Services

Old World Carpentry is a local, family business owned and operated by Jens Muller. Jens mastered his craft within the German apprenticeship tradition, training under master carpenters and cabinet makers. Today, Old World Carpentry brings that time-honored tradition to the buildings and homes of Central Virginia.

We specialize in historic renovations, striving to restore Central Virginia’s historic buildings while maintaining their original integrity. We are able to restore older buildings, revealing their original state while replacing outdated or decayed materials with new, aesthetically similar materials. Protecting local history in this way is a benefit to the community as well as the property owner.

Custom sawing with a portable sawmill

Much of the lumber for our projects is locally harvested and custom sawn with our Wood-Mizer portable saw mill. We have the capability to turn logs into lumber, siding, roof shakes, and even firewood and mulch. Due to the mill’s portability, we can saw downed trees into usable lumber on site. Our customers enjoy this sustainable harvest of trees from their natural landscape, and can then enjoy watching us use their home-grown lumber for their home building project.

• Sawing your logs into usable lumber on your site
• Able to saw beveled siding and roof shakes
• By-products of this process are valuable as well, resulting in mulch and firewood