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Closing Titusville for the winter

After a long week of curing at stable temps in the bubble, we removed the roof scaf and got everything ready for the next phase in the spring: cornice, box gutters, and (new) salvaged slate roof.

The new chimney looks a lot better than it did before and has the right mortar now.

One of the benefits of doing the project in proper steps: we get to trash the existing roof before tear-off and dry in while doing the masonry. This would be incredibly complicated and costly to do later, after the new roof is in. If you are getting a permanent roof installed, and have chimneys. Always complete the chimneys first while the original roofing is in place.
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They said it better than I could…

we used up all those resources… and the rest are still (mostly) protected thank heavens. There is no ethical source for new noble lumber. If you must build new: build in 3 wythe brick with lime putty mortar. or don’t bother because you’re just burning energy for a build that will be gone in 100 years or less.

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Chimney down to roofline.

We started re-laying brick on the first corses of the chimney today. It’s Belden brick, wire scored with a medium fire. I’ve never laid 20th century brick before and there’s definately a learning curve. The bricks don’t pull as much water from the mortar so it needs to be much drier than what i’m used to flowing for “pumkin” brick.

I finished the front room of the apartment, and started templating some upholstry for the window unit surrond and a corner headboard/shelf for the bed.

shoutout to the optometrist/eyeglass store who threw out a big haul of printed vinyl! Finding uses for it everywhere.
tony montana.
the walls are a mess and it’s not my job to fix them right now. They flat grey did a great job masking most of the imperfections and bringing out the lines in the trim, I expect the same for the bedroom.
first time i’ve had a bed, lamp, and side table in a space that was my own since 2010.