Doubling Their Cornice Pleasure
South Slope blog IMBY writes about the restoration of a wooden cornice at neighbors 446 and 448 7th Avenue. Looks like two different property owners went in on matching cornices, installed by the same architect and contractor. The author recalls the original cornices only had seven brackets, and now these houses are the envy of…
South Slope blog IMBY writes about the restoration of a wooden cornice at neighbors 446 and 448 7th Avenue. Looks like two different property owners went in on matching cornices, installed by the same architect and contractor. The author recalls the original cornices only had seven brackets, and now these houses are the envy of the neighborhood, with nine brackets each. Good times!
New Cornices for 7th Avenue Properties [IMBY]
PS-material costs along with labor for the helper was about 800 dollars, using MDO, cedar, and marine ply, it took me two full days to buildand paint on the ground. I looked into fiberglass which was about 3000 without installation, black or white, other colors were more. I know purists sneer at fiberglass, but the idea of never having to paint that sucker was very appealling. Unfortunatley, most of the styles that I liked didn’t have a return on the corners, which really irks me, so there will be some painting in my future.
Well if anyone is handy and wants to take on a cornice project themselves, I just built one and have some extra components available, as well as the forms for the corbels which I’m going to be getting rid of. It’s not as difficult as it looks if you take it in steps. I built mine on the ground in three pieces, put a french cleat on the back and slid them into place, using the corbels to hide the seams. Once I had the pieces done, installation, working with a helper, took less than half a day, I was done by lunch.
T&A is very good. They have done a bunch of work for me.
T&A Carpentry and Home Restorations, Inc.
(718) 422-7575
Mr. Arthur Sadura
Don’t know how much it cost but up-close the detail is really nice. They’ve had scaffolding up for a really long time.
Why don’t more people do this? !@!THANK YOU!@!
Nice!
Does anyone know how much such a thing costs?
looks nice, if only more people could work together everything would look nicer other than hodge podge.
These are brick rowhouses on an Avenue. There are no front yards. That sidewalk shed added a lot to the price.
The permits say: BILLY CONTRACTORS INC
150 MILL STREET BROOKLYN NY 11231 Phone: 718-694-9494
but i saw the T and A Carpentry van out front. Maybe they subed out some of the woodwork or maybe they are related companies.
Also would be useful to know the name of the contractor. I am going to have to do the same thing myself in the near future. Anybody know?