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Federal-Style Home Restoration Update

Bob meets with Richard Marks, general contractor at the Charleston, SC, remodel of a Federal-style home. Richard explains the reconstruction (as opposed to restoration) that he is accomplishing, along with the relocation of an arched window and jamb, and the replication of some moldings.
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" Well I'm wondering why you have finished the demolition well we're gonna use the platform of the porch are staging to do all prep work you -- we've started. Removing the paint on the siding and prepping on. And it looks like you've actually added new siding up there over the door right where the old porch had been framed and we've replicated the siding and build them into. Southern yellow pine I'm. Which built siding with the Cyprus the wire -- in Cyprus which it can't really get -- get a grade of -- Cyprus that they use or using and a southern yellow on a pretty good stuff the -- very durable that stuff to work. Not these columns are pile masters. -- Well we've tried to make it -- with the house and now we've got all the siding up and it's primed and then the roof on the porch is Great Neck arched window looks beautiful. Thank and of course this is on the scene. Siding that we were looking at a minute ago right a false southern yellow pine and units well with the moldings and the fact fans you're the -- is that typical kind of paneled look that you see a lot Charleston right coffered wood ceilings where very typical of this period this is. Made with plywood and then you added in Oberlin. That's right. -- all of the columns are they knew there are new hollow columns and paper than we think that the profiles would be in keeping with this ritual here and there -- southern yellow pine that's right that's. And then you're in the middle of putting windows yes that's right last time you were here he sought to make its hands and now we've that a lot of the windows and here's one of the sash is we've had made by now. Our millwork and these are mahogany that's right we dislike the -- Deciding issue we don't have as good of Cyprus to make -- out of there were using. Different woods and mahogany turns out -- be less expensive. And higher grade of they've done with -- something that's interesting and imported wood is actually cheaper than an American product yeah it is that it now this looks like it's going to be a topic -- is that right right we we typically makes the F operas that's its fixed because they're not operable. And a this'll -- Like that. And the lowers that we'll have spring balances. Which will enable them to be lifted and lowered now do you get any criticism because it's not an authentic plant having done a double that not really. If people aren't going to use the upper sashes in this is the reconstruction and ultimate would make up. That's accused as the reconstruction contracts not a restoration of something -- connect that's right. Well last week we saw you making all the stack frames on the job all of this that the felt it made here -- millwork -- locally make. Okay so are you gotta do -- Job is what this meant doing but the glass and lays them right right I would bring the sexes and we make sure they fit properly and prying them before we glazed them. And now they're being blades and it's wonderful. Pick me. An old fashioned glazing compound right that's right. All right well what's happening up there well it's gone up -- Well it doesn't look like to what progress and yeah well we have taken -- arts casing in doorway that were here. And we've moved it back to its original location where it was via original window for the stairwell. And you can't have a window here so instead -- putting there isn't that's right and you can see where we. Put the original framing members this -- that back in its original Mort it's where was an agency that Jack's -- which was the outside jam of the window. And the mortise and Tenon point which was cut out when that was removed. So kind of restoration at Friday Fiat and of course by opening up here you also get daylight -- it. The staircase. Really nice. Yeah this is just a simple wall's been opened up right right on an arts and can make a little sitting area up there and and and one of the -- chambers here. There were furring out with ceilings for drywall and around you what's this over here. Well we've. That's what the doorway that have been cut out to the porch and we're replicating the moldings for the chair rail in the wainscoting. Now again this is plywood which is not the material that was originally used. When it would be more correct to restore with actual pieces of pine it's going to be pain -- it's gonna look authentic so I don't really see any point in using written material it's an honest repair that's correct OK and you are saying are reducing that feeling dog and bird -- you get string them up there. Right we've leveled joints were fairly and even when there were plastered that we straighten them let to both wars. And here you can see we're repairing the missing cornice. It's all been pulled in in plaster of Paris and -- just applied be replicated. Leads right let's try it the ductwork complete all the ductwork has been that you thought that's gone last week or look at this now she's. You've got an expert working these mantelpiece she's just about done this -- right you can see. And all the paint has been removed from the delicately but picking them without using any chemicals -- he."

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