Seeing the light

Windows are as integral a part of the design and aesthetics of any home as the room layout, colors, furnishings and lighting.

Custom-made windows, doors and entries that enhance the style and appearance of your home are the speciality of The Woodstone Company. Woodstone engineers and makes windows in traditional, contemporary and historic replica styles, using century-old wood joinery methods.

Woodstone sales and marketing director Kevin Lonie says his company's windows are more than simply historic reproductions.

"Our windows not only match the architecture of each home they're built for, but they are constructed to stand the test of time, like many of the original windows we replace," he says.

"Windows are replicated to meet Landmark Preservation conditions, or to offer something completely individual to customers who are building a once-in-a-lifetime home. Our windows add to the beauty of the home and help owners to fully enjoy their living spaces and the location of their new homes."

Woodstone designs windows, doors and entries for cottages, seaside properties, townhouses, multi-story apartment buildings, penthouses, and even castles. The company blends old New England craftsmanship with modern technology to produce joinery that is energy-conscious in its design and installation.

With its historic replica windows, Woodstone ensures performance issues, such as energy efficiency, structural strength, acoustic control and ease of operation are maintained.

And because Woodstone has been involved with projects such as the home featured on these pages, for more than 25 years, it combines the needs of the owner and architect with the requirements of local bodies in relation to landmark specifications.

From weight and pulley counterbalances to security locking systems, hardware is carefully chosen for its performance characteristics and quality.

There's a wide choice of glazing options, including sizes of glass panes, mullion widths, and standard or custom-made molding profiles. All windows can be made in most species of wood.

The company's handcrafting methods ensure future glass replacement and maintenance are straightforward and inexpensive. And because Woodstone's joinery is always coped rather than mitered, water does not penetrate the joints, giving the joinery a tight and solid appearance.

With doors, the choice of traditional and contemporary options is impressive. You can select from solid lumber or matched veneers, combinations of panels and glass, plain or embellished finishes, insulated systems, and doors surrounded with traditional or contemporary custom-designed architectural trims.

For strength, Woodstone assembles all its doors using premium grade, coped, mortise-and-pegged-tenon wood joinery. Top quality hardware and joinery methods provide a weather seal that will be reliable for many years.

Projects undertaken by Woodstone range from single windows to new construction, remodeling and the restoration of residential and commercial buildings.

All millwork from Woodstone comes with a ten-year warranty.

For more information, contact The Woodstone Company, Patch Rd, PO Box 223, Westminster, VT 05158, phone (802) 722 9217, fax (802) 722 9528. Email: sales@woodstone.com. Website: www.woodstone.com.

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