Estate Millwork Knowledge Base
Front Entry Doors What are My Options
Published: September 22, 2020
Your front entry door must be tough; it needs to stand up to all of the possible elements of your region whether it's high winds, rain/snow, direct sun light and also keep out would be intruders and any other un welcome guests. Along with all these requirements your front door also needs to look good, after all your front door is first thing guests see when coming to your home and we all know first impressions are everything. Wood doors have been around forever and even though newer types of doors like metal and fiberglass have come t market wood entry doors are considered the upper ech...
Factory Priming -- The Best Way to Protect Your Exterior Wood Shutters
Published: September 17, 2020
Preparation Exterior wood shutters take a beating from the elements, that's why we take special care with our factory finishes to make sure that your shutters will have a long life of trouble free use. After each custom shutter is completed, it is machine sanded, and then hand sanded to prepare the surface for the final finish. After inspection and hand sanding, the shutters are blown off with high pressure compressed air and moved to our environmentally controlled paint rooms. Priming Most exterior wood shutters are made from cedar, and depending upon the species that is bei...
How To Measure for Custom Louvered Doors
Published: September 15, 2020
Estate Millwork manufactures our custom louver doors using slab dimensions, as opposed to rough opening of finish opening dimensions. The slab dimensions are the exact dimensions of the louvered door slab, without any allowance for air gaps, jambs or framing. All that is required is to measure the width, height and thickness of the existing door slab that is being replaced, or to provide the same dimensions if a new door is being ordered. Interior louvered doors are generally 1 3/8" thick, Exterior louver doors are generally 1 3/4" inch, and by ordering these standard thickne...
What are Craftsman Style Front Doors?
Published: September 11, 2020
First impressions do count. There's nothing that will add character to the entryway of your home like a custom-made craftsman door, the Craftsman-styled door is a classic that will be around a long time. Even though craftsman style homes were popular in the early 20th century there are still these cottages and bungalows found throughout the United States. If you own one of these homes you may be in the market for a door to complement the simplicity and craftsmanship of your home. What is a Craftsman Style Home The craftsman style home is largely a California phenomenon was born o...
Black Exterior Shutters and Your Home
Published: September 09, 2020
When looking for new shutters you may be looking for reasons to not go with black exterior shutters because of how common they seem to be. Homeowners regularly struggle to find alternatives to black shutters some people will spends hours trying to find the right color to match their homes exterior only to circle back to black. There is no substitute to black shutters , they will always be the pinnacle and are the most popular shutter color. Exterior wood shutters from Estate Millwork come unfinished, primed or painted, we use Tricorn Black from Sherwin Williams when painting black ...