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	Demolishing the duPont Kitchen Addition at Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 304 seconds The circa 1909 duPont kitchen addition at Montpelier is demolished by a large excavator during the course of restoring the house back to its Madison era apperance. Video by Maggie Wilson Related: demolition, excavator, madison, montpelier, restoration

	Mac Ward Assembling Montpelier Stair Rail Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 178 seconds Watch restoration carpenter Mac Ward install the rails, balusters and nosing for a reconstructed circa 1765 stair at James Madison's Montpelier. Video by Maggie Wilson Related: carpentry, madison, montpelier, preservation, restoration, stair

$White Coat Plastering Montpelier\$	White Coat Plastering Montpelier's Drawing Room Ceiling Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 159 seconds The Mason's from Virginia Lime Works apply a white coat lime plaster to the ceiling of James Madison's Montpelier. Video by Maggie Wilson Related: drawing, lime, madison, montpelier, plaster, restoration, room, whitecoat

$Repairing Damaged Floors at James Madison\$

Repairing Damaged Floors at James Madison's Montpelier
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Video duration: 364 seconds

Carpenter Keith Forry repairs a patch of flooring in Mr. Madison's room that had suffered insect damage. The repair, called a dutchman, is made from the same wood was the original floors (heart pine) and closely matches the grain pattern of the original board. Video by architectural historian Maggie Wilson

Related: carpentry, dutchman, floors, madison, montpelier, preservation, restoration

$Exterior Evolution of James Madison\$	Exterior Evolution of James Madison's Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 74 seconds Animation that shows the evolution of James Madison's Montpelier from circa 1765 through to 1812. Related: dinsmore, georgian, historic, madison, montpelier, restoration

$Plastering Nelly\$	Plastering Nelly's Kitchen at Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 118 seconds Tim Proffit, Robby Kolb and Lewis Rucker trowel the brown coat on the ceiling of Nelly's Kitchen. Video by Maggie Wilson. Related: james, madison, montpelier, plastering, restoration

	Test Graining on Newel Post at Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 199 seconds Farrar Woltz tests a graining sample to a newel post at James Madison's Montpelier. The pattern is based off of a surviving newel post fragment and it replicates the graining pattern of mahogany. Related: graining, madison, montpelier, painting, restoration

Making the shutters for Montpelier
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Video duration: 186 seconds

A computerized router at the Gaston and Wyatt mill shop in Charlottesville, VA makes the pieces for the shutters are Montpelier. The shutters were designed after originals found in a barn on the Montpelier estate.

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	Installing Colonnade Railing Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 127 seconds Blaise Gaston, Bill Bichell and the restoration carpentery crew install the bottom and top rails on the colonnade railing. Video by Maggie Wilson Related: james, madison, monptelier, restoration

$Building up final grade in front of Madison\$	Building up final grade in front of Madison's montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 103 seconds As part of an ongoing restoration, top soil is brought in to raise the final grade in front of James Madison's Montpelier. Video by Maggie Wilson Related: grade, james, landscaping, madison, montpelier, restoration

Installing the Overdoor Pediment at Montpelier
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Video duration: 140 seconds

Bill Bichell, Gene Lyman and Chris Edwards install the pediment over the south door in the Drawing Room. The pediment is reconstructed but the design is based off of physical evidence and a surviving pediment at Monticello (which was built by the same carpenter). Video by Maggie Wilson.

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	Removing Floor Finishes at Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 118 seconds The Rosebud Company uses a solvent to remove the non-Madison Finishes from Montpelier Related: floors, madison, montpelier, preservation, restoration

$Graining the North Stair at James Madison\$	Graining the North Stair at James Madison's Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 120 seconds Decorative Painter Farrar Woltz grains the North Stair at Montpelier. Using two layers of glaze over a cranberry colored base coat she replicates the apperance of mahogany rails, newels and risers on the stair. Related: graining, madison, montpelier, painting, restoration

	Installing a compacted clay floor Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 111 seconds Masons from Virginia Lime Works install a clay floor in the cellars at Montpelier. The clay floor is composed of clay, lime, sand and brick dust. Video by Maggie Wilson Related: clay, construction, earthen, flooring, madison, montpelier, preservation, restoration

	Gene and Bill prepare the bottom rail of a chinese railing Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 126 seconds Carpenters at Montpelier (Gene Lyman and Bill Bichell) use a large circular saw to cut a rabbet joint into the bottom rail of the colonnade terrace's Chinese railing. Related: history, james, madison, montpelier, preservation, restoration

Jack Mixing and Applying Distemper at Montpelier
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Video duration: 102 seconds

Paint Jack Fisher mixes and applies a distemper paint (which uses hide glue instead of oil as a binder) to the walls of the large bedroom at Montpelier. Evidence of a similar colored distemper paint was found through analyzing the room's surviving paint. Video by architectural historian Maggie Wilson.

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	White Washing the Columns at Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 82 seconds The Masons from Virginia Lime Works white wash the columns at James Madison's Montpelier. Video by Maggie Wilson Related: madison, montpelier, preservation, restoration, wash, white

Intalling Egg-and-Dart Composition molding at Montpelier
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Video duration: 134 seconds

Restoration Carpenter Bill Bichell installs a band of egg-and-dart molding on the overdoor pediment in the Drawing Room at Montpelier using hide and stainless steel pins. Video by architectural historian Maggie Wilson.

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	Jack Fisher Sizing Walls Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 57 seconds Traditional Painter Jack Fisher applied a hide glue "size" to the walls of Montpelier's newly restored Dining Room. Video by Maggie Wilson. Related: fisher, glue, hide, jack, madison, montpelier, preservation, restoration, size

	Period II Stair Newel Installation Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 13 seconds Mac Ward Installing the Period II newel. The tread and stringer are tenoned into the newel. Related: madison, montpelier, restoration

	Susan Buck Sampling Paint at Montpelier Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 101 seconds Paint Conservator Dr. Susan Buck takes sample of white wash from the cellar of Montpelier. Video by Maggie Wilson. Related: anlysis, buck, james, madison, montpelier, paint, preservation, restoration, susan

	Gene Using a Slick Posted by: montpelierrestored Video duration: 81 seconds Gene Lyman demonstrating how to use a slick on a c. 1765 paneling in the South Passage of James Madison's Montpelier. Video taken by Maggie Wilson Related: hand, james, madison, montpelier, restoration, tools

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Making Screws for Montpelier's Door Hinges
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Video duration: 104 seconds

Modern pan head screws are mounted onto a metal lathe and their heads are turned down to match surviving 18th-century screws found at Montpelier. These screws will be used to install the reproduction hinges at James Madison's Montpelier. Video by architectural historian Maggie Wilson.

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Montpeler Restoration - Two weeks from Grant opening
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Video duration: 160 seconds

The craftsmen at James Madison's Montpelier work overtime to get the Mansion ready for the Sept. 17th grand opening. Sod is laid, paint is applied, a fence is started, floors are waxed and a brick wall is being built. Video by architectural historian Maggie Wilson

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