Please, NEVER match dirty masonry, I am getting tired of working on
buildings where the previous team of fifteen years aga assumed that the
building could not or would not be cleaned and then when we clean them now
we have to go back and fix several hundered replacement units that do not
match! If the new units look odd next to the dirt ones than find a way to
soil the new units that can be eaisly removed in the future.

-----Original Message-----
From: M. P. Edison [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: It has become conventional wisdom in the last 10 years in
NYC ...


If repair of existing units is part of the scope of work, there is
always the interesting issue, if you do not clean the building, of
whether to match the repairs to the soiled masonry or to what the
masonry would look like if it had been cleaned.

Mike E.

> depends on what the soil is and what the other scope is. Some soil
deposits
> are harmfull to masonry and need to be removed to prevent future
damage.
> Also is you are trying to blend in terra cotta or stone replacment
units on
> a building in which the original masonry had a range of colr (not
very
> consistent) than knowing the color of the adjacent units can help
get a
> better match for the new units.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Met History [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:45 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: It has become conventional wisdom in the last 10 years in
NYC ...
>
>
> ...that "we should really clean the building in order to better
repair the
> exterior".   How much of this is real -- and how much of this is
> project-padding by masonry repair companies?
>
> Christopher Gray
>
>
>

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