Meeting Notes - 8/1/12

Peter Millington (PM), Peter Stames, Mike Norton, Boston Basement Technologies

Basement - Met with Boston Basement Technologies to discuss options for water control in the basement area.  See next post for description of their proposed remedy.  On further discussion with PM we decided to wait for a year to decide on the extent of interior water retention.  In the mean time we will propose an intermittent plan of attack for the basement to include:

•  removal and replacement of the rotted framing
• installation of industrial dehumidification system
• Clean up existing wiring and install new electric as necessary.

Landscape - PM mentioned that he may go without trees in front of the kitchen windows. We will leave estimate as is and adjust with the landscaper once we have agreed to a contract.

Stone Wall - PM would like to take entire stone wall out and relocate over beside driveway.  We will leave estimate as is and adjust with the landscaper once we have agreed to a contract.

Copper - We are still looking in to alternatives to help bring the copper estimates down.  

Notes 5/30/12

Windows - Started working on windows.   Will get estimates for replacing just the sash in the storm windows.  That seems to be the biggest time sync.

Need to talk to the clients about water damage repair in other areas of the house.

Mold Remediation - Met with Servpro regarding the mold remediation in the basement today.  They suggested we bring in our hygienist to do air-quality and surface quality tests.  They will make recommendations of appropriate companies for this service.

• We will also be meeting with two other mold remediation and water damage companies.
• They recommend staying out of the basketball court due to the amount of mold in there and the current lack of ventilation.

Stone Walls - Met with Jaime Cordeiro to discuss stone wall repairs and alterations.  He had already generated estimates and will pass on to us.  

• He recommended leaving the pool patio and pouring an new layer of mortar over and laying bluestone over that.  Then cutting back existing coping and installing new bluestone coping.  The brick walkway coming from the guest house would need to be relayed in part due to the new height of the pool surround.
• We will need to talk to the town to determine what the constraints are for building and/ or rebuilding the wall adjacent to the street.
• Slate patios to the back yard need attention.  Repointing at the least and resurfacing would make them more in keeping with the style of the house.  
• Concerns about the length of the large stone wall moving include:
• Bringing utilities underneath due to the depth of footing needed.  We can locate these in the space designated for a gate.  Need to determine size of gate desired.
• Depending on which direction the wall goes in its new location we may need more stone.  There is a shorter wall at the back of the property that could be salvaged for this if necessary.
• The stone retaining wall at the back of the property is leaning precariously toward the guest house end.  We suggest taking it down in this area and rebuilding.  Jaime is pricing. 
• Patio behind Guest House (GH) would be rebuilt with bluestone over compacted stone dust.  This area would also need a railing.  The stairs are salvageable.

Pest Control - We had a pest control company come through and take care of the be hive at the right chimney and then go over the property for all other types of pests.  Waiting on report.

Chimney - As requested we will wait on taking down the main structure of the chimney until further notice.