In working on older Historical buildings such as those in the Garden District or in the French Quarter many of the architectural components and details of that time period are no longer made.

When parts or sections of the building are rotten or have termite damage or are just falling apart because of deferred maintenance and age, we take the components apart piece by piece and preserve them as much as possible so that we can replicate the details to match exactly as the original.

In doing historic restorations and renovations the dimensions of the lumber and material are much different today than it was hundreds of years ago when a 2×4 was actually 2 inches by 4 inches. This means that we have to trim down larger pieces of lumber to get the correct sizes.

Many of the architectural details need to be custom-made, which we can do in our shop. This allows us to get or make the correct product for the time period in which the building was built, whether it was in the early 1900s or the late 1700s.

Call us at (504) 628-9182 if you have a project that requires special attention to detail.