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Using the elegance of old world
craftsmanship from Vintage Beams and Timbers' antique wood, Extreme Makeover Home Edition;
the Harper family, episode 15, 2nd season;
aired on ABC
Sunday, February
20, 2005 at 8:00 pm EST and on Monday, February 21, 2005 at 8:00 pm EST.
ABC's Extreme
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Vintage Beams & Timbers Antique Mantle and Beams Package
Extreme Makeover, Home Edition demonstrates that the old-timey custom of
neighbors helping neighbors has not disappeared.
"It was the experience of a lifetime," said Ed Knapp, President of Vintage Beams
& Timbers, Inc. "It was very inspiring, since all of the materials we used in
the project came from a 150 year old barn that had long outlasted it's
usefulness as a barn, but the materials used to construct it were put there to
last a life time. Extreme Makeover, Home Edition proves that this cooperative
spirit lives on."
The challenge in a project of this type is to match the wood species and color
as closely as possible. The hand-hewn timber project and the feeling of early
American tradition - recycling used wood in this day and age is particularly
satisfying, and this, of course, is what makes our business.
Timber/Beam & Lattice System : Supported by timber knee brace arches:
Living/Great Room
The materials were pressure washed and lightly sanded. The summer (long) timbers
were antique hickory, and were 11" x 11" square, and were the length of the
great room - 27 feet. It took 25 to 30 people approximately 3 hours to lift and
install them.
The lattice system, which decorates the tops of the beams, is made of mixed
species hand-hewn wood, and is 6" x 6".
The mantles are cut from hand-hewn timbers and are 8" x 12', and mostly oak.
They were adjusted and cut on the site at the Woodmizer* sawmill that was
located on the property for this particular job, compliments of the Woodmizer
Company. It was necessary to have 10 people (including Paul DiMeo) to handle and
install the mantles in a little over an hour.
The decorative corbels (a corbel is a carved piece of wood supporting a beam)
under the coffered ceiling beams were hand carved from old hewn stock by the
Vintage people. They were pre-cut to specification and were installed in about
an hour.
*Vintage Beams & Timbers, Inc., has had a Woodmizer Sawmill installed on their
company property for over 10 years providing the convenience of "on the job"
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