DOORS
347-813-9635
The Tinker's Wagon
a division of
Stetson Farr Ltd.
Middle Village, NY 11379
New York City Contractor's License #1286189
New York City Locksmith License #1367976
BROOKLYN'S LICENSED WOODWORK & RESTORATION SPECIALISTS
THE TINKER'S WAGON
Phone 347. 813. 9635
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The customer purchased these doors from Demolition Depot in Manhattan. We picked them up, stripped them, glued the loose joints with marine epoxy and filled the holes with fibreglass. Concurrently, we removed the modern door and trim and framed out the doorway, building exterior panels to match the period woodwork on the neighboring houses. We also closed up the interior surround, framing it and finishing it off with casement representitive of the period. The gap below the panels and doors awaits masons who will level off the step and place a saddle.
More doors from Demolition Depot. We sanded the old finish off of them and stained them, top coating them with an exterior urethane. We also had to reglue the joints using a marine epoxy. We stripped and refinished the surround. The next phase of this project will be to finish the entire vestibule with period panels on the walls, to replace what had been removed by previous owners, and to case out the inside of the doors with trim reminiscent of the period.
Custom, two inch thick, raised panel door made by us out of quarter sawn red oak. Made to match existing period doors in this brownstone. Lock and hinges by Emtek. All installed by us.
Interior door from a big box store. Installed, stained, and finished by us.
Ash screen doors made by us for a Manhattan townhome. The rift white oak casement molding surrounding the door frame was recreated to historic specifications by a local mill.
These are four 105" doors made by us and hung on by-pass tracks for a closet. They are made out of poplar with simple stiles and rails. The recessed panels and glass held in with trim not unlike the period trim used throughout the house.
These doors are in a penhthouse overlooking the Museum of Natural History. We removed them from the unit, sanded them down, gluing all of the loose joints and replacing the glass with "restoration" glass imported from Germany. They are finished on the inside with Ben Moore Satin Impervo. The cremone bolt is by Frank Allert of Birmingham, UK
In keeping with our tradition of restoring and recreating period woodwork, we rehabilitate and repair old wood doors and custom make doors to spec. Examples of our work can be seen below. Our services include full restoration, including stripping and replacing rotten wood, regluing weak joints, refinishing, reboring/mortising for locks and lock installation.
Most of our door restoration work is done off site where we literally perform surgery, removing sections of rotton wood from both the stiles and rails. We reassemble the doors in the fashion in which they were originally made, using the same species of wood and the highest quality maritime adhesives and finishes.
A few examples of our work can be seen below. If you call us, we can give you some addresses of doors we have done so you may take a look at our work first hand.
This pair of doors had been held together by molding screwed to the face of the doors. We removed the molding and found that about 2' of wood on the lock side of the left door was rotten and broken. We cut that wood out and replaced it with new wood, two pieces of pine laminated together and staggered in place. All of the joints on these were open and loose so we reset those with maritime epoxy. The customers are most pleased.
