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This is a historic building in a town south of us we were asked to submit a bid on.I'm waiting on specifics of the stone used to determine what methods,chems etc. we will need to look into to restore it to it's former glory.
 

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Good Luck Scott
 
Squirtgun said:
This is a historic building in a town south of us we were asked to submit a bid on.I'm waiting on specifics of the stone used to determine what methods,chems etc. we will need to look into to restore it to it's former glory.
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Looks like a big project. Hope you get it!
 
Good Luck Scott, Hope you get it!
 
Good luck Scott. I bid on a few jobs like that over the years but I never nailed them. Some were big time historical bldgs. I even a few times sent pictures to different places like www.prosoco.com to get there input. I most likely bid them to high or I was just being used for these places just so they can have extra bids and then they pick who they wanted all along.

Either way if you get it make sure you have all your bases covered because these are the serious jobs where the risk is much higher.

Is that some police cars I see there?? If thats the case there going to want you to do it for free:laugh:
 
Russ Spence said:
Looks like Limestone to me Scott on the flat surfaces.
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I thought the same thing,but one of the guys from the restoration committee said teh stone was from up north arpund Chocago the man who had the it built when new modeled it after the Marshall Fields building there and used all the same materials.
 
Looks like limestone to me. A great number of the buildings in Chicago used limestone from southern Indiana. In fact it has been used through out the US and shipped around the world for many years.
 
I like to doing a small demo on the buildings.
It can really help sell the job over some other guy who thinks he can just use pressure or house wash.
 
Squirtgun said:
I got the info I needed today concerning the stone used in this building.Of course brick,but the foundation has marble corner and the decoarative elements are Terra Cotta(clay).
I guess the next step is a call to eacochem and prosoco for advice.
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Scott thats the best idea. We've done just that on a few jobs along with sending them pictures via email of the building we were aiming to put in a bid for.

Where on a good residential run this week but tomorrow morning(7 hrs from now I'm going to be in NY city to look at a 5 story building to be clean then off to Brooklyn to price out another large building. The second one was thru a referral because we did a similar building to it at the start of this season.

I may post some pictures here tomorrow on one of the buildings that we are putting a bid in for. As for the second job that stays a secret because it is a referral which usually means more $$$$$ in my pocket.

Good luck
 
After some research I finally decided OneRestore from Eacochem would be the best product to use on this job.The Eacochem folks have been fantastic and Tom Connelly(sp) from NC was in the area yesterday for other business and stopped in town to meet with me and talk shop.
They requested preliminary number this after noon via email and it just so happened I was working on it when I got the email.I send the what the total cost and amount of deposit needed to start the job.In very short order I got a reply saying the number was very high and they want to see a breakdown of costs.
I guess at this point a face to face is in order.
 
That stuff is good and pricey. About $1K a drum last time I bought some. I'd arm myself with some of the places that One Restore has been used. National monuments and high end buildings etc. Eacochem can supply that list. It's pretty impressive. Explain it can be done cheaper. It just can't been correctly and safely cheaper.
 
IndyExterior said:
That stuff is good and pricey. About $1K a drum last time I bought some. I'd arm myself with some of the places that One Restore has been used. National monuments and high end buildings etc. Eacochem can supply that list. It's pretty impressive. Explain it can be done cheaper. It just can't been correctly and safely cheaper.
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Rick I'm armed to the teeth with info from Eacochem and pics.
If they choose to do another route it's fine since I don't want to have my company associated with the ruin of a historic building.
 
Squirtgun said:
This is a historic building in a town south of us we were asked to submit a bid on.I'm waiting on specifics of the stone used to determine what methods,chems etc. we will need to look into to restore it to it's former glory.
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Great bid...a few of these can make you rich. 17-32k each, nice.


check to see if any of the materials are sand stone, if so, easiest way to get that done is to set up a drip line around the facade, set up a small pump to put out 300-600 psi with fan tips, it will wash up nicely, NO PRESSURE on sandstone, and for that fact even cultured coral or marble.

Does this bid package mention options for tuck pointing or water proofing? Windows? Don't miss out on great $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Hope ya get it....

BTW what lift will you use?

if you need an 80 in GA let me know, cab get you great deal.
 
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