Excerpt from Crown Quarterly

Crown Quarterly

LEAD STORY

HOW ACCM BEGAN

It was 1971 when Roy Brown an evening student at the Philadelphia College of Art, and a full time employee in a local art company found it very hard to make ends meet for his wife and then two small children, on a salary of $86.00 a week.

Offered a job to install asbestos and aluminum siding Roy made the decision to leave the career in art that he dreamed of, and meet the needs of his family, little did he know where that decision would lead.

In 1972 Roy began a small roofing & siding company.  It didn’t take long before Roy saw many beautiful homes lose a part of their Character, the very detail that made them unique.  WHY?  because the original wood crown moldings were being boxed in, or covered with flat rippled aluminum.  The Dentil trim and Corbels were being jumped over, hidden, and what once caught the eye of passers by for its beauty no longer even required a glance.

Never feeling content with giving his customers anything less than his best, Roy began to experiment with ideas until he founded a system to custom design crown moldings out of aluminum. 

Once he had the idea in process he began to produce “Crown Mouldings” in custom lengths.

By the late 1970’s he was known locally as a source for those customers wanting to duplicate the wood moldings they admired on their homes, yet have a virtually maintenance free exterior.  

In the early 1980’s Roy designed the idea for his first roll-form machine running at 29’ per minute (a speed surpassed many times in this day and age but back then it was worthy of mentioning), he could now offer Crown Moulding to all contractors who wanted to give their customers a quality option.  In 1985 the name of American Colonial Crown Mouldings was registered, in 1999 a Corporation.  The years since then have offered change, growth, unimagined opportunity; grafting together the experience of new horizons and continued vison for what can be.

From one brake in the basement of his Bucks County PA home, to a variety of roll-formers with numerous metal crown moulding and trim profile options now being offered across the USA & Canada. Roy willingly attests to the fact that his journey has been a life lesson.  Ultimately any success has largely been in pleasing each customer one project at a time which has become his pleasure and the Company Goal.

God truly had a plan better than he could even imagine when in 1971, he left what “he thought” was the job of his dreams.

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Most Recent Work in Process: Magnificent Transformation Completely Restored in Commercial Gauge Aluminum...Look for Future updates as this Coopersburg Church project enters it's next phase.

Overview of ACCM

We stopped by your booth at the Suburban Fall Home Show and thought you might be interested in this molding & trim work.

Metal beyond your expectations!

Roy D. Brown/President ACCM

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Old Stone Historic Farm House Circa 1874 Beautifully Remodeled Window Trim using White Aluminum Prestige Series Plank Moulding.

You would have to touch this stunning and remarkable Plank Moulding Window
Trim to believe it is Aluminum.
Are YOU looking to "mimic the old" while adding "visual interest" to the
Exterior of YOUR Home? You will find true advantage in considering the
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Aluminum Crown Moulding is Picture Perfect...Really

 

Designing the Exterior or Interior with METAL gives Traditional Design Radical Flare.

AMERICAN COLONIAL CROWN MOULDINGS OFFER OUR PRESTIGE SERIES CROWN MOULDINGS IN A VARIETY OF METALS INCLUDING ALUMINUM, COPPER GALVANIZE AND STEEL.  EACH PROFILE IS MANUFACTURED BY OUR PROGRESSIVE ROLL FORMING PROCESS. 

 

Let each of our 6 standard profiles become your Conversation Starter

Known as our Prestige Series; each profile REPLICATES THE TRADITIONAL CROWN MOULDING DESIGNS REPRESENTED IN OLD WOOD TRIMS, EXCEPT no longer depending on trees as in days gone by.

 

Create your own Symphony of Charm and Practicality by choosing from

CROWN MOULDING SIZES RANGING FROM; 3 ½” TO 5 ¾” CROWN.

ALUMINUM IS OFFERED IN VARIOUS GAUGES .019, .024, .032 and multiple color choices.  COPPER 16 OZ & 20 OZ, STEEL 27 GAUGE & Brass are also available. 

 

Why Use Metal Fascia & Trim?

Metal Cornice has been in existence for over 150 years, it has an extremely long life & is known for durability.

 

Keep In Mind; Traditional Charm, Low Maintenance, & Cost Efficiency can be achieved in one name, American Colonial Crown Mouldings.

 

 

 

Capturing the Vision! Aluminum Crown Moulding being installed over existing & weathered wood crown molding. Our Aluminum Crown Moulding is made to Replicate and Fit over Early 1900's wood crown molding.