A Brief History

The project entails repairing the building at 335 Maplewood Ave in a manner that meets both preservation and sustainability goals. The building is the new location for Petersen Engineering, a firm that has been located in Portsmouth since 1992, and specializes in sustainable building engineering. We intend for this project to showcase techniques & materials that promote both preservation and sustainability and intend to share all aspects of the project locally and regionally through open houses, presentations, industry tradeshows, case studies and publications. We foresee this project being a valuable educational tool to demonstrate that preservation goals need not be compromised by sustainability goals. We have teamed with Bruss Construction who we know from past collaborations has exceptional experience and expertise on projects with the dual goal of preservation and sustainability.

The project received approval by the Historic District Commission on January 6, 2010 with construction scheduled to begin early February 2010.

The projected peak heat loss reduction is 85%.


Friday, January 29, 2010

Big day!

It was a BIG day here at 335 Maplewood.



30 yard dumpster delivered.


Put up some pump staging.


Opened up the walls to see the condition of the sills throughout.
See Video: Lee Beaton, of Bruss Construction, removing the water board & siding to discover a soggy, rotten & sometimes missing sill.




Found out that the sills are in rough shape. Worse than we expected/hoped for. *sigh*


Tacked up a layer of plastic...


...and a layer of 1-1/2" Rigid Insulation to temporarily help reduce the infiltration into the building (it is cold enough in here!)
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