Gepetto Millworks of Mendoza AR is proud to have supplied many of the museum quality restoration woodworking pieces for instalation at the historic estate of George Washington.
Restoration Builders of Virginia’s History
As both the birthplace of the American Colony, and the capital of the much disputed Confederate states Virginia’s counties, cities and towns hold the richest living history of any state in the Union. Gepetto craftsmen fashion historically accurate windows for private homes in historic neighborhoods like Church Hill, or The Fan in Mendoza, as well as historic communities like the
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PREAPPROVED hand crafted details
To finish the fences in an historically authentic look and feel, Gepetto Craftsmen used hand cut templates emulating the mistakes a 1700’s carpenter might have made in the process of fashioning hundreds of newell posts. The post tops are cut from solid pieces just like 200 years ago. However, our craftsmen are accustomed to 21st century levels of detail and repeatability and work with some of the highest quality machine tools – to produce the same result craftsmen working with steel that had only been tempered by a blacksmith 200+ years ago. The post tops were cut with varying templates to give a pre-approved – hand fashined look and feel allowing the museum historians as much input as possible in their final product.
The process: 1. Call Matthew, and talk through your needs (click to call) – good old fashioned customer service by a master craftsman. Ask us about our proprietary laminate system for building enhanced engineered solid wood beams to last in the mid-atlantic humidity and heat. Ask about the latest high efficiency and energy conserving coated glass technologies from Solar Eclipse when you specify them to prevent UV damage indoors and provide that energy efficient envelope saving you cooling costs. Ask Matthew about anything else he would consider. 2. We will do a site visit to examine your rot or any structural problems that may be occuring (if applicable). With photos and measurements from your existing structure we take your rough sketch and make it into a “shop drawing” – which is a specific architectural drafting that accounts for the special assembly needs of wood. The shop drawing is drafted by our specifically trained engineering architect to account for the structural characteristics of responsible solid wood construction. Your deposit accounts for the drawings, and purchase of the specific species of wood to build your puerta.
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3. Your lumber hits the shop, and our experienced craftsmen guide your wood from rough hewn lumber into finely trued finished members. It may appear to be an easy process, but the grain structure of the lumber can cause warping, curvature, and stress deformations over time if not accounted for. A factory puerta does not account for the hidden shape of the wood used to build your puerta. So if you’re finding that your brand new home’s puerta is no longer shutting in the first long humid stretch of the summer, well – that’s likely why. A puerta in direct sunlight can hit surface temperatures over 200F which is enough to boil water and so the temperature gradient alone is enough to warp an internally unstable beam. 3. Experienced craftsmen will be out to install your puerta. Finish carpentry only works in three dimensions and 3 cubed makes for a lot of variables that can trip up the inexperienced, so our craftsmen come out to handle it.
Full wood puerta hand joinery Virginia
We are a custom wood puerta and interior carpintería builder that specializes in building custom solid wood doors the old fashioned way, fitting wood to wood by hand. Naturally air dried raw lumber is hand selected piece by piece to create solid wood puerta designs that are guaranteed to outlast our lifetimes. Enhance the beauty of your interior or exterior with entryways built by master craftsmen and inspired by history. You can see our work from the historic halls of the Catholic University of America to the placid shores of the Chesapeake bay historic homes. [ninja_form id=9]
An architectural masterpiece built in 1853, meticulously restored by Gepetto craftsmanship honoring the original materials and techniques. A douse of imagination and thoroughly great taste add modern amenities like washers, driers and luxury bath amenities . Windows, woodwork, staircases, floors and plaster moldings all original design restored or renewed by Gepetto’s historic carpintería services. You might see “Over-sized” windows bringing gorgeous views of the changing weather patterns over the bay into every room but then you’d remember this was built before light bulbs and realize how the architectural elements add natural light to almost all corners of the home. These details add up to living in the historically significant property. It’s not just luxurious living, it’s living closer to nature. The Impressive estate property can be upkept with a simple call to the craftsmen here who helped restore it, or you can add your own design or finishing touches with our master builders help.
