Project Details

Project Specs:

Project: Main Level Restoration

Description:

• Prep/prime/paint all walls & trim
• Repair hardwood flooring
• Sand and finish flooring
• Replace electrical fixtures/outlets

Estimate: $6,600.00

Contractor(s): Buck Whitehurst ’85 & Holland Flooring

Status: Complete | Fall 2007

Project Detail:

The main level of the house serves as an entrance, a living room, and a party room. This varied usage has taken a toll on the hardwood flooring and moulding. This year’s repair will mark the final sanding of the main room floor before it is replaced in the second phase of renovation. The walls and trim have been changed from the standard white/green to an offwhite and the room will be filled out with new furniture and updated composite pictures.

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Project: Roof Replacement

Description:

• Remove existing metal roof
• Install new copper roof
• Install new philiadelphia gutters/downspouts
• Install chippendale style railing (BAR approval)
• Replace roof hatch

Estimate: $87,400.00

Contractor(s): Askew Roofing & Bethel Welding

Status: Complete | November 2007

Project Detail:

After nearly 80 years of wind and rain the standing seam metal roof on top of 159 is failing. This fall’s replacement will begin with a full removal of the existing roof, and a replacement of failed underlayment. A new copper roof and philiadelphia gutter system will be installed and should be finished in early October. The construction committee has met with an architect and submitted plans to the Charlottesville Board of Architechtural Review for a railing system to line the flat area of the roof. Pending approval this railing will add security for the membership who access the roof.

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Project: 3rd Floor Bath Renovation

Description:

• Remove existing linoleum flooring
• Repair wood subflooring
• Remove old plumbing fixtures and divider
• Install new sink and toilet
• Install new tile floor

Estimate: $1,400.00

Contractor(s): Gregg Meukow ’88

Status: Complete | November 2007

Project Detail:

The third floor bathroom has suffered from disrepair primarily because it is less used than the 2nd floor bathroom and has consequently seen less money spent on its upkeep through the years. This renovaion will allow for a new tile floor and fixtures, with future work replacing the bathroom’s window and doorway.

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Project: Heating System Repair
Description:

• Repair and reinstall all radiators
• Reroute piping to complete loop for radiator return
• Install piping behind bar area for return

Estimate: $15,500.00
Contractor(s): Blue Ridge ServicesStatus: In Progress

Project Detail:

Although the steam boiler in the basement was replaced in the mid 1990s, the steam condensate return piping that runs from the kitchen under the house back to the boiler room failed some time thereafter. This has prevented the boiler from being operational for the past 2 years and subsequently the radiators were taken out of the rooms. Heating has only been accomplished using the electric space heaters that the City Inspector has found objectionable. This year’s repairs will allow for the steam heating system to operate by reconnecting all the vertical steam risers starting at the kitchen and routing a new return pipe back to the boiler room below the basement ceiling. The radiators will be reinstalled in rooms with thermostatically controlled supply valves used to control the room temperature. The repairs also take into account the possible future renovation goal of converting the steam boiler system to a heating water system, utilizing hot water radiation throughout the house instead of steam. This will be evaluated further as costs are analyzed.

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Project: 2nd Floor Bathroom Renovation
Description:

• Regrout shower stall
• Replace all plumbing fixtures
• Reseal all drains
• Fir out walls to hide piping/electrical
• Install new steel toilet stall
• Tile all walls to chest height
• Repair/paint exposed drywall

Estimate: $7,000.00
Contractor(s): Gregg Meukow ’88 & Bethel Welding
Status: Complete Oct. 2007

Project Detail:

Serving as the primary shower and bathroom for all residents of the house, the 2nd floor bathroom has seen the most wear through the years. This renovation will serve to not only update the fixtures, but also to renew the life of the bathroom with new tile and grout. Bethel Welding has been contracted to produce powder-coated steel stalls which will stand up much better to long term usage than painted wood as was previously used.

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Project: Cornice Repair
Description:

• Tear out rotten cornice work
• Replace cornice and moulding

Estimate: $3,500.00
Contractor(s): Seminole Interiors
Status: Completed July 2006

Project Detail:

One of the most obvious signs of disrepair, the East cornice was deconstructed and replaced in the summer of 2006. The cornice renovation required the creation of unique mouldings and woodwork as well as a 45 ft. boom lift rental.

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Project: Porch Replacement
Description:

• Tear out decking
• Install rubber underlayment
• Correct underlayment pitch
• Install new decking

Estimate: $1,800.00
Contractor(s): Seminole Interiors
Status: Completed September 2006

Project Detail:

The West porch has long had trouble with leaking into the 2nd floor as well as down onto to the main entrance landing. The installation of a new porch door, rubber underlayment and new plywood entrance ceiling, has created a way to move water off the porch properly.

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Project: Library Ceiling Replacement
Description:

• Hang new drywall ceiling

Estimate: $2,000.00
Contractor(s): Seminole Interiors
Status: Completed August 2006

Project Detail:

Water leaking from the East gutters caused sever damage to the Library ceiling. Once this gutter issue was resolved and the cornice replaced (see cornice pictures) we went ahead with putting in a new ceiling in the library. New ceilings were also installed in several rooms and part of the basement and laundry.

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Project: 2nd Floor Landing Window
Description:

• Tear out rotted window
• Install custom metal window

Estimate: $2,400.00
Contractor(s): Charlottesville Glass and Mirror
Status: Completed July 2006

Project Detail:

The virtual non-existence of a window between the first and second floor was of immediate concern. The chapter contracted for the installation of a steel replacement window custom made to fit the space.