tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7123191475513021519..comments2024-03-29T10:34:24.199-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: More on last night's falling window lintel on East 10th StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71774941572558562442011-10-11T08:45:23.933-04:002011-10-11T08:45:23.933-04:00In answer to the question, "Is this in the sa...In answer to the question, "Is this in the same building as Life Cafe and is there a connection with the landlord dispute?" The answer is, yes.<br />Life Cafe occupies a co-joined building adjacent to the one where the masonry fell over the weekend. One of the landlords in dispute over urgently needed structural repairs to the Life Cafe building occupies the ground floor offices where the lintel collapsed. Ironic that the landlord who should be doing his part in saving Life Cafe cannot keep his own building from falling down! Or maybe it is landlord karma!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49415044841903361342011-10-10T18:15:18.703-04:002011-10-10T18:15:18.703-04:00I'm so glad to have learned what the word lent...I'm so glad to have learned what the word lentel means and am happy it wasn't a lesson combined with an injury.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362859175287085919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35855124179165266692011-10-10T09:29:03.929-04:002011-10-10T09:29:03.929-04:00These are great photos. Great coverage too.These are great photos. Great coverage too.Melaniehttp://melaniemusings2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-5561139994301829622011-10-10T02:30:17.283-04:002011-10-10T02:30:17.283-04:00Well, if they hadn't had quite so much caulk, ...Well, if they hadn't had quite so much caulk, really, there's a lot of it, perhaps the AC condensation would have run off and dried out quicker. Yeah, you are right, it's probably all AC condensation related but, yikes, that caulk, it's inches wide in places and there are clearly layers and layers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-33256099652089772382011-10-09T21:19:19.611-04:002011-10-09T21:19:19.611-04:00@ 2:48 PM, You're babbling.
This is not what h...@ 2:48 PM, You're babbling.<br />This is not what happens from caulking windows.<br /><br />This, in particular, was caused by the air conditioner condensate drainage running down the face of the building directly above that lintel. You can see all the water scale on the bricks from years of this occurring. You can particularly see it in the photos in the "next day" photos where the air conditioner has (now) been removed from the window.<br />...oops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-47591691457719231472011-10-09T17:36:08.914-04:002011-10-09T17:36:08.914-04:00those first two photos look great. nice work.those first two photos look great. nice work.Billynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65080019479979665352011-10-09T15:51:52.704-04:002011-10-09T15:51:52.704-04:00Wow, with all the old brick buildings out there I&...Wow, with all the old brick buildings out there I'm a little surprised that this sort if thing doesn't happen more. Thank goodness nobody was hurt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37767064589483502222011-10-09T14:48:02.374-04:002011-10-09T14:48:02.374-04:00Well, that's what happens when you caulk your ...Well, that's what happens when you caulk your windows from the outside and why properly built brick buildings have open space on the outside of the window frames and let the flashing and the brick/mortar do the waterproofing. It's so tempting to caulk up leaking window frames from the outside but when you do, you trap water on the inside and eventually everything rots. Take a look at the huge layers of caulk around the windows on that building. The brick, and everything else gets wet when it rains but those massive globs of caulk don't let the brick dry out. Plenty of other buildings in the neighborhood have bad caulking around the outside of the window frames and, doh, those buildings get leaky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36630113632461859862011-10-09T14:14:48.449-04:002011-10-09T14:14:48.449-04:00is this the same building that LIFE is in? Maybe ...is this the same building that LIFE is in? Maybe this explains the bad landlord situation a little more?Allegra LaViolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275269680080948574noreply@blogger.com