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, June 15, 2010

Window molding & bottom wall cap

The Bruss team has been hard at work installing the window molding throughout. It gets nailed to the outside edge of the window trim. It really makes the windows "pop" and look more elegant.


Window trim without molding

Window trim with molding


Window trim with edge molding.


Primed and ready-to-go pile of window molding.


Profile of molding.



The Bruss team has also been installing the bottom wall cap using a synthetic instect and water imperimable material made by Azek. This piece serves as an insect and weather barrier to protect the bottom of the wall's exposed overhang.



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