UPDATE 4/15/21:
Many churches are considering pew refinishing after having spent the past year wiping the pews down with anti viral liquid mixes. Many have damage to the pew finishes.
To save time we can say that it is only the solid wood pews that make sense to restore. Why? The cost of restoration of more recent, originally upholstered pews is the same or sometimes more than the cost of buying new. We snobilly refer to the pressboard, foam and veneer construction as "disposable."
But if you have all solid wood pews (with removable seat pads or not) the value proposition is much better. Similarly constructed new pews would cost $300 - $400 per lineal foot. Restoration is less than half that.
If you are wondering whether or not YOUR pews are worthy of restoration feel free to email us photos with a count of how many- how long.
Thanks.
Scott
5/20/20
OK I must be feeling nostalgic in this new Covid-19 world.
We're still here.
It needed to be said because a lot of other pew refinishing companies aren't.
Our model is to keep our overhead very small and come to YOUR town. That's been helpful as we traverse thru this alternate reality of Covid isolation and a diminishing pew restoration market.
Nowadays we get a lot of calls asking us to restore pews that we consider to be "disposable."
Starting in the 1970's and beyond new pew products took a decided turn for the worst. Pew ends disappeared. Super thin veneers and upholstery replaced solid wood. Chairs replaced benches.
And as they began to deteriorate most hoped they could just shore them up for a few bucks.
Nope. The value proposition just doesn't work out.
Churches with original solid wood pews are now few and far between. But very lucky.
And while the cost to fully restore solid wood church pews has risen- the long term savings are exponential.
They aren't stuck in a cycle of full replacement of all their seating every 15 to 20 years.
ie. St Joes Catholic Church in Andale, KS (just West of Wichita). As part of a winter 2019 full church interior project that followed a fire we went there, rented a nearby warehouse and started with this:
Just a few scratches:
And brought them to this:
In the church they looked like this:
We're still here.
Call or email us if you want your work done well and your pews to stay in the neighborhood.
God bless and good health!
Scott Beddome
(262) 527-8969
