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%.


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Material Delivery For Basement Work!


I got so excited about this material delivery that I just had to stand on the foam and take a picture. Yes, I used a self timer for this picture (awkward). We received some perforated tubing for the perimeter drain, geotextile fabric to keep the crushed stone from smushing into the clay, and our below slab vapor retarder.


(The delivery guy handed me a bullet pen just like this one to sign the invoice. I almost forgot to give it back to him and he told me to give him back his bullet...)
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