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Our Approach to Restoring Historic Windows

We restore a lot of wood windows and doors here at Kronenberger & Sons, so we’ve developed a pretty comprehensive approach to bringing them back to life – to “like new” condition if you will. One thing that makes us unique here at KSR is that we have divisions dedicated to the different components of a restoration project. One of those dedicated areas is our windows and doors shop. Our thorough restoration practices, starting with assessment and ending with precise paint thicknesses, allows us to offer expert, consistent work on every window we work on. Because we have a focused…

Lead Paint & Hazardous Materials – How We Keep Everyone Safe

We take safety very, very seriously. Preservation and restoration, by nature, means exposure to hazardous materials every day including lead paint, asbestos and PCBs. We have very formal procedures that are followed from the time an employee is hired and throughout all of our projects. Our safety measures pertain to jobsites as well as the work done in our shop. Hazardous Materials are Everywhere in Old Buildings Any building constructed before 1978 is likely to have lead paint, and into the 1970’s asbestos and PCBs were widely used in building materials. While exposure to these hazards are unavoidable, we take…

Why Restore?

Rich with history and character, older buildings require a different mindset and approach to their upgrades and stewardship. Historic buildings present a different set of variables and challenges. Materials can be hard to find or replace, experienced tradespeople can be tough to locate, and working on something that already exists is always tougher than starting from scratch and building new. This being said, why go to the extra trouble, and usually additional expense, to restore your older building? Restoration is Practical and Philosophical For many of us, restoring an old place closer to its original condition, or simply maintaining its…