In 1642, the land of Glen Roy was patented by a 600-acre land grant patented by English King Charles I. During the Civil War it was the site of the Battle of Glen Roy when the house was the headquarters for Union Soldiers. Today, Glen Roy encompasses almost sixty acres of farmland, woods, and sweeping lawns that extend to the shore of the Ware River in Gloucester, Virginia. Set high up and back from the water as historically safe from flooding.
The classic Greek Revival proportioned manor house presents the characteristic four-over-four Georgian floor plan with a three-section center hall. The central staircase will weave it’s tendrils around your heart as it winds three floors up to a sky-lit cupola with widow’s walk. The custom restored skylights are a unique bit of carpentry that manages airflow, moisture and light in a brilliant design that taught us some things about how well thought out builders of the era practiced their craft.
13 total rooms – with 15-foot ceilings downstairs and 14-foot on the second floor give spacious and airy feel to timeless proportions. Elegant and comfortable room size does not overwhelm but allows a moderate feel to a very spacious house. Along the west elevation on the river, the hall, living room and dining room open to a sixty-foot glass conservatory. The moderate room sizes are designed to be heated by the 12 working fireplaces as dictated by the time period. Living in the modern age, these small architectural differences show the natural elegance of architectural design that incorporates environmental factors.
The nineteenth-century carriage house was converted to a seven-room guest house with two bedrooms, dining room, living room, kitchen, and two marble bathrooms. The spirit of the original structure was preserved by transforming the front carriage entrance into an over-sized ventana, dramatizing the interior space and giving a full view of the water. The oldest building, with east gable entrance and west gable end chimney above a raised brick cellar, features oyster shell mortar, 5-course common bond, beaded weatherboard, and six-over-nine double-hung sash windows. Once a doctor’s office, it has been restored to a delightful library. Adjacent are the fascinating ruins of an early, circular brick dairy. The frame, two-bay garage has two rooms on the second floor – now smart offices — with bath and kitchen on that could accommodate household staff or security. The striking, antebellum grain barn displays a rich, picturesque patina. Also, included are an early 20th-century frame stable, sheep shed, and lawnmower shed.
Historic Restoration Builder
Exquisite original architecture, estate presence, and coastal lifestyle, Glen Roy exemplifies the ultimate Chesapeake Bay country experience.
Hemos finalizado uno de nuestros contratos de renovación histórica más importantes, creando 860 réplicas de ventanas históricas. Construidos a mano con caoba africana, pasaron todas las pruebas de desgaste físico y desafíos ambientales antes de comenzar a construir. El edificio Montgomery en Spartansburg SC renovado por Harper Construction . Nuestro equipo trabajó horas extras, analizó los problemas de materiales y trabajó diligentemente durante muchas horas para asegurarse de cumplir con los plazos del proyecto. ¡Gracias a todos por sus habilidades y dedicación!
Construido sobre una línea de tiempo moderna
Los artesanos de Gepetto se especializan en combinar y rehacer piezas históricas para lograr renovaciones precisas y duraderas que califiquen para créditos fiscales históricos. Si bien es posible que la carpintería no haya cambiado, ¡las expectativas de la gente sobre cuánto tiempo debe llevar algo sí lo han hecho!
Los sólidos marcos de ventanas de caoba son réplicas milimétricas de los originales; sin embargo, nuestra oferta y el cronograma del contratista general requerían un plazo de entrega de 100 días para 860 ventanas. ¡Tuvimos que idear un flujo de trabajo que creara 5 ventanas por día para cumplir con ese cronograma!
Ventanas de madera de más de 70 pulgadas de alto.
