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All that is left of it.
That's a terrible loss 51. did anyone determine the cause of the fire?
All that is left of it.
It was a clothes dryer that caught fire. The house was 150 year old pine it went up in minutes. Luckly nobody was hurt but my cousin who lived in the house and had slowly been remodeling it was heart broken. I feel so sorry for her over the last year she has lost her mother, father, baby sister and her house. Her daughter has cancer too. But she is a trooper and just keeps on plugging away.That's a terrible loss 51. did anyone determine the cause of the fire?
They do. This system will have 2 thermostats (one up and one for the ground floor) that call for conditioning independently. When the upstairs is warm and the downstairs needs heat, the system closes a series of dampers and the excess airflow is re-routed through a bypass duct.@crosscreekcooter
Does the single system have multiple temp sensors that activate “gates” (for lack of better terms) that route airflow as needed?
DAMPERS!!! Damn it! ;)They do. This system will have 2 thermostats (one up and one for the ground floor) that call for conditioning independently. When the upstairs is warm and the downstairs needs heat, the system closes a series of dampers and the excess airflow is re-routed through a bypass duct.
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2000 down
900 up
1017 covered porches The system will be a 17 SEER heat pump with variable speed air handler w/10KW heat strips. He's comfortable doing this with 3 1/2 tons. What was driving the other HVAC bidders to quote 2 systems was getting airflow to one end of the house and the ability to cool the 2nd floor.
He didn't need me to raze the home, he could have done that. Out in the country they used to call the fire dept and let them practice.
Here's the local VFD about 3 miles away.
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I get it, but this reno appears to look nothing like the old. Therefore the preservations may no be worth it? Maybe it’s just for keepsake.I’ve heard of that. Some states and local townships give you a property tax break on the new construction for providing that training opportunity.
@NV - some renovations are based on preserving history rather than the cheapest option.
I get it, but this reno appears to look nothing like the old. Therefore the preservations may no be worth it? Maybe it’s just for keepsake.
That said, I’m glad you weren’t the CG Terrorist. I was worried.
or a bullet to his own head.Ha! How do you know I’m not posting this from federal prison?
I don’t even know what to say about that officer. He clearly needs some serious help.
Its an attempt to replicate the look of very old masonry. Before portland cement, the binder in mortar was lime putty. It was soft compared to the cements of today and would allow water to pass through if not struck properly, many times the jointing was only cut and not struck at all. To prevent water intrusion, lime was burnt and mixed with water in a real thin slurry and applied over the face of the brick which dried to a thin pale white coat.That uncleaned brick look is all the rage in new multifamily buildings in Tallahassee.
Fascinating. I grew up in an old and historic area (the original part of our house was built in 1789) and thought I knew a bit about old masonry. I had no idea about the lime putty. Thanks for making me a little smarter!Its an attempt to replicate the look of very old masonry. Before portland cement, the binder in mortar was lime putty. It was soft compared to the cements of today and would allow water to pass through if not struck properly, many times the jointing was only cut and not struck at all. To prevent water intrusion, lime was burnt and mixed with water in a real thin slurry and applied over the face of the brick which dried to a thin pale white coat.
The lime has a unique quality that allowed the vapors inside the home or walls to escape but would prevent it from entering from the outside (much like the microscopic pores of todays housewraps -Tyvec, etc,) This was known as a lime wash, and was also applied over parged stucco, tabby, and daub and wattle, sometimes with colors added. Builders today go a step further and whitewash masonry typically using paint that has been thinned. Since this mortar is white and the brick used is an "Old Charleston" family wood mold, we chose to only cut the mortar, apply a light jointing tool and not clean the brick.