Governor's Mansion Renovation All Records
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Note ID: | MS570 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Attic | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | A wood balustrade defines the roof perimeter of the Mansion's original mass. The balustrade was restored to the roof about a decade ago. Many of the balusters had rotted because the threaded rods fastening them to the bottom rail had been installed without sealing the drilled interior cavities of the balusters. Water had wicked into the balusters causing rot. New balusters have been milled to replace the rotted members. |
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Note ID: | MS568 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Ladies Parlor (E/R) | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | New poplar baseboards and cap moldings have been milled for installation throughout most of the 1st floor. The dimensions and profiles for these moldings match the historic dimensions and profiles. |
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Note ID: | MS567 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Ladies Parlor (E/R) | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | The finish carpenters are wrapping the new diffusers under windows on the 1st floor with baseboard and trim, so that these components of the new HVAC system will be as unobtrusive as possible. |
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Note ID: | MS565 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - North Elevation | Work Type: | New Masonry Construction | Notes: | Brick veneer installation is nearly complete on the new addition at the Mansion's northeast corner. |
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Note ID: | MS572 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Elevator Foyer (A) | Work Type: | Framing | Notes: | Construction of the walls and framing for the new addition is nearly complete and wood has been delivered to the 2nd floor for carpenters to commence framing the roof. |
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Note ID: | MS571 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Family Kitchen (A) | Work Type: | Framing | Notes: | Construction of the walls and framing for the new addition is nearly complete and wood has been delivered to the 2nd floor for carpenters to commence framing the roof. |
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Note ID: | MS569 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - Second Floor - Library (E/R) | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | The roofers (with James Ryland's roofing company) are installing a new flat-seam copper roof over the Library. A lead-coated copper was originally specified but it was realized that the seams of the recently installed lead-coated copper on the main roof (less than 10 years old) were already beginning to fail. The uncoated copper holds a better weld. |
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Note ID: | MS566 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - South Elevation | Work Type: | On-site paint removal | Notes: | Paint removal continues on the South Portico. The quickest means of removal seems to be using a heat gun. The process is painstaking and laborious, particularly in the August heat. |
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Note ID: | MS564 | Weather Conditions: | partly cloudy, low 80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/20/1999 | Location: | Mansion - West Elevation | Work Type: | On-site paint removal | Notes: | Three sides of the Mansion remain shrouded in polyethylene sheeting while paint removal continues. The goal is to remove ALL paint from the patched stone trim at window sills, lintels, and string courses. Most of the top coats of yellow/cream colored paint will be removed from the brick walls. This is to ensure a durable paint finish with the best possible appearance. |
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Note ID: | MS598 | Weather Conditions: | Partly cloudy, mid-80s | Report Author: | Mary Harding Sadler | Report Date: | 8/24/1999 | Location: | Cottage - North Elevation | Work Type: | New Finish Application | Notes: | Painters are completing their work on the north wall of the Cottage. |
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