That is a seriously cool idea.    Interesting idea, plus interesting case study.  If it falls apart then, fine: you sissy tree-hugging preservation-commies are right, and fiberglass is proved to be the work of the devil.  If it looks OK, then OK there, too. 

 

No, I am not getting out of town.

 

Could you pretty pretty pretty please tell us which building this is?   I promise not to put in on the front page of the paper.   

 

 -yrs cream 'n sugar

 

 

ps you didn't say how much to do it in cast iron.  which reminds me:  if you were doing a ci facade today, how would you detail it differently that Mr. 1870 Architect?  

 

 

I have a client who wants to replace the ENTIRE facade of his cast iron pile with fiberglas. Given that he's a developer, I don't trust the LPC to come in on our side, which is replacement in-kind in an historic district. Even though we told him the bid price would be what it came out to be, it came in at $4Mil over what he WANTED it to be, so the folly begins. Thanks for the input. I can concede a plastic cornice, with reservations, but that isn't going to get the price where he wants it.Here the cornice is of cast iron. He was told by the previous consultant that the whole project would be $1.5 Mil.  We told him $8Mil! Stay tuned.