Framing Our New Shop

With the concrete floor poured, work continues on the new shop as we frame the space from which we will continue to expand RVBA.

We are partitioning part of the shop off into an upper level office.

White House of the Confederacy Porch is almost complete

One of the difficulties of using reclaimed lumber is finding quality pieces that have no knots. After delays due to rain, snow, and tracking down quality lumber... we are almost complete.

We wrapped the deck around the columns.

When we first started the project, we noticed that the old decking was bowing in the middle. It was revealed that the framing was too far apart to support the decking like it should be. We added 2x6 joists to keep the deck from warping.

Work on the Centre Hill Mansion Shutter Restoration Continues.....

It has been several months that we have been working on the 150 shutters for Centre Hill Mansion. It has given us some good work to do during the recent rain and snow storms.

We've moved onto the 10' shutters.

The real trick is to seamlessly blend the old wood with the new... luckily this is the sort of thing that we do. 

We're using dutchmen to rebuild the old stiles and mortises and replacing rails that were too rotten for repair.