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In the spring of 2005 Mustard Seed was chosen as the primary carpentry contractor for the restoration of Montpelier, the home of President James Madison. This $28 million dollar project has gained national recognition for setting the new standard of excellence in preservation practice…";
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In 1986 Scott McBride spearheaded the restoration of an eight-sided porch cornice on The Armor-Stiner Octagon House, the first historic home to be deeded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to a private owner…";
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During the restoration of Montpelier, the challenge of maintaining an ongoing weather-tight envelope throughout the replacement process was heightened by gale-force winter winds and the daunting presence of irreplaceable historic treasures below the work area…";
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The real trick was to “re-grow” Montpelier’s roof framing without sacrificing any original 1760 fabric. Instead of wholesale replacement of framing members we began a painstaking program of beam splicing and reinforcement…";
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In tandem with the structural work, an ambitious campaign of roof sheathing replacement was initiated. At all times we had to be safety-conscious of a steady stream of visitors, since tours of the mansion continued throughout the project…";
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Starting with the development of full-scale section drawings of the Octagon House, Scott’s team knitted the complex array of brackets, dentils and compo ornaments back together again…";
/*histquote[6] = "O! Youth! What a pain in the backside.";
histquote[7] = "Wishes are like goldfish with propellors.";
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histquote[9] = "Invention is the mother of too many useless toys."; */
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