--- title: "The Tinman LLC — Artists & Artisans | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-tinman-llc-pfvwus-pf~1636594267 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1636594267.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "The Tinman LLC" category: ["Artists & Artisans"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/a043d7a50331f85e_8933-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Seattle, Washington 98199, United States" latitude: 47.6488 longitude: -122.3964 phone: "(206) 270-8550" website: http://dtinman.com rating: 5 review_count: 8 best_of_houzz_awards: 2 followers: 12 last_updated: 2026-09-01 --- # The Tinman LLC Original Houzz profile: [The Tinman LLC](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-tinman-llc-pfvwus-pf~1636594267) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Artists & Artisans - **Location:** Seattle, WA - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (8 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2016–2018), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Recommended on Houzz - 25 Ideabook Saves We create custom sheet metal construction components that are both functional and beautiful. The things that you interact with every day in your home have an impact on your life. If they don't work well, look pleasing, and stay that way - they can be a source of irritation and frustration. I look for the elegant solution, using best practice standards; and strive for good design and detail so that furnishings and building envelopes are a source of comfort, pride and satisfaction. I am now semi-retired with a smaller shop, still doing fabrication but little installation. The phone number is old, but I do respond to email. Thank You. ### Services Provided - sheet metal ### Typical Job Cost $200 - 25,000 ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | The Tinman LLC | | Address | Seattle, Washington 98199, United States | | Phone | (206) 270-8550 | | Website | http://dtinman.com | | License Number | TINMATL902CD | | Followers on Houzz | 12 | ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [The Tinman LLC](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-tinman-llc-pfvwus-pf~1636594267) - **Website:** http://dtinman.com - **Phone:** (206) 270-8550 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2016–2018), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 8 reviews** ### All 8 reviews **★★★★★ — Maria Angeles Capellades, Feb. 2018** > Doug, the Tinman, designed and built us a fantastic large zinc table top for our kitchen/dining area. He did it in record time and worked really hard to make sure we had the top for Thanksgiving. He went the extra mile by helping us install it too - even though we had said we would take care of that part, he wanted to help anyways. He is a wonderful person, very customer-focused, creative, curious, dedicated and so interesting. We are honoured to have his work at our home. It makes us feel good to have something that special, hand-crafted with such high skill right here in Seattle! Thanks Tinman! **★★★★★ — Greg Anderson, Feb. 2018** > Seattle's Tinman is a metal master, an artist! And joy to work with. He helped solve a metal problem that has been bugging me for 20 years! He is the only one I have found that could. **★★★★★ — Jeff Hindle, May 2017** > We had a bad water leak on some fascia board on a rooftop deck. Doug installed metal coping to cover it. Just in time. Days later we had severe thunderstorms. Not a drop of water came through. Not only did the final product look fantastic, but it keeps the rooftop deck watertight. On a personal level, Doug is really friendly, punctual, worked within his estimate; everything you'd want in a contractor, **★★★★★ — jpiecuch68, Oct. 2015** > Doug French, The Tinman, is skilled and meticulous as well as congenial. Doug was engaged to design, build and install copper caps and flashing for exposed woodwork on an early '60s structure at The Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. He devised clever and aesthetically appealing solutions to the problems we faced that were in keeping with the architecture of the structure. The work was completed on time and within budget, and I recommend him without hesitation. **★★★★★ — granttm, Sept. 2015** > Doug French (aka The Tinman) is a true artist and craftsman. He designed and fabricated a beautiful zinc cap for the newel post on our main stairway as part of a log home restoration. We drew the dimensions (because our home is hours from Doug's workshop), and he created a one- of- a-kind cap that fit the unusual dimension perfectly. He also very thoughtfully fabricated a small tool for us to use in case we needed to make adjustments when we placed the cap. He's very professional and completed the work on schedule. **★★★★★ — MW\|Works Architecture+Design, Sept. 2015** > I would highly recommend The Tinman for any copper and zinc project. I had Doug install a custom detailed zinc backsplash in my own kitchen remodel. I am an architect so I am very particular and quite fussy about the details but Doug gladly worked through the options with me and even mocked up some details and finishes. The final product and patina looked great and cost was very fair. There just aren't that many people around that know zinc and copper very well anymore and Doug knows it inside and out. As a bonus Doug seems to be a super nice guy. > > Steve M. > Architect **★★★★★ — dwc6587, Sept. 2015** > Doug is smart and a talented craftsman. He has re-tined copper pots and manufactured architectural items for me and I have been more than pleased. In fact I have recommended him to many others and they were impressed as well. **★★★★★ — Christi Papa, Sept. 2015** > I found Doug through Google as my wife and I planned special accents for our new home. Everything was totally out of the box and Doug was great to work with - understanding, patient and extremely creative. His first task was to create zinc caps for half walls around our Great Room. The work was flawless