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The Petty Home, a turn-of-the-century Queen Anne, is being fully restored by Miles Honeycutt. Miles is the same general contracter who oversaw restoration of the Clapp-Ferguson home and Winston's Broken House, both in the Cleveland-Holloway neighborhood. Miles is restoring the home in keeping with historic elements of the original house to a single family dwelling. Check back often and watch this great home come back to life.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Carlton Concrete Pour


My brickmasons, two brothers, Manuel and Luis Espinosa, are probably the most talented I've seen. They have been in Durham for around 20 years, and when we arrived at the house today to get ready for the big concrete pour, Luis entered slowly, looking around, and he told me: "My mom used to live here around 14 years ago." Small world indeed! Here's a photo of underneath the rear wall of the house; 53 feet of concrete poured today with steel reinforcement. A total of 17 piers, 11 along this wall and six inside have been prepared for block and brick in the coming days. Then we can get the 53 feet of rear wall re-established onto the new foundation.
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