Tayim Door Restoration

A beautiful French exterior door with leaded glass needed to be restored. The home was built in 1924 and a century is a good lifespan for a metal door exposed to the elements but it needed to be restored to its original state. Decades of weather exposure and numerous repairs along to way meant this doors craftmanship was being eroded. Below are pictures of the restoration process. The pictures will be updated as progress is made.

  • Before the restoration

  • The solid brass Beneath a century of paint and corrosion

  • Door Handle Before

  • Door handle after

  • Door cassette before

  • Door cassette after

  • Hardware after being cleaned, ready for polish

  • Hardware after polishing

  • Hardware after polishing

  • Hardware after polishing

  • Polishing the metal frames

  • Metal frames after polishing

  • Warped leaded windows before repairs

  • Close up of the warped Leaded glass panel

  • Previously repaired glass doesn't fit securely in lead came

  • Brass threshold before cleaning

    Brass threshold before cleaning

  • Brass threshold after cleaning

    Brass threshold after cleaning

  • Left door frame primed & ready for paint

  • Right door Frame primed & ready for paint

  • trim pieces primed and ready for paint

  • Upper transom frame primed & ready for paint

  • Closer view of the transom frame

  • Glass panels being disassembled & assessed

  • glass panels being restored

  • Custom cut glass used in the panels