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April 17, 2009

A Couple of More Doors For Ya

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This is vaguely self-promotional but it's also quite interesting so we're rolling with it. (It's also the only response we got from anyone to our request for photos of readers' favorite doors!) Nathan from South Slope Woodworks (a longtime advertiser on the Forum) got a job fabricate two sets of doors for a 12.5-foot-wide brownstone on Waverly Avenue in Clinton Hill. With only the old tax lot photo to work off, they built the doors out of 150-year-old reclaimed long leaf yellow pine that had been salvaged from a demolition in Tribeca. Because the parlor floor ceiling is only 8-feet high, the doors are truly mini-versions of your typical brownstone door. Neato!




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Categories: Architecture, Clinton Hill

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How much did they cost???

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 17, 2009 10:39 AM

they look beautiful

Posted by: duckumu at April 17, 2009 10:41 AM

Always nice to see that that kind of craftsmanship still exists.

DIBS, don't muck it up by talking about such mundane matters :-)

Posted by: denton at April 17, 2009 10:50 AM

COOL!
Love that old photo as well!

Posted by: gemini10 at April 17, 2009 10:59 AM

Doors are so important to the aesthetics and overall first impression anyone gets from a house. Our neighbor replaced his cheap, mass produced door with one that replicated the originals and it immediately made the house more complete. I am sure that change alone increased the value of his house exponentially.

Great job South Slope Woodworks -- you are a resource I will remember.

Posted by: Schultz at April 17, 2009 11:05 AM

A month or so ago someone posted links to places that sold reclaimed doors. Can anyone provide these??

Thanks

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 17, 2009 11:10 AM

As someone who has done my fair share of stoop door shopping, these look really great.

Posted by: tiptoe at April 17, 2009 12:13 PM

OMG, that's amazing! They did a fantastic job. How much did it cost? Is it wise to use pine, though -- aren't they going to get all banged up really quickly? Maybe should have gone with old oak?

Posted by: mopar at April 17, 2009 12:48 PM

As someone whose house is defaced with 1960's era security doors, with all of the curb appeal of a maximum security ward entrance, I love to hear it is possible to have original doors replicated locally. I'm sure it's at least 2 arms and a leg, but one can dream. I'd prefer salvage, but it's hard to find the right size, and those certainly aren't inexpensive either.

I forgot to send in some pix of cool Brooklyn doors, but will do that this weekend.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at April 17, 2009 1:48 PM

About the wood:

The reclaimed wood used is LONG LEAF YELLOW pine. It is significantly different from eastern white or sugar pine (which most associate with pine). It has a baseline janka hardness of 870(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janka_Wood_Hardness_Rating). It is old growth wood and entirely quartersawn, increasing the hardness to 1350 which puts it ahead of red oak for hardness, and WAY ahead of eastern white pine at 380. Long leaf yellow pine also has a lot of stuff in it to resist the elements and gives it a nice smell when it is being milled. We use this wood for most of our exterior millwork.

Posted by: southslope at April 17, 2009 3:08 PM

southslope...never made the connection...just left you a voicemail at the shop. Interested in pursuing a set of new doors or at least a more period replacement of the newer 36" single door since it was installed nicely with fluted pilaster casings.

DIBS

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 17, 2009 3:35 PM

Yeh, nice doors.

But I'm also digging this tax photo. It's rare to see one with actual people in it -- if you're lucky, you may see a car. But that group of kids (and maybe a couple of adults, I can't tell) makes the composition so much more lively and interesting.

Posted by: grand army at April 17, 2009 6:14 PM

amazing, but if you have to ask the cost.......

I am pretty much certain i could have two chevy cobalts fully loaded for less

Posted by: jp2 at April 17, 2009 10:34 PM

OMG, Southslope, you make doors! *Faint* Very exciting. OK - how much? Give us a ballpark?

Montrose, I have always wondered about the size issue. Seems like it would be like hunting for a needle in a haystack, but there is all this salvage around and people posting old doors on here like it's no problem.

Posted by: mopar at April 17, 2009 11:34 PM

Long leaf beats out oak any day. Resists water damage better as well.

Posted by: pig three at April 18, 2009 12:02 AM

The conclusion I have come to over the years is that salvage doors are going to be cheaper but they are going to require a lot of work and will not be as structurally sound as new ones.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at April 18, 2009 10:33 AM

Soooooo.....would these new doors cost about $2,000? Or $12,000? $20,000? (Hopefully not $20,000!)

Posted by: mopar at April 18, 2009 11:15 AM

OK, alright, you want to know how much? Follow this link for a few more details and you will see the price in the album 424 and 426 Waverly.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-NY/southslopewoodworks/53194651818

Posted by: southslope at April 18, 2009 12:41 PM

Oh my. How long does it to take to make these?

Posted by: mopar at April 18, 2009 11:59 PM

Mopar, are you asking how long the actual production takes or how long the lead time is? On this particular set the client won't be ready to take delivery for more than another month or so(we speak daily) so we are working on them passively. It depends on how involved a job is, but current lead time is ten weeks.

Posted by: southslope at April 19, 2009 7:35 PM

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