On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:14:45PM -0500, Brian Siano wrote: > [57 lines, 376 words, 2284 characters] Top characters: etoasinr > > Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > > >Campus Apartments is removing the slate roof on 4410 Pine Street > >today. The slate was in reasonably good condition, although it needed > >repair. > > > >Here are some pictures of the building, showing the roof as it is this > >morning with demolition only partly begun. > > > > http://www.purple.com/temp/4410_Pine/ > > > Well, this is obviosuly going to star a revival of the Historic District > argument-- and that's a good thing, because the matter's been ignored > for quite a while.
You're two days later for April 1. ;-) > 2. We do not know why Campus Apartments is doing this-- I agree with Al > that their reasons are, more than likely, structural, especially after > those horrific snows we had this year. Apparently because of damaged (rotted) planking underneath. Given the house's history (pre-CA), I'd wager it was lack of maintenance for many years. See the second photo. > The photos on Jeff's website are worth checking out, but I have two > questions. > > 3. On the fifth photo, the caption states that the turret is in good > shape. But the eighth photo, taken at a different angle, shows some odd > tablets on that same turret. What's the story on that odd section? That was one of the few good repairs I saw Eugene Block do. (Who knows, he may have done lots of good repairs that I couldn't see. I I just saw a lot of bad ones, and his maintenance guys would excuse themselves, saying it wasn't the kind of work they wanted to be known for, just the budget they were given.) Joe Palmer did that repair, he seemed good. I hired him myself once. > 4. The sixth photo's caption states "In case there's any doubt as to > what's going up in place of slate." The photo shows rolls of > underlayment, which may be just as required for replaceemnt-slate or > faux-slate. The forground roll seems different. What is that, exactly? Some sort of rubberized roofing material. The guys said it was looks-like-slate roll-on shingle (my paraphrase). > 6. Has anyone considered asking Campus Apartments for the slate they're > taking down? It might be worth holding onto for another house. They're kind of dropping it, not carefully lowering it. I'm sure it would cost far more to lower it carefully, and the removal process (see photo 4) often involves a crowbar used as a hammer. > Keep us posted, Jeff. I'll probably add a few photos as the work progresses, but I may not bother to announce it. The 4410 page will stay up for a few weeks, then quietly disappear. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
