I believe my local clergy will provide the same services for a mere
thankyou.

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Bryan Blundell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:55 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A poll on the philosophy of intervention


Robert:

I believe John charges $35.00 per hours. That is the amount he included in
his
recent article in PERIOD HOMES Magazine.

Bryan

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"Score, Robert" wrote:

> John,
>
> how much can you charge your clients for advising them to pray for less
rain
> inorder to prevent damage from water ingress?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: A poll on the philosophy of intervention
>
> > > how much intervention
> > > is acceptable to stop any leaks?
>
> I find that as I walk along the path of my career in preservation that I
do
> Less and at the same time More to buildings. Early on, as a tradesperson,
it
> seemed good to hop up with the sun, work as hard and long as possible,
then
> fall asleep at dark knowing I had done my best and most to change a
building
> so it would endure. Then, as a contractor, I found I could make more money
> by doing less physical work on the building, just so long as I met the
terms
> of the contract and made everyone happy. Then, as a consultant, I found
> myself advising my clients to do as little as possible to the building.
> Replace a shingle here, improve a flashing there, leave the rest of their
> building posterity and use the rest of their money for something else. As
a
> writer and educator, I do nothing to buildings except the most important
> work of all: helping people understand how to maintain and preserve their
> buildings. The pattern is clear to me. Less and less physical work saves
> more and more buildings. Working under the current preservation philosophy
> Less does indeed seem to be More. Perhaps the path leads to simply going
to
> a building, looking at it and experiencing its presence. Then not even
going
> to the building, but only recalling it, and after a while forgetting about
> it. How excited do we get when we have found a building people have
> forgotten about for several decades or centuries? That excitement comes
from
> the spirit of the building that has been preserved by our letting go of
the
> physical building.
>
> About your leak: Minimize physical intervention, maximize mental
> intervention. Get as close to the source of the water as possible to
> implement physical intervention. For example, control the water further up
> the wall before it gets to the window. Get even closer to the source of
the
> water by implementing mental intervention. For example, teach the
occupants
> how to use the windows by inspiring them to love their building, convince
> the managers of the building to maintain the windows, and, not least of
all,
> pray to your god for less rain on the windows.
>
> John (with a name like that he ought to know) Leeke