The Historic District

this comment can be deleted as I figured out how to create a profile on gallery. thanks. Now the picture of the hotel can become my theme pic. how is that accomplished?

here are two blurry attempts at taking a cross section of the weather-strip. oh oh, how do I upload pictures?

I will send a pic asap. ceg

Hi everyone, Since the last time I wrote, I have actually (finally) purchased the Hotel Berry in Velva ND, and incorporated as the "Historic Hotel Berry Bed and Breakfast". We began renovations in June. The objective is to restore the building while bringing it up to code. (It was built be...

Wow. I remembered my user and password. Just an update: I revised the water level to use 1/2 inch PVC and fittings. The water flows much quicker through this as apposed to the 1/2 " PEX. Looks nicer too. I have slowly raised the center of the building to within 3/4 of an inch. Haven't worked on...

Assuming plaster weighs the same as concrete (144 lbs/cu ft) I started calculating the load on my beams. I also went to the next cycle of jacking. Looks like the post I was using on my jack is too lightweight. I need to get the heavier duty posts. Now I know how they will fail.
ceg

Hmm, not bad. Lot's of good ideas, thanks.
ceg

If I were designing something new, I might go the route of the circular wedge. But the object is to discover what was meant by the architect. That being said, Heights does not bother me as I have recently designed and drawn a proposed fire escape which would essentially become a balcony under these ...

Its hard to describe the small details I noticed when I first look through the building. The plaster along the top edge of the stairway going to the basement had separated and overlapped itself by about a half inch. This had been painted over. The settling is slight, but now s the time to take it ou...

I should have said: The window gives us the size and shape of the shutters. Not the design. Unsolved is the hinge mechanism. How do I keep them open given the winds we have around here?
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