Restoration & Preservation
Historic & Period Buildings
Glenco is a historic preservation company where meaning and context inspire our projects. We apply carpentry, plaster, metalworking, masonry and other skills to the restoration and maintenance of older buildings. We learn the history of the building before and during the work.
1803 brick Federal style house in Athens, NY. Existing replacement porch was rotting.
Masonry facade restoration with beam pockets to receive new porch frame.
New brick piers on new footings.
I designed and engineered new frame of structural aluminum beams for corrosion resistance and retaining slim Federal style depth profile.
Structural aluminum frame in position with vertical extensions to receive wooden handrail.
New frame resting on new piers.
New decking and stairs. All horizontal wood pressure treated to resist rot. Dielectrically insulated from aluminum to resist galvanic corros+ion
Scale drawing with actualised North stairs emerging.
New pressure treated decking electrically insulated from aluminum frame. All stainless steel fasteners.
South stairs and deck.
Standards for handrails welded to aluminum frame. All rails and spindles were executed in pressure treated wood.
Modern home, office and studio of a great cellist. Although he performs and gives master classes nationally and overseas, this home is near Tanglewood...
The garden side, from the woods.
We have assisted with preservation here for upwards of 10 years. We advised applying UV filtering window film to the windows, including these large curved insulated lights.
We recently replaced operable lights and the clerestorey window where insulated glass seals had deteriorated over time, resulting in condensation inside the double glass.
We recently replaced operable lights and the clerestorey window where insulated glass seals had deteriorated over time, resulting in condensation inside the double glass.
The walls and ceiling are a form of Venetian plaster, broken color being shown by a colored top coat skip-troweled over the white coat. We have succesfully removed stains resulting from roof leaks.
We designed, supplied and installed these traverse draperies.
We supplied and installed these light filtering roller shades.
Designed and installed custom, fire retarded, grounding jacketed ice melt cable system for the four valleys, gutters and leader pipes.
Entryway glazing was 1/8"plexiglas which had turned yellow. Now replaced with 1/4" lexan.
Contact us.
Email: glenco.libertyhudson@gmail.com
Phone: 518-945-3880 / 518-810-3691
56 Second St
Athens, NY 12015
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