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, November 5, 2010

Oops... Sump Pump Hose Fell Back Into Building

You know something is bad when you hear somebody say, "hey, why does it sound like a waterfall in the basement?"

Our temporary sump pump hose that we had running out of a basement window, fell back into the basement sometime overnight or this morning. The pump was running nonstop pumping water to itself!

It was only 20 minutes ago that I opened the basement door to see this scary sight:





I put the hose back out the window. We should be good now.
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