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Howdy. I am nearing the completion of putting a flat-seamed terne roof on the porch of our c. 1910 Georgian revival (nearest I can tell) home in Troy, NY. It was a suicide mission from the getgo but I had the architectural jones going and decided to restore it to its original roofing.
There’s been a lot of structural work along the way to remedy rot. In particular, all the structural posts that penetrated the porch roofing had rotted into oblivion. I have contructed new posts and brought the terne up around the posts with some room for expansion/contraction. My assumption is that the balustrade posts will counterflash.
Anyway, the old balustrades are unbelieveably beautiful but they’re also unbelieveably covered with many coats of lead paint and many sections are ruined by rot. We had the paint tested — lots of lead. I’m not really interested in stripping the many coats of peeling paint. Having them commercially dipped seems as though it’s not a feasible option either. Then there’s the prospect of locating a mill that will duplicate the balusters and building up new rails and posts from scratch. That wouldn’t be such a bad option if it weren’t for the cost of the balusters probably being in excess of $5/per and I’ve got about 200 of ’em. It’s a lot of roof area and perimeter and includes built-in gutters (headache x 2).
So, if I had it to do over I’d can the architectural idealism and go with EPDM and concentrate on replacing the rails with the real thing. (Did I mention I’ve been working on this for 3 years?) As it is, I’m tired and I’ve done my part with the terne, so I’m thinking maybe some non-wood prefab units for the railing sections. I’ve looked at Melton Classics but they seem pretty hefty at about 50lbs per lineal foot. Also, they never mention price so I suspect they’re insanely expensive.
This brings me too — gulp — vinyl. I hate that word as it applies to anything in a house except LPs but here I am. Anybody have any links to manufactureres of these things? Any other type of composite material would be fine, even preferable.
-jim
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Why don't you start with the back pages of any Fine Homebuilding Magazine and you will find lots of ads there to start with for suppliers.
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Anderson: I've exhausted the back pages of Fine Homebuilding. There weren't a lot of possibilities -- three by my count. I was hoping to find somebody who's used a given system and could recommend it.
-jim
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Try This - (Their verbiage not mine)
"Sweet's has been the construction industry's primary source of building product information for over 90 years. Sweet's offers building product specifications, technical data and CAD drawings to architects, general contractors and other construction concerns."
http://www.sweets.com
If its not there, it's not been made yet!
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Howdy. I am nearing the completion of putting a flat-seamed terne roof on the porch of our c. 1910 Georgian revival (nearest I can tell) home in Troy, NY. It was a suicide mission from the getgo but I had the architectural jones going and decided to restore it to its original roofing.
There's been a lot of structural work along the way to remedy rot. In particular, all the structural posts that penetrated the porch roofing had rotted into oblivion. I have contructed new posts and brought the terne up around the posts with some room for expansion/contraction. My assumption is that the balustrade posts will counterflash.
Anyway, the old balustrades are unbelieveably beautiful but they're also unbelieveably covered with many coats of lead paint and many sections are ruined by rot. We had the paint tested -- lots of lead. I'm not really interested in stripping the many coats of peeling paint. Having them commercially dipped seems as though it's not a feasible option either. Then there's the prospect of locating a mill that will duplicate the balusters and building up new rails and posts from scratch. That wouldn't be such a bad option if it weren't for the cost of the balusters probably being in excess of $5/per and I've got about 200 of 'em. It's a lot of roof area and perimeter and includes built-in gutters (headache x 2).
So, if I had it to do over I'd can the architectural idealism and go with EPDM and concentrate on replacing the rails with the real thing. (Did I mention I've been working on this for 3 years?) As it is, I'm tired and I've done my part with the terne, so I'm thinking maybe some non-wood prefab units for the railing sections. I've looked at Melton Classics but they seem pretty hefty at about 50lbs per lineal foot. Also, they never mention price so I suspect they're insanely expensive.
This brings me too -- gulp -- vinyl. I hate that word as it applies to anything in a house except LPs but here I am. Anybody have any links to manufactureres of these things? Any other type of composite material would be fine, even preferable.
-jim