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• Repair front porch floor removing deteriorated floor tile and installing new concrete floor finished to match side porch floor color. Salvage reusable tile and install in band around perimeter of porch floor. • Repair basement window sills and any necessary tuckpointing along base of house once concrete around perimeter of house has been removed. 2) Accessibility: • Remove existing stone steps leading to the rear porch and relocate beside basement steps on north wall of rear porch. Create approximate 48" opening in rear porch wall at its connection to rear wing. Salvage stone to infill existing rear porch wall entrance where stairs are being removed. • Install new ramp per drawings with black aluminum guardrail and handrail. Ramp to be masonry with poured concrete floor and faced with Quarry Ridge Cobblestone Chardonnay (or similar) synthetic stone laid similar to existing masonry. Walls will be capped with concrete caps to match limestone caps installed on basement step entrance. • Remove north wall of the east side porch to floor level. Salvage granite for rear porch wall infill and repurposing on site. Raise porch floor to interior floor height approximately seven inches. Shift stairs on east side of porch to be flush with inside edge of porch wall. Reinstall all stairs including those temporarily removed and stored on site for vehicle access. • Convert window on side porch leading to rear parlor to serve as handicapped entrance door with automated opener. Install handicapped opener on the north side of former window/handicapped door. Door to match existing paneled door on side porch leading to middle parlor. Install compliant hardware. • Construct a dormer on the north face of the main roof to accommodate new interior elevator as indicated on attached roof plan, section and elevation drawings. Clad in copper to mimic existing dormers added in the 1940's renovation. • Install aluminum handrail on both sides of front steps, along top of basement stairway cap, along both sides of relocated stair to rear porch and along side porch stairs to match that on handicapped ramp. Carriage House • Replace existing new solid wood service door with wood door with top light and paneled bottom. • Install 1/2 round painted galvanized gutters and downspouts. • Remove all deteriorated wood storm windows. Install new wood storm windows. • Repair stucco on front dormer to match. • Prime and paint all exterior trim and stucco.