Victorian Door Restoration with Kaleb Higgins of The 2nd Empire Strikes Back
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- #mansiontours #renovation #oldhouse
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On Season 1 Episode 7 of Legends of Lemp: The Vahlkamp House, join Matt and Nicki as they consult with special guest Kaleb Higgins from @The2ndEmpireStrikesBack on the best way to rescue and restore the original Antique Wood doors of the 1800's Vahlkamp House.
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Kaleb does great work, his attention to detail is fabulous. It’s a great tribute to the craftsmanship of the door makers to see how much that door has been through and still it held up and will last another 50 years or more.
I love the fact that the old houses in the area are getting a new lease on life and that visionaries are prepared to put the time and money into restoring the old homes. 👏🏻👍🏻🤜🏻😊🇬🇧🇿🇦
Kaleb is incredible! The dude's a well of knowledge
2nd emp strikes back fan from England , so proud of all you guys saving history I will subscribe to you too xx
Kaleb I watch mostly your wife's videos I used to see your cause you started first as a vlogger. Good your doing the victorian doors, awesome.🙂👍👍 Stay awesome.
Kaleb is amazing!
Kaleb and Kim are good people. I started following your channel Matt because of him.
They sure are, and thank you.
I love seeing the details of how the work is performed!!!
This is such a nice collaboration! It is great to see two people so interested in historic preservation!
Higgiiiiinnnnnsssss!!!
Caleb is Amazing!!
Indeed he is.
Striping centuries of layers of paint off wood.
It's not rocket science but hours of hard work, time, patience and persistence!
Great to see the collaboration going on, the sharing of knowledge. Queen Anne style glazing would look brilliant
Still excited about your channel. Good job once again!
Hey Kaleb, I know you from your show!
Learned a lot.
Thank you.
You should put stained glass in the doors and transom windows
I like it. Wonder what it would cost.
@@MansardStudios check out channel [4th generation 1880 house renovation] s01e77, he is an Australian guy and he is making his own stained glass windows ( front door and transoms) and many other features throughout the house ( door arches and ceiling roses)
THIS WAS EDUCATIONAL AND INTERESTING. BACKGROUND REPETITIVE PIANO NOISE WAS DISTRACTING. I HOPE THE KEY BANGER FINGERS FELL OFF.
We fired that piano guy. Won't happen again.
Do both front doors have transoms above them?
Yes, both have transoms
Hi, this is Marvin H. Can we call sometime? As I have before expressed, I would really like to apologize for leaving highly negative comments on your channel. Also, I would love to share some of my own ideas and try to explain myself in a much more civil way. Thank you all so much! I look forward to talking (soon?).
No hard feelings Marvin. Happy to hear all input.
Maybe you should delete the comments.
My first video to watch on this channel. I think you can lose the looped reel of music in the background, Really annoying.
Thanks for the feedback! As you can tell we are a new channel and it was just taking some time to find our comfort zone. We have made adjustments since this episode to our levels, and will continue to do so in the future. Thanks for watching!
Oh my gosh guys, carrying wood with no gloves?!? I would totes get a nasty splinter.
I bought saftey glasses and masks right after this episode. We'll add gloves to the list.
@@MansardStudios woot! I'll admit that I have on occasion carried wood without gloves. My husband will shake his head. The splinters are the most convincing reminder why we do it!
But still not convinced about wood pressing. The trim on that door isn't really that detailed or fancy.
What wood shops had were pantograph routers that could carve wood using various router bits in a jig running off a model carving a secondary piece of wood.
It sure looks stamped to me, maybe it was carved, but it's pretty shallow to have been carved.
@@MansardStudiosI agree. Kaleb said it was stamped and he knows his stuff.
Kaleb, please be careful the strippers are absorbed into the skin and does do organ damage. please be safe!!!
Congrats to Suzanne Polderdyke for winning our first run Legends of Lemp T-shirt and Twist of Fate for winning our first ever custom Legends of Lemp watch!
Congratulations Suzanne!! That's awesome!!!
@@twistoffate4791 Congrats!!
@twist of Fate Suzanne won the T-Shirt. YOU won the watch!
@@MansardStudios Omg!! I only read the first sentence!! I haven't won anything since the $20 I won at a marching band dinner in 1983. This is a miracle!!
@@naybaby5778 Thank you! I am ecststic & feel most lucky!!!
The film work of your videos is just awesome and very creative. This is a great Chanel.You will have two stunning doors to walk through and enjoy. Kaleb was definitely the right man to consult and assist on the restoration of the doors!
I adore kaleb. I have followed him since his 2nd video. Great calab... See what i did there? 😂
Bonjour, avez-vous publié les plans de la maison ? Quelle est la partie à l’arrière, cette sorte de tour ? 😊❤
Stamping wood. Now that's a new one for me. Never heard of that being done before.
@28:38 At that time, unpainted wood was an indicator that you were poor as paint was expensive and only the well off could afford it and the labor to apply it.
In the 1920'sand 1930's there was a renaissance in the Art Deco, Arts & Crafts and the Craftsman style movements back to things being natural and wood in houses was mostly shellaced, then varnish later became the go to covering because shellac becomes sticky in high humidity.
Paint covers a lot of things, so that good news for us.
The decorative design on the pressed cross piece dates back to ancient Greece (at least) and is called 'egg and dart' Although this example does not have a dart between the eggs. Simple but elegant. Nice door. Caleb does nice work, doesn't he?
This sis the first time I've seen your channel. Are you fixing up the house to live in it, or to sell it?
I'm going to live in it.
@@MansardStudios Glad to hear it. Fixing up these old Victorians always pleases me. But if it's being done to sell, all decisions are looking to maximize profit. Restoration with intention to live there yourself means a labor of love. Caleb is trying to stay true to original as much as possible and doesn't compromise much.
The episode with the door that Caleb worked on is the first of your site I've seen. I subscribed. Looking forward to seeing what you do with your home. Good luck.