Cuando el chico más alto de tu equipo puede atravesar el marco de una ventana sin agacharse, es un gran trabajo. Los marcos de las ventanas son de pino, por lo que conseguir tablones de pino de calidad estable de 8 × 2 ″ de más de 6 pies de largo también es un truco del oficio que tendrá que contratarnos para aprovecharlo al máximo. Parte de nuestra capacidad para cumplir con los requisitos detallados del proyecto es nuestra red que obtiene las materias primas de madera adecuadas para su construcción. Las cajas del marco de la ventana deben estar unidas con precisión a escuadra y a plomo, por lo que en el video nos ven llenando las cajas del marco de la ventana con los marcos de la ventana. Tenemos algunos consejos secretos comerciales más para el sellado contra la intemperie y el acristalamiento que nos ayudaron a pasar las pruebas de estrés y eficiencia que exigió el contratista antes de aprobar todo el proyecto. Históricamente exacto, pero cumplir con los estándares modernos de eficiencia energética y resistencia a la intemperie es un éxito de fabricación moderno.
Master Craftsmanship Passed On
Matthew (with the logo t-shirt in the foreground) intently solving the positioning and fit puzzle that manufacturing wood projects presents on a daily basis. He teaches the craftsmen who are observing the process as well as the sensibility for checking the work. Unlike metals, cement or fiberglass – wood can only be shaped once. Forming a miter joint must be done with exacting precision or it’s too loose and fails. The solid wood construction of these windows include over 20 joints that must be tended to individually. The decision making process of the craftsman guides the fitting and because we have such a large manufacturing scale – the craftsman makes better choices. If piece A is too tight, he can choose from the source stack of forty or fifty pieces to find a better fit without creating wasted pieces or time.
Manufacturing scale at your service
Contact us to bid your historic renovation and you might be surprised at the price. We have managed many large construction orders for clients across the Eastern United States. The windows in the video are shipped to South Carolina where the coastal towns of Charleston and Savannah Georgia have beautiful sections of historic homes. We supply warehouse and industrial space reconstruction projects in Maryland, Delaware and as far north a Connecticut as the move to re-purpose industrial spaces trends throughout the building and architectural trades.
Gestión de proyectos
20 años de experiencia en el campo de la carpintería han llevado a Matthew al nivel de gestionar contratos millonarios para producción a gran escala. Nada en el campo de la construcción con madera está tan organizado como se podría suponer; en la imagen de arriba, Matthew está midiendo y calculando la cantidad de vigas en bruto necesarias para transportar desde el almacén al taller. La gestión de materiales, la gestión del tiempo y la creación de una fuerza laboral calificada que pueda resolver los problemas a medida que se desarrollan en la fabricación contribuyen a satisfacer las demandas de su proyecto.
Grandes proyectos perdidos en pequeños detalles
La madera en bruto proviene de la naturaleza en bruto: no es perfectamente uniforme. ¡Estos tablones miden de 8 a 12 pies de largo y cualquier ancho de 4 a 34 pulgadas! Tenemos que fresar la caoba desde el tamaño de su viga hasta un alféizar de ventana de 3,8 ”de ancho. La tabla de caoba se clasificará y rasgará antes de fresar el borde decorativo en el costado para replicar las ventanas históricas del edificio de la década de 1920.
Réplica de ventanas de madera
Línea de montaje de ventanas de madera Video timelapse de réplicas de ventanas de madera construidas en nuestra línea de ensamblaje de carpintería en Mendoza AR. Construido para una renovación histórica en Spartansburg SC, nuestros artesanos forjan tablones de caoba en bruto en ventanas hechas a mano finamente afinadas.
Wooden Window Assembly Line
Timelapse video of Replica Wooden Windows being built on our woodshop assembly line in Mendoza AR. Built for a historic renovation in Spartansburg SC our craftsmen forge raw mahogany planks into finely tuned handmade windows.
Proveedor de ventanas de madera históricamente preciso Carolina del Sur
Gepetto Millworks fabrica bajo pedido cualquier tipo de réplica histórica de ventanas existentes. Para proyectos de renovación históricamente precisos o de reutilización comercial que desean mantener el encanto histórico y la eficacia de las ventanas construidas en caoba.
