Unique historical front-doors

Many house owners ask themselves “How could I reduce my regularly costs for heating” Especially for house owners with historical front-doors out of the earlier years before 1940 is that a common problem.

Jürgen Schaubhut – Historical and Antique Building Materials - is a specialist of historical doors restoration. Providing services of source and supply bare original products to full historical restoration that can include also desired standards of heat or sound insulation and also security mechanisms against burglary.

The procedure:

The varnishes will take off cautiously with mild remover, lye or solvent. That follows a slowly desiccation of the door.

All pieces are meticulously repaired and restored with original historical material.

Normally we produce a new door frame out of historical wood where we put in a modern door seal in. The contact between the door and the floor will be with a bar or, without a barrier, with a door seal which is sinking into the floor.

It also is possible to maintain the original door frame this is recommended for doors which are originally really special produced. We produce a slot with special tool fraises, which will take on the modern door seals.

The “door leaf” will be dammed. For that we could offer different materials. Soft fibre boards out of wood, or insulation of paper basis as well as hard foam. Finally on the “door leaf” will be attached a second piece of historically or modern wood. It is very important for us, that the doors retain their historical character.

The inside of the door is sometimes worth to restore. This could be for really extensive prepared doors and it is an individual decision. We will assist you with our broad knowledge and experience. Always working with you to deliver a door which is individual and distinctive, a culture product out of a historical time which can be showed to our descendants.

If it is desired, the doors could be prepared that they fulfil the requirements of the European “DIN norm” for new buildings or “passive buildings” in all required sectors (sound insulation, heat insulation, or proof burglary).

Jürgen Schaubhut is specialised in restoration of old historical front doors. The company is based in a city in the South part of Germany called 74564 Crailsheim.

With over 550 antique doors is it possible for him to present you a broad range of examples, which could be a simple farmer’s door or an extensively prepared door and fanlight, out of the founder century from 1670 until 1940.