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We’d like to share a great article the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) published about us titled: Learning Preservation Carpentry One Step at a Time. The article written by Keating Zelenke, who is a Special Projects Fellow of the PPS, talks about the efforts our president, Noel Sanchez, did to train a group of five young workersContinue reading “Learning Preservation Carpentry One Step at a Time”
At Casa Buena Builders, one of our goals is to bring old homes back to the beauty and luster of when they were built. We love to see how what has been neglected and touched by time can be brought back to life with a little treatment and dedication. That’s the case with windows inContinue reading Restoring Historic Wood Windows
We are happy to share with you that one of our dreams has come true, train new generations of restorers to give continuity to the maintenance and improvement of the historic houses of our beautiful community. Casa Buena Builders has been invited to join a nine-week program at the municipally-owned Hopkins House (1756), which hasContinue reading Sharing knowledge with the new generations
A project that gave us a lot of satisfaction this 2023 was the design and construction of a recreational house next to a swimming pool in a beautiful house of our town. Using materials such as exposed brick and fine woods as cedar and mahogany. Green lumber structure locally milded and harvested. For the foundationsContinue reading Poolhouse Construction
Popping on real quick this evening to show you a few updated photos from The Bookshelf Project that was completed a few months back. {Note: Bookshelves are shown in the same order as presented in the original post} Front Sitting Room Back Sitting Room Shelves in Double Parlor
This week we are fabricating some custom leader heads and custom downspouts for a client on University Ave. The home was architect-designed and built in 1921. These leader heads are original and they were pretty banged up.
The great thing about tin-knocking and hand seaming is: any surface that has a pitch can be clad and seamed through without the use of soldering. Double locked, standing seams when properly executed can be carried through almost any complicated detail on a roof: again without the use of solder, petrochemical sealants, or any otherContinue reading Specialty seaming techniques for complex roof intersections.
Victorian houses are beautiful no doubt, but they often present complicated rooflines that require above average designs for flashing. This problem is one such example. We were recently commissioned to rebuild this chimney and flash in properly with permanent roofing techniques. This means no solder, no sealant, and NO cutting corners. The difficulty in thisContinue reading Roofing Geometry for Unusual Roof Penatrations
Matthew, my youngest son, a very talented artist, installing tile borders. Patience and attention to detail make for the best product. The second picture is him a few years ago on one of his first tile jobs.
Notice the marble floor in bathroom completed recently. Marble is a soft stone, has a “softer” feel than ceramic, and has the varied colors of natural stone. However, marble also is less resistant to impact (think dropped items) and over time will have “love marks”. Some people don’t like that…
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