Ken and Patricia Hadley are restoring the Bishop's storehouse or tithing house in Leeds Utah. The stone around the back door had been torn out by a previous owner who had the idea of making the doorway bigger, but then found out he should have left it original size because of its historical nature So, that was a problem. Also, the pioneer lumber supporting the basement door had rotted out and was failing. So, that was the second problem.
We cut out two new headers from a stone that was a very close match to the existing headers on the building.
I built the corners back up around the door.
Ken removed the rotten lumber and stones above the basement door.
Deja, my dog, is inspecting the finish header over the basement
And here is the doorway finished and ready for the new landing. Now, doesn't this look great? Aren't we glad we hired a stone mason to fix this up? Ken was a great help on this project. He even went out to the rock yard to help cut out one of the headers. Thanks, Ken and Patricia for letting me help you on this fine old house.
