2008 & 2010 Projects
The Rhodes Homestead, presumably built in 1670, has certainly seen its share of building evolution. The main house was a two bay, two story studed timber frame, with successive plank frame additions on each side. The client first came to Heritage Restoration to replace 17-1980’s replacement windows. The previous owner gutted the interior, adding 2×3 walls, batten insulation, a layer of plastic, and new sheet rock, and “interpreted” the interior with new moldings(casing and trim). The plastic was a bad idea. Since there was not an exterior air barrier, like tar paper, and the interior plastic vapor barrier made a nice moisture trap to create frame rot. Needless to say, the neglect of the exterior and the frame, coupled with trapped moisture , required the sheathing and frame to be replaced. Heritage completed the removal of two layers of exterior siding, removal of rotting material, and installation of new white oak sills and sheathing. After the sheathing, HRI installed the new plank frame windows with tar paper splines, copper drip caps, a tar paper vapor barrier, and new shingles on the sides and back, and clapboard on the front. HRI also made a quarter sawn white oak board and batten door, complete with new lock sets, a traditional thumb latch handle, and weather stripping.
- Historical photo, maybe 1880.
- 1670 Rhodes Homestead
- Before the restoration
- 1980’s Brosco window, with rotting frame.
- Taking the layers off.
- Shingles, over clapboards, over original sheathing, plastic, 2×3 wall, then the interior.
- A lot of trapped moisture and rot.
- Replacing the sill.
- Half lapping the sheathing.
- New white oak sheathing with new sill
- Removing timber rot.
- Epxoy repairs
- Lowering the grade, exposing the foundation and sill.
- New sill, prior to foundation repointing.
- Before the deconstructing.
- Removing the fllor, saving the floorboards.
- New floor system, removing the dirt to get moisture out of the frame.
- New floor frame.
- New stud wall and insulation.
- Before
- After
- New quarter sawn sawn white oak board and batten door.
- Attleboro New thumb latch.
2017 Project
Heritage was back at the Rhodes House to complete the final improvements to the house. Previous phases resolved the framing repairs, exterior windows and doors, trim, and siding. This phase was for a new back addition that would house a new 2nd floor bathroom, closets, and a new first floor kitchen. HRI also completed new roofs, flashing, and repaired copper gutters and downspouts.
- House before
- House before
- House before
- Frame stripped and repaired
- Dormer finished
- 2nd floor Hall Before
- 2nd Floor interior being finished
- 2nd Floor finished
- Floors prepped in shop
- Dormer and new door finished
- New 2nd floor closet nook
- Bathroom before
- Bathroom After
- New sink
- Kitchen After
- Kitchen After