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Proposal for Renovation 1624 East Wayne Street South Bend, Indiana 46615 Owner: The Episcopal Cathedral of St. James Occupant: The Very Rev. Frederick Mann and family Narrative Explanation 1. History The house at 1624 East Wayne Street was built in 1.951. The accompanying site plan is a copy of the original in possession of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. James. At the time of its construction, there was no porch on the back of the house. Our research shows that the porch was added about nine years after construction, when the property was purchased by the second owner. A stab was poured and a screen enclosure created with a,corrugated fiberglass roof. Dimensions of the porch are 11'x23'. Footers were not used in pouring the porch stab and, over the years the stab has c i racked and begun to pull away from the wall of the house. The wood of the screen porch is in advanced stages of dryrot. In 1993, the house was re -roofed and the roof line was extended over the porch to create a continuous roof line. Skylights were added over the porch at that time. 11. Proposal ' The cathedral desires to create a year-round "sunroom" using the existing porch space and dimensions. After seeking several bids, the cathedral representative, Mr. Jack Swope, has chosen American Sunspace Additions to complete this project. This project as two elements: A. The Porch The attached construction contract will provide details. The existing roof will be utilized along with the existing wall of the house - remodeled to have a more indoor appearance. The concrete stab will be removed and replaced with a wooden floor that will be covered with either indoor/outdoor carpeting or high grade vinyl flooring. The screen area wilt be replaced with an eighteen inch "kneewall" whose external finish will match the siding of the house, thus providing an aesthetic took of continuity with the rest of the house. Instead of screen, double pain sliding window panels wilt be used that wilt match exactly the existing windows of the house. The contractor will provide a picture of similar construction following the submission of this application. B. -House Siding Current siding is eight inch aluminum. The original siding of the house was five inch wood stat siding. The aluminum siding was added prior to the cathedral purchasing the house in 1970 for the residence of its Dean and family. There is no insulation between the siding and