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Klusczinski: I had kind of a follow up. Contrary to what you've said, I disagree and take issue <br />with the idea that vinyl breathes. Because it doesn't. So, in cases like this, you would generally <br />install a vapor barrier on new construction. Are you installing a vapor barrier on this? <br />DePalma: I hadn't planned on it. Just because of our past history. I've been doing homes for <br />about six years and I have yet to have any call backs for siding over asphalt siding. So, <br />technically, for me, on a house like this I wouldn't install a vapor barrier all, I would just side <br />over it. <br />Klusczinski: And trap the moisture? Did you obtain a building permit before you began the first <br />stage of the project? <br />DePalma: I went the same day and got denied because I didn't know it was in the historical area. <br />That's why I made the mistake, normally we'd do all this before we touched the house... <br />Klusczinski: So the building department doesn't mandate a vapor barrier? <br />DePalma: No, it wouldn't. <br />Klusczinski: And that's not the reason for the denial? <br />DePalma: They wouldn't say ... I would just say I was vinyl siding, and its X amount of dollars <br />and they charge me, to get the permit. I went the same day, and I had crew out there, and got <br />denied basically, and so we had to stop on it. <br />Chase: Is it customary to get your permit the day that your crew is starting work? <br />DePalma: No, that's not how we do it, that's my mistake. <br />Riley: What do you plan to do about the windows that's not mentioned in your C of A? <br />DePalma: With the windows, those seem to open and function pretty well. We were just going to <br />salvage them, scrape and paint and make sure that they open well. Normally, we'd install <br />aluminum storm windows, we also can on other historic properties that I've worked on found the <br />existing storm windows for the property in the garage, and we refurbished those and put them <br />back on, those wooden ones. We have to seal them up someway, because single pane is <br />inefficient. <br />Sporleder: I wanted to get back to the vapor barrier thing ... I think that if this house has been <br />after-the fact insulated which apparently it is, that putting a vapor barrier on the outside maybe <br />is not a good idea. It potentially traps moisture in the insulation which causes more rotting. 1 <br />think that your notion of keeping everything a little bit more open is probably a fairly good idea <br />under these apparent circumstances. <br />DePalma: On new construction, I would install a vapor barrier, without question. With a house <br />this old and in this good of shape structurally, it doesn't look the best, but its solid and I feel that <br />its made it this long. I don't think that they vinyl siding would hurt it anymore than its been in the <br />last 21 years. <br />Sporleder: May I follow upon what Mary Jane said? Would you be adverse to simply taking off <br />the asphalt siding and then proceeding from there either painting and restoring the wood or then <br />covering it if you find that the wood siding is not really restorable and then come back for <br />another C ofA to side it? <br />DePalma: Um... <br />Sporleder: I mean, I don't know how much of a hurryyou're in here. <br />DePalma: We're always in a big hurry, we like to turn the house as quickly as we possibly can. <br />At this point, I'm willing to do whatever you guys want me to do so that we can move forward <br />with the property. Whether its removing the asphalt siding and installing a vapor barrier with <br />the vinyl siding... <br />Sporleder: Personally, I don't think that you want a vapor barrier, with the blown in insulation, <br />that's probably not a good idea. <br />DePalma: At this point we're willing to do whatever... that's why from the day that the <br />representatives of yours were there we have created the plan to build out the window casing to <br />cover the j-channel to make it look original. These are things that we added. <br />Patrick: You continued to work since we were there? <br />DePalma: No, no no no.. Bob and I have talked about how to retain the historical look of it, <br />that's all. That's what I was talking about with the window casing and doing one by sixes <br />covering the j-channel. <br />8 <br />