Category: Departments

Wilson-Covington is complete with all major framing repair on the 1805 era home in the Triangle area of NC. This has included replacing damaged framing elements with salvaged materials using the original mortise and tenon construction. The entire home has also been sheeted with plywood following removal of deteriorated siding and wrapped with Tyvek to provide a solid structure and better moisture barrier/building envelope. New siding to match the original profile will be installed and those boards able to be salvaged will be installed in high-profile areas.

Wilson-Covington has begun masonry repairs at the Historic Korner’s Folly in Kernersville, NC. The north (left hand) porch wall was taken down and a footing installed. New masonry was laid using Old Carolina Brick to match the original and Virginia Lime Works mortar. The south porch is also nearing completion. Work will now begin on the front (west) facing of the structure. Where no footing was originally installed and vehicular traffic on Main Street has moved the masonry, a new footing will be dug under the existing masonry, poured, and 5 new courses of brick laid down to this new footing. This will allow the grade to be dropped to more closely match the original and do away with flower beds that were a later installation.

As part of the restoration of an 1805 home outside of Durham, NC, Wilson-Covington is repairing the original window units. Work includes the removal from the framing, epoxy repair or material replacement with salvaged like materials, installation of custom trim and moldings where missing, priming, and painting. Wilson-Covington will also be fabricating the window sash to match the original (which are gone but documented from old photographs) and glazing in salvaged antique glass.

Interior finish work continues on this premier private duck hunting lodge in eastern North Carolina. All trim work is being performed by Wilson-Covington’s craftsmen included fabrication of lockers, bookcases, kitchen cabinets, and kitchen island.

This morning the Trustees of Korner’s Folly in Kernersville, NC celebrated the official groundbreaking of Operation Restoration- the exterior repair, replacement, and restoration of masonry structural elements on the Folly. Wilson-Covington is proud to be the General Contractor for this project. The firm’s expertise in historic restoration combined with a family tie to Kernersville make this a very exciting project. The President and Owner of Wilson-Covington, Clay V. Ring, Jr. grew up behind the Folly and built his first home on the lot to the North of the building, a home now occupied by another long-time supporter of the Folly.

Wilson-Covington has almost wrapped up work on a Hampton Inn Lobby and First Floor remodel in the Charlotte area.