My Old House Online

An online community for people who love old houses.

Rob Wozniak's Page

Latest Activity

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…
on Sunday
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.
on Sunday
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…
on Sunday
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…
on Sunday
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…
on Saturday
Rob Wozniak added a discussion
How many Pre WWII buildings still exist in the United States?
I am curious to know if anyone has a suggestion of where I can find this info.  I am giving a lecture on the value of using lime mortar in historic restoration of buildings built with lime mortar and it occurred to me that it would be helpful to kno…
on Saturday
Brian Edward Mullin commented on Rob Wozniak's video 'Lime Mortar Repointing'
I use Lime in my Mortar, (w/ creative admixtures,) and 'now' also use witn Exterior White Enamel, as an admixture, for a "Tom Sawyer' Paint Blend!
February 5
Red Queen commented on Rob Wozniak's video 'Repointing Brick: The Basic Techniques of Safe Mortar Removal'
Thanks for posting the video...whoa, I have a lot to do with getting out some of that old portland cement, with which someone had parged over some of our basement masonry. Fortunately no one had done anything with most of our basement, which apparen…
November 29, 2009

Profile Information

Tell us about yourself:
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.
Website:
http://www.preservationworks.us

Rob Wozniak's Photos

Loading…

Rob Wozniak's Videos

Rob Wozniak's Blog

Rob Wozniak

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

Posted on March 29, 2009 at 11:19am —

Rob Wozniak

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

Comment Wall

You need to be a member of My Old House Online to add comments!

Join My Old House Online

  • No comments yet!
 
 

Get Connected:

Get the Old-House Savvy Newsletter Follow Us on Twitter We're on Facebook! LinkedIn




Badge

Loading…

Get Badge

 

© 2010   Brought to you by Old-House Online

Old Houses | Restoration Products  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service