Studio E

Also from our award-winning project, here is how we found one of the original fire surrounds and cobbled it back together. I love how it turned out.

Our team just received an Honor Award from Maine Preservation! We are very proud of bringing this little gem back to life. Here are some fun before and after pictures :-)

As we head indoors here is something that can help:

How to Make a High-MERV DIY Portable Air Cleaner Twitter is an utter hellscape in some ways, but it does have a few redeeming qualities. I've seen a lot of good information about the COVID-19 pandemic there, including ways to filter the indoor air for coronavirus and the emerging science about the spread of SARS-COV-2 via aerosols in addition to d...

GOOD DISINFECTANTS
The EPA has made a list of disinfectants that they know will work against the COVID-19 (aka SARS-CoV-2).

You can download a pdf here: https://www.epa.gov/…/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars…

Click on the PDF button. It will take a couple of seconds and you’ll need to click “OK” on the box that pops up.

You can then look at your product’s label and find the EPA Registration (see the red circle in my photo below) number then find out if that exact number is on this list (see the column with the red arrow in my photo below). These products may be marketed and sold under different brand names but if they have the same EPA registration number, then they are the same product.

This was just announced. What a boon for rural Maine downtowns. It also can cover energy efficiency improvements.

MDF’s Maine Downtown Center Awarded $750,000 National Park Service Grant to Support Historic Preservation in Rural Downtowns HALLOWELL, Maine – September 19, 2019 The Maine Development Foundation’s Maine Downtown Center (MDC) program will administer $750,000 in funding over the next two years…

Our children's museum in Wilton is open! The exhibits are phenomenal.

Some demolition work from our Lake House project.

Demolishing a Trailer 1950s trailer that had served as a guest cottage was rotted and moldy and had to go. We salvaged what we could - then let the heavy equipment have it.

Air shooter installation in progress. I want to try it myself.

We are at the beginning of the end of this sweet project. Stay tuned for opening times and exhibits 😃

Calling All Commercial Contractors: Studio E is pleased to invite you to bid on an Interior Fit Out of the Western Maine Play Museum in Wilton, ME. There is a mandatory pre-bid conference this Wednesday, March 7th at 9:00 a.m. on site at 561 Main Street, Wilton, ME. [Performance and Payment bonds are required.] Bid documents are available to purchase at Amatuer Service, 231 Oxford Street, Portland, ME - 772-7006.

DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS WEEK:
There are many things that you can do to preserve your old wood windows that won't break the bank. While the marketing gurus have touted replacement windows for years the truth is that they will not last as long as your original wood windows will. The payback on replacement windows is 100 years! Also, remember that when they say "No maintenance" it means that when the window fails you'll need to replace the entire window.

Here is a great book by John Leeke on all of the aspects of repairing old wood windows. Lots of great pictures and easy to follow instructions.