Columbusohio
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Hello folks and thank you for looking at my thread,
This is a 2 story brick building built in 1925. The exterior walls appear to be brick, timber(headers and sills), and concrete render with what looks like (burns like) lime based finish coat that has been painted. It's in Central Ohio where temperatures can easily get into the 90's in the summer and we occasionally go negative in the winter months. Annual rainfall is about 40"/year.
So the interior Northeast corner of the building (up and down) has been showing serious signs of water damage for some time. Recently I noticed from a ladder (scared of heights) there is an issue with the rubber roof meeting the brick on the side wall in that corner, AND the gutter seems to be sagging/failing. I knew to look in that area because the wall on the interior is clearly damp and so is the exterior. I have a roofer coming out to give me a quote on the roof (scared of heights), but I'm left with the interior damage.
My question is, what are my options to repair the interior. You can see from the pics that the damage is pretty substantial. The lime/plaster came of in sheets and the render(?) is cracked and failing in some spots. I've scraped and cleaned of everything that was ready to come off. I went a little past the problem areas to ensure no further damage.
I've read TONS of information about old brick buildings needing to breath and the importance of heat/moisture transfer from interior > exterior and vise versa. I have a good amount of experience with interior drywall and mudding, but I don't even know what product to use on this. Should I just strip it down to brick so I can insulate, or will that cause further damage to the brick?
Sorry for the long thread and thanks in advance for any and all consideration.
Thanks,
Columbusohio
This is a 2 story brick building built in 1925. The exterior walls appear to be brick, timber(headers and sills), and concrete render with what looks like (burns like) lime based finish coat that has been painted. It's in Central Ohio where temperatures can easily get into the 90's in the summer and we occasionally go negative in the winter months. Annual rainfall is about 40"/year.
So the interior Northeast corner of the building (up and down) has been showing serious signs of water damage for some time. Recently I noticed from a ladder (scared of heights) there is an issue with the rubber roof meeting the brick on the side wall in that corner, AND the gutter seems to be sagging/failing. I knew to look in that area because the wall on the interior is clearly damp and so is the exterior. I have a roofer coming out to give me a quote on the roof (scared of heights), but I'm left with the interior damage.
My question is, what are my options to repair the interior. You can see from the pics that the damage is pretty substantial. The lime/plaster came of in sheets and the render(?) is cracked and failing in some spots. I've scraped and cleaned of everything that was ready to come off. I went a little past the problem areas to ensure no further damage.
I've read TONS of information about old brick buildings needing to breath and the importance of heat/moisture transfer from interior > exterior and vise versa. I have a good amount of experience with interior drywall and mudding, but I don't even know what product to use on this. Should I just strip it down to brick so I can insulate, or will that cause further damage to the brick?
Sorry for the long thread and thanks in advance for any and all consideration.
Thanks,
Columbusohio