT TOWNSEND -- To anyone who has ever walked around the uptown area, the exterior of the Landes House presents an intriguing facade.
Set back from the street in its own formal garden, the two-story house with its painted gables, gingerbread porches and tall brick chimneys looks like something out of a storybook.
But for most, the interior of the house remains a mystery.
Unlike most historical homes in Port Townsend, the Landes House has rarely been open to the public.
This Saturday, visitors on the Victorian Festival Home Tour will have the chance to open the gate, enter the grounds and step over the threshold of the house, now undergoing restoration before new owners move in.
"If these walls could talk, I'm sure they'd have stories to tell," said Jeremy Fields.
An employee of Little and Little Construction, Fields has been working in the house for the past 10 months for the new owners, who now live in San Francisco.
But he has two other connections to the house.
Born in 1979, Fields was delivered by Dr. Jacobs, the town doctor who lived in the Landes House during the 1970s and 80s.
The other is that Fields' father, Joe Fields, worked on the house during one of its many restorations.
"He stops by every once and a while to see how it's going," Fields said.
Actually two houses brought to the site and put together in 1871, the Landes House has been modified over the years into a homogenous whole.
But when it was last open to the public, on a hospital guild tour in the 1980s, there was still an exterior wall visible in the upstairs interior, according to Anne Woods, who was a docent.
"You walked on roof shingles," she said of one of the upstairs floors.
There's also a large light shaft at the top of the stairs.
Downstairs, the large kitchen has been completely redone. One of the front parlors has been decorated with reproduction Victorian wallpaper with coordinating ceiling paper and borders.
In the room across the entry hall, a sample of the chosen wallpaper patterns is on the wall.
Contractor to attend
A contractor from Little and Little Construction will be on hand during the tour to answer questions about the restoration of the house, on Franklin Street between Polk and Tyler streets, which will be open today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A $12 ticket also includes entrance to another historic uptown home.
The Victorian Festival, today and Sunday, is sponsored by the Victorian Society in America Northwest chapter and includes the Grand Ball, guided bus tour, living history presentations and high tea at Manresa Castle.
Additionally, the Jefferson County Historical Society offers walking tours of the downtown and uptown historic districts on through Sunday and a Victorian Fashion Show at 3 p.m. today.
For ticket information, go to http://www.victorianfestival.org/.
Historic Preservation You Can Count On...
Since completing the Historic Preservation program offered from Peninsula College and the Port Townsend School of Woodworking, Jeremy Fields and Nolle Pritchard have teamed up to preserve the rich legacy of homes and buildings in their region . “We intend to put our certification and experience into practice. As Washingtonians, both born and raised, we see a need to preserve the great history and architecture of the region and enhance home and building efficiency.”
Jeremy is a 5th generation resident of the Port Townsend area. His background includes degrees in Graphic Design and Fine Art. Since graduating from college he has worked as a finish carpenter and historic window specialist with widely respected Little & Little Construction. He specializes in on-site repair, preservation, and maintenance of historic windows.
Nolle is an Evergreen State College graduate with a focus in art. Later, as a finish carpenter, he received an Associate's Degree from the prestigious two year cabinet and furniture making program of North Bennet Street School, in Boston Massachusetts. He owns and runs a local shop where cabinets, doors, furniture, and windows are produced.
Nolle is an Evergreen State College graduate with a focus in art. Later, as a finish carpenter, he received an Associate's Degree from the prestigious two year cabinet and furniture making program of North Bennet Street School, in Boston Massachusetts. He owns and runs a local shop where cabinets, doors, furniture, and windows are produced.
“We have come together to culminate our expertise providing a much needed service to the region in which we have strong roots. We are a business that strives to use local resources and vendors to limit the wasted energy associated with new or replacement windows.”
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