The
Cassidy House
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Clippings,
Dining
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Doors 1,
Exterior,
Ext
Doors,
Front
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Interior,
Painting 1,
Painting 2,
Peek
In,
Pocket
Doors ,
Porch,
Roof,
Stained
Glass,
Staircase |
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The
main roof is about 5000 sq ft.
In 1999 we stripped the south side and re-decked it
ourselves. In
2000 it took Connecticut
Residential Exteriors
2 teams of roofers 3 weeks to tear off, re-deck and re-shingle
the Maple Grove side and shingle the south side.
I
can't say enough positive things about Connecticut
Residential, which is the residential division
of Hartford Roofing.
Many roofers in the area didn't want to do this
house, even after we redecked the worst part, or they
wanted twice the going rate. In fact, we lost the
stained glass window because one company backed out at
the last minute. (Part of their work was to cover the window
with plywood.)
CRE gave us a fair price and an excellent job. They
knew what they were doing. No one was hurt, even though they
worked 50 ft up in the air. One day, as I drove up
Washington Street, I looked out the window to see someone
sitting astride the peak of the main roof, much like the
fellow above is doing on the side roof. It was quite a
site!
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Removing the old shingles (asphalt over wooden
shakes) from the North side in 2000. |
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Redecking
the north side.
This photo really gives you a feel for the house's size.
The two fellows on the far left are just to the left of a pair
of bedroom windows. Above those two windows are smaller
stained glass windows. Note the size difference between the
windows and the men. Before the 1905 fire there was another
set of windows just like those directly above, where the other
fellow is standing.
The windows to the right of these, that
is the window with the ladder in front of it, is the standard
height 84 inches. The length of the windows make it
difficult to buy curtains since most curtains and drapes that
are meant to reach to the floor are only 82 inches long.
And on our windows, they barely reach the window sill. |
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up of metal porch roof on north side. Before
we can repair this metal roof, we have to decide what to do
about the old wooden Yankee gutters. Rebuilding them
will be a pain in the neck and eventually that type of gutter
always leaks. But, the gutters are built into the roof,
so it would be difficult to replace them with a newer gutter
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of the tower. This was two stories higher until the fire
of 1905. Shortly after this photo, we replaced the
copper cap.
The guys who did this portion of the roof
told of well wishers honking as they drove by. They asked me
to pass on this message:
If you ever see someone working on a high
roof, DO NOT HONK.
It's hard enough working up that high on
a slanted surface with the wind gusting by, without someone
startling you with their horn.
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