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%.


Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Let the wall work begin!


That roof is looking so good i just had to post another picture...


Finished soffit boards (ohh!! ahh!!)


It went on like this...


Now they are ready to begin working on the walls. They are going to work on one section of wall at a time. The first thing they are going to do is remove the windows then roll out a layer of tyvek (primary air barrier). After this.. I don't know. I guess you will have to just check back tomorrow : )



Dave wrestling a window frame.


The existing rough cut sheathing.


Tyvek rolled out and tacked down over rough cut sheathing and window openings.

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We had a new dumpster dropped off Monday. The dumpster being hauled away is not going to the landfill. No No No No.... The truck seen is from Naughton and Son Recycling, LLC out of Bradford, NH. They are going to dump this dumpster out in a big warehouse and sort it for reusable lumber and recyclables. Nice huh?
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