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r ? Memo To: Building Commissioner Dave Conway From: Mr. Joe Lang CC: Mayor Musial, Safety Director R. Jesse, Assistant Law Director B. O'Malley, and Landmarks Commissioners Date: 9/22/03 Re: POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WIT`H 27040 BUTTERNTJT RIDGE ROAD At the landmarks Commission meeting of September 8, 2003, Mr. Roman Pohlid of 27040 Butternut Ridge Road requested a Certificate of Appropriateness for vinyl siding. For a Circa 1830 Home. He stated that the house will not hold paint and that it is chilly in cold weather. He expects the siding to cover the peeling, cracking paint to provide insulation to the house. Through my best research, the cause of the paint problems could be both improper painting or improper preparation and or inadequate ventilation causing dampness on the backside of the siding. Dampness cause by poor ventilation would also cause the house to feel cooler in the winter months. (His siding contractor Mr. John Tobin must know this because he advise Mr. Pohlid to open his window 1 inch to a11ow the house to breath). Since this house is partially covered by vines, it may be that the wood under the cracked and peeling paint is collecting moisture preventing good adhesion and a damp feeling inside. Mr. Poh11d lnformed Mrs. Lord that he could not hang gutters because the wood is too rotten to hold the nails. I would be remiss if I did not call this to your attention before the possible application of vinyl siding and fan-fold insulation. The Landmarks Commission could deny the pernut but it has no legal authority to make him correct his structural problems during the six-month waiting period before he could side without the certificate. I was not sure if the Building Department inspected the property prior to issuing a`siding pernut. If a site inspection of the current conditions are not found it would be possible for Mr. Pohlid to conceal structural defects with the siding and future homebuyers would never know. Can anything be done before the Landmarks meeting on Monday, September 29, 2003? If so please contact the Commissions Office so they can contact Mrs. Lord with your advise. 0 Page 1