Piedmont Lofts

The home for Piedmont Buggy Works was built in 1910. It is where they manufactured horse-drawn buggies for many years. Unfortunately, the building had been vacant for several decades when local developers acquired it in the mid-2010s.  A rehab process started in 2018 and would last almost 4 years.

While most buildings of this type choose historically-correct aluminum windows, this one did not.  When the development team asked about wood windows to match the originals, Quaker didn’t blink.  In fact, we had the solution — our wood clad window line, which made perfect sense with its light commercial capabilities. Here’s what our wood clad windows brought to the project:

• With a Design Pressure rating of 50, our wood clad windows could easily carry the load for a 4-story building.
• For the exterior aluminum cladding, our Dark Bronze color blended well with the building’s façade.
• Quaker saved developers both time and money by priming the wood interior of every window, readying them for painting
• Twin and Triple units were factory mulled, saving the jobsite install team both time and money.
• Quaker’s Energy 3S glass package, which garners a very good U-value and super low Solar Heat Gain value to any window, was added to all 430+ units.
• SDL bars on the interior were primed, while the exterior SDL bars showcased the same Dark Bronze exterior of the window frame.
• All screens were shipped separately to minimize damage.

Now completed, Piedmont Lofts is an apartment complex with more than 50 units.  The North Carolina Preservation Society awarded the project the 2023 Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit for its impressive transformation.