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Post-restoration view of east doorway sill and lower abutments flanking oak replacement jambs. Water table is 5 inches below sill after 2 inches of rain in 48 hours. Temporary door is in place until water mitigation plan is implemented, after which the restored masonry joints will be pointed. Hydraulic mortar [see note {2} to DTR09PH66-1001.01.150} will b
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Digital photograph showing relaid and aligned pier foundation at DeTurk interior passage doorway. Jambs have been restored by joining new lower segments to sound wood to replace fungus-rotted timber (2009). Water table just above top of stone sill is at the same level as inside and outside the kitchen entry door-sill in the east eaves wall [see DTR09PH50--10
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Interior masonry pier between kitchen doorway and window, and foundation wall below window, after restoration. This was repointed and a replacement interior oak sill installed in April & May, 2010 (See DTR09PH118--1001.01.214). The high water table seen along the bottom edge of this photo, a frequent condition saturating the foundation's mortar joints insid
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Restored interior view of abutment pier foundation north of replacement door jamb. Base blocks and the pier between east entry door and window in the east wall have been reset with new bed ["setting"] mortar. Pumping did not materially accelerate reduction of the water table after heavy rain primarily because of the large sub-grade "reservoir" recharging
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Exterior detail view of western [restored] segment of the low retaining wall abutting the higher retaining wall which stabilizes the upper grade along the east eaves wall. This restored wall segment is laid with bed mortar but no pointing in the exposed joints, presenting the appearance of a “dry-laid” wall. The upper surface is parged [lighter mortar coatin
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Face [green] of east-west retaining wall at intersection with masonry pier south of kitchen doorway. See DTR09PH4--1001.01.124 for discussion of possible earlier "battered" retaining wall and its relationship with the door abutment pier and interior partition wall. This photo shows the [green] north face of the retaining wall seen along the left edge of p
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The masonry supporting the floor joist [the timber across the top of the photo with gray tape bearing black notation] is the eastern end of the partition wall between the kitchen and root cellars, which also serves as the northern abutment providing lateral support for the root cellar rubble masonry vault. The end blocks have been removed to provide access t
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South jamb foot of later frame of east kitchen doorway. Rotted and apparently termite-damaged oak jamb foot and mortise for anchor-pin in a later stone plinth-block ["pedestal stone"], which is 18-20 inches higher than original sill, which served as the plinth for both jambs [see DTR09PH43--1001.01.127 for view of original sill, millstone stoop, and 20th
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Digital photographic print showing perspective view of southern gable end and eastern elevation.
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B&W Digital photographic image of DeTurk House showing detail of cellar fireplace timber lintel and temporary shoring.
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Digital photographic print showing a southwest perspective view. Image shows exisiting conditions immediately prior to the 2009 restoration of building. This is a low resolution image.
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Sketch plan drawing of June, 2010 installation of stone-paved spillway, drains, and battered retaining wall at DeTurk House west eaves wall. These installations will deflect, intercept, and collect more than 90% of the roof runoff and ground-surface sheet flow incursion into or against the building through the vent and window openings, and by penetration
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Sketch plan drawing of June, 2010 installation of stone-paved spillway, drains, and retaining wall at DeTurk House kitchen-cellar entry. Also see DTR09FN8--1001.01.237, DTR09FN9--1001.01.238, and DTR09FN10--1001.01.239 for alternate views of this installation. See DTR09PH134--1001.01.230 for photographs of this installation.
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Interior view of the pair of stacked “wall plates” spanning the kitchen doorway and originally providing a level bearing support for the chamfered floor joists. These timbers, approximately the same dimensions as floor joists laid flat, serve as relieving lintels discharging the loads above the doorway and window frame to the abutting masonry piers. The long
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Exterior corner (“quoin corner”) of pier to left [south] of cellar doorway after removal of later door frame and non-original jamb-plinths. View prior to removal of displaced and unstable masonry, re-alignment to original position, and re-laying of pier stonework. Darker stones at foundation level (which were below the modern grade) have been excavated an
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Description: This series of 33 photos documents the removal, restoration, reconstruction, and re-installation of the 9" x 12" "summer"{1} beam which spans from a lapped meeting with the fireplace lintel to the masonry bearing pocket in the "cross" wall between the ground-level kitchen and barrel-vaulted "root" cellar. The upper projecting segment [tenon] of
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Digital photographic image showing a southwest perspective view of the DeTurk House.
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Temporary shoring [”centering” {1}] frame supporting root cellar vault during restoration of vault abutment wall. This is the upper segment with a sheet of plywood ”scribed” to the ”intrados”{2}. FOOTNOTE {1} "Centering" (“false-work” in early usage) is the term customarily applied to the timber frame supporting an arch or vault during construction until
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Lower elements of the temporary shoring ["centering" {1}] frame supporting the root cellar vault during restoration of vault abutment wall. See DTR09PH130--1001.01.226 showing the upper portion of this shoring frame. FOOTNOTE {1} “Centering” [“false-work” in early usage”] is the term customarily applied to the timber frame supporting an arch or vault dur
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A pre-restoration view of the corner of the ground-level kitchen and original floor bricks, laid in running bond, showing the 20th-century floor level approximately 18-20 inches above the original 1767 brick floor, which was found by excavations along the east wall of the kitchen and against the eastern pier ["leg"] of the kitchen fireplace. This view shows
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Detail of DTR09PH106--1001.01.202: East kitchen cellar door and shuttered window prior to restoration and regrading. The existing grade is approximately 16 inches below the window sill and approximately 18 inches above the original grade at the kitchen-cellar entry "threshold" [top of stone door-sill]. These dimensions were established by excavating to t
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East cellar doorway prior to replacement of door-frame and masonry restoration. Restoration of the doorway and kitchen floor to their original elevations {1}, which are only marginally higher than the flood levels of the Creek and the high water table, will require diversion and mitigation measures to minimize water incursion. A stairwell from the restore
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Foundation of pier north of east cellar doorway after partial excavation prior to restoration. The displaced stones above and below modern grade [stones darkened by wet soil were below modern grade prior to excavation] are shown after removal of rotted later-period jambs. The early setting and pointing mortar, a typical lime-sand mix, applied between the
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View to the east along root cellar partition wall from inside kitchen door sill after installation of south replacement door jamb on original stone sill. The cavity to the right of the jamb [just below the horizontal mid-line of the photo] will be relaid in plumb alignment with the jamb [see lower left corner of DTR09PH4--1001.01.124 for pe-restoration view
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