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Before picture of the Souther Tidal Mill.
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Completed structural restoration of the Souther Tidal Mill. Included completely rebuilding the gable wall, the top plates along both sides, and several posts and tie beams.
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Tom Green and Brad Green at the mill.
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This barn had been neglected for several decades. We rebuilt the entire left side of the roof, replaced the top plates, and replaced the entire substructure.
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The barn is finally completed. After all the structural work, the homeowner had us redo the front of the barn, including new clapboards, a custom-built sliding barn door, windows, etc.
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This 1775 carriage house needed new sills, posts, and pulling together at the top plate level.
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After the structural work, we re-shingled the carriage house and built the doors using antique hardware.
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This is Brad using a chisel to make a gunstock post for this barn in eastern Massachusetts. A gunstock post starts off as an 8x12" beam that is then cut as above so that is appears to look like the stock of a gun.
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Completed gunstock post.
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This photo shows the two tenons on the gunstock post fitting into the mortoises in the replaced top plate and the tie beam.
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The owners of this late 1700s farm house wanted to restore everything to original condition. This even included small touches such as finding a mill to cut vertically cut beams.
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We now offer the hand hewn look for replacement beams, even on entire substructures as seen above.
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When replacing this sill in New Jersey, we saw that this mid 1700 house was built without sheathing. The clapboards were nailed directly to the studs and shakes were added at a later date over the clapboards.
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Section of wall being replaced. This project also included a roof of 2x12s over the existing roof for insulation purposes, three inches of foam applied to the outside of the building with new siding, and many other items.
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This barn is central Massachusetts needed new sills all the way around along with some other structural work. When that was completed, we resided the entire barn.
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Tom Green and son, Brad Green, at the Hynes Auditorium Traditional Building Exhibition in Boston.
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This 24 foot purlin was replaced in a barn in western Mass without removing the roof. It was made with mortises for the tennons on the existing diagonals.
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The beams that were supporting the chimney. The homeowners did the work just in time.
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The beams underneath this central chimney were completely rotted. We replaced them without damaging the chimney. We have done this in several other houses throughout New England.
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Beams being delivered to a job site.
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This is an example of a bad sill replacement done by someone else. The way the 2x's are stacked on top of each other does not make a stable sill.
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When replacing the sill of this art gallery in Acton, this temporary screw jack fell out of the center of the post above. Someone had actually put this in place of the rotted post and then covered it up!
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This is a 16 foot corner post being installed. The mortises are cut for the existing tennons.
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The post completely installed. This was the final step after the sills around the whole house had been replaced.
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Abington Barn 2006
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A Before Picture of the Abington Barn
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This barn had one side of its roof replaced, a complete new substructure, as well as many other structural repairs.
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Abington barn roof replacement
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The Merrifield-Libbey House is the oldest house in Worcester, MA. After fairly extensive structural restoration, a new exterior, including scarfed quarter-sawn clapboards, was installed.
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The entire substructure in this barn was replaced. An oak floor was installed afterwards.
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A barn in central Massachusetts. Another contractor had cut off the bottom of the posts and left the barn as is. Barn restoration is usually best left to specialists.
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Completed Job
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We replaced all the beams in the front of the barn including the top plate. The remainder of the work (roof, etc.) to be done at a later date.
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This barn essentially had no sills and was actually supported by the internal posts. After sill replacement, straightening, and other work, we jacked the building to its best possible position and installed posts.
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A new sub-structure. In most cases, we replace the substructure without the removal of the existing floors. This homeowner had us do an antique home consultation several times. The rotted beams did not get any better over time.
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This picture is a barn in Glastonbury, CT clearly needed restoration. A new sub-structure and floor and new siding were all part of the barn restoration project.
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This picture is after the work was completed. We re-sided the front and built two barn doors. The rest of the barn was re-sided at a later date completing the barn preservation project.
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Plank frame houses present a unique challenge. The vertical planks shown are actually structural so they have to be supported while the sill is being replaced.
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Brad recently purchased this 1775 house in central Massachusetts. He will be restoring it to its original state.
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