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Victorian House for Sale in New Baltimore, NY
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Exterior Restoration of Victorian House
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Interior Restoration of Victorian House
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The Property, New Baltimore, NY
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Mansard Roof
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Exterior Views
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Views of Property for Privacy, Space, and Investment
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Mixed Views
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History of the House from Victorian Era to Present
Inquiries
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THIS IS A MANSARD VICTORIAN "PAINTED
LADY"
That's the style of house where the top floor's walls are sloped back
(11° in this case), with a fairly flat roof and cupola atop that
and a wide, external Philadelphia Gutter below. The story is that
in XIXth (?) Century France, your property tax had to do with the number
of storeys on your house. So some sharpster architect tipped those walls
back, and called the top floor a "roof." This fooled
the tax collectors? Anyway, it wasn't Mansard. He just somehow got the
thing named for himself.
At some point in the XXth Century, this
particular mansard roof was redone in modern ugly composite shingles.
Has been re-re-done in cedar shakes, shaped and patterned and stained.
Under these is flashing of EPDM roofing rubber, contiguous with the
Philiadelphia gutter trough. Pretty secure.
| Rocking horse design on part of
the mansard in stained and shaped shingles. Repaint this! Don't
use Olympic stain. We have made many of your mistakes for you so
you won't. Edge of Philadelphia gutter at bottom. |
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Dormers were flashed and
covered with roofing rubber, gutters lined with rubber.
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Corners of dormers were the most
vulnerable spots for leaks in this old house. Now protected with
new sheathing, proper shingling, and flashing/covering of EPDM roofing
rubber. This one is primed, not painted. This is functional forever,
but you likely want to do something more decorative on the top.
Copper would be nice. Below is the flashing-into-trough of the Philadelphia
gutter. Water pools, but it can sit there till it evaporates. More
of the older part of the shingling you want to repaint or restain. |
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