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1 Adam Toering From:Joe Pinkowski <pinkowskimasonry@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:27 PM To:Adam Toering Subject:Re: 723 Park Ave I said type N but I meant type S mortar. Thank you. Joe On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 5:26 PM Joe Pinkowski <pinkowskimasonry@gmail.com> wrote: Hey Adam, Great to hear from you. I"m glad to hear you and Patti are still happy with the work. The lime mortar class sounds awesome! I don't have all of these answers yet as I'm still waiting on what the brickyard has to say about the brick match. 1.) Yes from my understanding we are just repairing the areas that are damaged, not the entire foundation. 2.) I'm still waiting to hear from Rose on what brick they think will match best. A brick that does come to mind would be Glen Gery Marseilles Common. It is one of the few brick they offer in a standard (8") size and it is a red blend like the house. 3.) I was under the impression that the homeowner would contract a painter to paint after we are done. We do not paint masonry. They do make a masonry paint that has portland cement in it, that it what I would recommend. 4.) More than likely we would use a type N mortar and we would add a larger sand aggregate to match the weathered look of the mortar. However we could mix our own batch and substitute the sand for a larger sand aggregate altogether. Whichever you would prefer. Thank you and I will start the paperwork. Joe Pinkowski On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:37 PM Adam Toering <atoering@southbendin.gov> wrote: Joe, Thanks for the e‐mail. I’ve reviewed the Standards and Guidelines for the neighborhood and am familiar with the house (“Hodson’s Castle”, built in 1889) and property owner (Matt Sisk and Jenni Henecke). I’ve got a few questions as to the scope that will hopefully help us figure out a good way to move forward: 1. Is this localized to particular problem areas? 2. Were you to select a replacement brick, which brick would you use?