Windows and doors, in the order the house asks for them.

Repair where the wood allows. Replace where it does not. We will tell you which.

Original sash in a nineteenth-century house is usually old-growth pine or mahogany, denser and more stable than anything sold today. Where the wood is sound we keep it. Each sash is removed, stripped, consolidated and repaired with matching timber, then re-glazed — with restoration glass where the original has the slight wave the street expects. Frames and parting beads are repaired in place, the weights re-hung on new cord or chain, and the window weatherstripped so it closes cleanly. The result is the original window, working as it did when the house was new.

Thin lines, held exactly.

Limestone and early-twentieth-century houses were often built with steel casements whose appeal is how little frame they show. Replacements that thicken those lines change the face of the house. We restore original steel where the sections are sound — removing corrosion, repairing hinges and re-glazing — and replace it where they are not, using thermally improved profiles chosen to hold the original sightlines. Hardware, glazing pattern and finish are matched to the house and to the Commission's expectations for the district.

The step most contractors hand back to you. We keep it.

Every proposal leaves our office with drawings prepared for the Landmarks Preservation Commission. We document existing conditions, prepare elevations and sections, and file for a Permit for Minor Work or a Certificate of No Effect — the two routes that let staff approve the work without a public hearing. We coordinate with the owner's architect where there is one, answer the Commission's questions, and send a short status note at each step with the date of the next one.