with invisible seams and smooth corners. > > Hi talents were really put to the test when we called on him to design a cover for our fireplace chimney that our builder had totally screwed up. With his input and great work with metals, what was an eyesore was transformed into the design focal point of the house, as it was intended. Great work Doug! ## Selected projects - [Discovery Park / West Point Lighthouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/discovery-park-west-point-lighthouse-pj-vj~2026766) - Location: Seattle, WA - Photos: 8 - Description: The Lighthouse in Discovery Park, the West Point Light, was built in 1881 and was obtained by Seattle Parks in 2006. The exterior was restored in 2010 -11 and The Tinman LLC did the exterior copper work. We re-cleated some loose double-locked standing seam roofing, re-soldered gutter joints, and rebuilt sections of the cornice that had corrosion holes. Once the lead paint was abated we could plainly see where, in the 130 year life of the building, similar repairs had been done before. We also st… - [door cladding systems](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/door-cladding-systems-pj-vj~2016617) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 8 - [hammered copper life-size snow goose](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/hammered-copper-life-size-snow-goose-pj-vj~2231923) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 3 - Description: life-size copper snow goose, hand hammered - [Curved Gutter for Tea House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/curved-gutter-for-tea-house-pj-vj~5415126) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 4 - Description: This wonderfully made tea house structure proved to be so nice that the owners wanted to be able to use it just as much when it was raining as when it was sunny. Any means of hanging the gutter could not detract from the beautiful joinery. Minimal was the way to go. The only seams are at the four corners - each curved length is made from one piece of copper. - [scalloped chimney cap](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/scalloped-chimney-cap-pj-vj~3152643) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 2 - Description: A older stone chimney with two wood burning flues needed a waterproof cap to keep the cement cap from deteriorating and slow efflorescence from the masonry joints; and to put the crowning touch on the chimney. The scalloped detail was a request from the owners to use the same detail as the existing fireplace hood inside. The cap is mounted on concealed stainless steel cleats fastened to the stone sides. - [zinc sink and profiled zinc countertop](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/zinc-sink-and-profiled-zinc-countertop-pj-vj~2016425) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 4 - [copper privacy screen with life sized copper leaves](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/copper-privacy-screen-with-life-sized-copper-leaves-pj-vj~2642637) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 8 - Description: these screens obscure the view of potting / planting tools under stair. The screen frames are constructed from stainless steel tube, and clad with copper. The leaves were picked from the yard and traced, then cut and worked for texture, and riveted and soldered to the frame. The copper will patina with age but the weather won't harm these extra durable materials. - [Range Hoods](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/range-hoods-pj-vj~2021005) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 10 - [copper chimney caps](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/copper-chimney-caps-pj-vj~1533713) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 4 - [custom mailbox](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/custom-mailbox-pj-vj~1242652) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 4 - Description: I recently made a copper and stainless steel mailbox to fit into an opening in a stone post. There was a basic design. I was asked to add some spice to the door, and a hammered "rocky" texture was approved. Finding a suitable latch for the door was difficult. It had to be compatible with the copper, no galvanic corrosion please; appropriate and secure. The stainless latches I saw were too large or just the wrong style. I suggested a handmade latch with a local touch, the chinook salmon. [See all 10 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/the-tinman-llc-pfvwus-pf~1636594267) ## Ideabooks - [Wish List](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/135637865/list/wish-list) — 2 ideas - [treece](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/75634402/list/treece) — 2 ideas [See all 2 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/dtinman) ## Community Q&A **Q: Is that a "custom hood" or can I buy it somewhere?** *(in Photo Questions)* Would love to know where the hood (or something like it) can be purchased or had made. Please advise fabricator or store. Thanks! A: Sorry to not see this for so long, that hood is from The Tinman LLC **Q: Manufacturing Technique?** *(in Photo Questions)* What is the technique used to work the metal into these incredibly interesting forms. It looks almost organic, like cooled lava flow. A: thanks for your kind comments - the inspiration for that door is what is really jaw-dropping - the white bronze (former) facade of the american folk art museum. www.cdc-usa.com/portfolio/museum-american-folk-art dtinman.com **Q: DOOR** *(in Photo Questions)* What an exquisite door! A: Thanks! See more of my work at http://www.dtinman.com **Q: Hood!!! Who made this hood?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: The zinc hood was fabricated and installed by the Tinman LLC. www.dtinman.com **Q: Door** *(in Photo Questions)* Where did you get the door from? A: Please note the bronze is NOT 1/3-inch, but 1/32-inch thick. From the maker. http://www.dtinman.com --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-01.*