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How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?

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How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?

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How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?
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Rob Wozniak commented on Demetra's video 'Steam Paint Removal'

Very nicely done. Any experience with removing paint from masonry with steam?

May 21

ben rogan commented on Rob Wozniak's video 'Lime Mortar Repointing'

Under no circumstances use pva on a mortar for outside the building unless you use the waterproof type ( even then the jury is still out as to whether it is of any use or just an added expense). Your standard pva turns to a gel in extremely wet cond…

May 21

ben rogan commented on Rob Wozniak's video 'Repointing Brick: The Basic Techniques of Safe Mortar Removal'

Thank your for clarifying your video. As a professional in brick pointing I would totally agree with John that pointing is not at all expensive when you consider the costs associated with major repair due to neglect. It's the same in all aspects of…

May 16

jane replied to Rob Wozniak's discussion 'How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?'

Rob, I write a blog where I have discussed 'original green' design. You might like to read it - jgrarchitect.blogspot.com - you will need to look for the group of posts labeled 'original green'. I am located in New England, so I have more knowledge…

March 14

Rob Wozniak replied to Rob Wozniak's discussion 'How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?'

Sean, Thanks for the info. I to remember hearing or reading about the same information and it will be helpful.

March 13

Rob Wozniak replied to Rob Wozniak's discussion 'How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?'

Jane, Those are exceedingly interesting points. Thank you for the comments. I am afraid I am very east coast oriented and in most of the towns I have lived in or know well... the buildings were built before WWII. I will work your comments about the…

March 13

jane replied to Rob Wozniak's discussion 'How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?'

I can't answer your question - though certainly the east coast has many more pre-WWII houses (as it was more thickly settled) than the rest of the country. I can suggest that pre WWII and especially pre-WWI houses were built to work with the climat…

March 13

Sean Maher replied to Rob Wozniak's discussion 'How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?'

For the life of me, I can't remember where the statistic comes from, but at the Traditional Building conference last year, an architectural firm stated that pre 1890 buildings comprise about 7% of US housing stock. I suppose you could take that figu…

March 13

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Historically Appropriate Restoration Mason and advocate of historic restoration with an interest is writing

Tell us about your old-house experiences and dreams:

1860s masonry restoration in Easton PA that turned into a business and fostered a love of restoring brick and stone.

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http://www.preservationworks.us

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Impressions Of An Old House Fair

I live in the Lehigh Valley. The area north of Philadelphia and west of NYC by about 70 miles. Easton, Bethlehem and Allentown have many 18th century buildings. The Parson-Taylor house was the home of one of Easton’s founders and also that of George Taylor a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Still, with all this history we are behind other communities in caring for our architectural gems. Yesterday, March 28th I spent the day in the Germantown section of Philadelphia at the Old House Fa… Continue

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What Does the Economic Stimulus Package Mean to Traditional Building

I just received another notice about the upcoming Traditional Building Conference in Boston. I am expecting to go to the conference and I am sure I will learn a lot about products and maybe something about the future of the preservation movement. Still, like most contractors I am concerned about the economy and how it will be affecting upcoming job opportunities. The building show promises to explain how the stimulus package will benefit the traditional building trades. I know that we desperatel… Continue

Posted on February 23, 2009 at 7:22pm — 1 Comment