Restoring a Pair of Italianate Rowhouses
A view of limewash mineral paint recently applied to the building façades.
Newburgh, NY
Progress photos of building renovation on Lander Street, Newburgh, NY. These rowhouses will each house an owners’s duplex apartments as well as two one-bedroom rentals.
Due to many years of deterioration, these two buildings had developed structural challenges requiring many unique solutions. A major issue was created when one of the original rowhouse sections was removed. The result being building corners which were not fully supported. In making them structurally sound, JWRA worked with the contractor, Carlos & his team, to employ various bracing methods to bring the building into shape.
An important key service we provide at JWRA is Construction Administration. Site administration from an architect helps address these issues as they arise while presenting solutions in a timely manner.
Threaded rod tie-backs were used to pull the exterior brick walls into the framing & flooring structure and secure them in place.
To stabilize building corners, wooden cages were used to secure exterior walls to strengthen unbraced corners.
Steel frames were introduced as moment connections to secure some of the fragile masonry walls.
In the basement, rebar grade beams were poured to strengthen the building's footing.
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