FABRICATION OF CUSTOM WOOD MOLDING & TRIM AND COMPOSITION MOLDING |
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Olek custom fabricates wood moldings in historic profiles for Landmark Buildings. Shaper knives are cut in our shop to make moldings that precisely match original moldings, or new designs needed. Our projects have required as many as 100 sets of shaper knives for a single residence designed by Mc Kim, Mead, White. Moldings are commonly built up with many components, including cast composition moldings of a floral motif such as anthemion or laurel leaves, egg-and-dart, or other motif. Single built up moldings have ranged to 3' high by almost 2' wide. We can make small quantities of moldings, or miles of moldings, per your requirements.
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A 13 piece composition molding with molded wood, lathe-turned wood, and two types of composition cast moldings to match existing.
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Composition moldings above, lathe-turned wood moldings below, all part ot the 13 piece molding above.
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100' of cornice molding and 45' of soffit trim was needed, to reconfigure paneling of one side of the room, and to add a structural support around the center. A cornice matching the existing ornate cornice was needed to splice seamlessly into the original, to clad the new soffit trim, and wall. The sequence of the work was shown below.
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New soffit trim was fabricated and mocked up in our shop, replicating the existing pilaster design throughout the room. New paneling is seen behind the 12' h x 20' wide soffit trim. Below is shown the completed new trim with cornice wrapped around it on both sides of the room.
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Detail of the cornice where spliced into the old, and at the cornice intersection, with leaf motif at the lambs tongue junction, matching other corners in the room.
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After priming, and touch up of the cornice composition. All panels made of solid lumber, with cross-molded panel raises.
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FDR's Study needed similar structural support and cladding across the center of the ceiling as the white paneled room on the floor above. A yellow birch soffit was clad around the underlying steel
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And then the soffit trim was clad with new cornice to match the profiles, wood species, color, dye and stain patination, and copal varnish finish type of the rest of the existing paneling and trim.
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Original trim and moldings, refinished.
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A 2 piece wood molding rests on component moldings below, also for FDR and Sara Delano Roosevelt's home
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We build moldings for interior and exterior use, of wood appropriate for the task. The wood must be naturally rot resistant for outdoor use, and we often advise clients to modify specifications that may call for wood that may not be up to the task. For instance Eastern White Pine today is only moderately to non-resistant to rot. Traditional knowledge holds that EWP was highly resistant, but that was more than half a century ago, when the world was a colder place.
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Exterior cornice moldings with built in cornice and gutter were made for this ca. 1878 Landmark NYC Public School, with 300' Length of cornice, over 3' high at the ends, with pierced fretwork pattern.
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Fabricated (170) five element 10" high modillion brackets, corners with pierced fretwork ornamentation
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Built-in Gutter & Cornice with Modillion BracketsP.S.1, NYC School Construction Authority. Staten Island NY |
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Constructed as General Contractor 10,000 sq.ft. Federal Style Dutch gambrel cedar shake roof Center Hall design residence with extensive custom millwork, 3-story staircase with continuous handrail to third floor, elliptical 2'6" radius at ends, with period style pierced fretwork stair brackets and carriage ornamentation, with modillion bracket and Greek key cornice Molding of brick fireplace surround hand-carved into ogee and arched shapes with hand chiseled ashlar and smooth keystone.
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Stair rail fabrication from 3" thick mahogany |
Wood stair stringer brackets |
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Staircase installation |
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Finished staircase, wide board walnut floors |
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Exterior Balusters of solid black locust, columns of salvaged solid cedar from Victorian home. All highly rot resistant.
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