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South Bend HPC
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119 LaPorte Avenue
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Certification
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i. South Bend
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4 <br />Thank you again for all your input. We really appreciate the work you do, and we share your enthusiasm for the historic <br />properties of South Bend. Look forward to seeing you at the meeting. <br /> <br />Best wishes, <br /> <br />Alexis <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:10 AM Adam Toering <atoering@southbendin.gov> wrote: <br />Alexis, <br /> <br />Wanted to chime in with a few points: <br /> <br />1. “Deterioration Beyond Repair” <br />Deterioration beyond repair did come up during our site visit. I mentioned a project where our previous site <br />inspector put his hand through a window sill during his site visit to a property, and how that project was <br />approved. Both Ross and I stated that it is still possible that the Commission will approve your project as you <br />have applied for, but they will ask questions as to how bad the windows are, and what you have done to make <br />them ‘work’. Staff is (almost always) going to advocate for the repair and rehabilitation of original material, as <br />we understand that to be what we are tasked with doing. <br />2. Window Condition <br />Much of what I saw with your windows struck me as maintenance related (ropes, reglazing) – this is normal <br />for old homes that Ross and I visit. The storm windows are a strange amalgamation of the original storms and <br />new storm inserts. Were I in your shoes (and tasked with preserving the original windows but making them <br />more sound and weather resistant), I’d be investigating restoration of the original windows (reglazing, re‐ <br />hanging with new sash cord, perhaps adding some weather stripping on certain windows as we discussed), <br />and then investigating replacing the existing storms with new custom made storms, be they aluminum or <br />wood. In some ways you can view the storm windows as being sacrificial – they are there to take the brunt of <br />the weather for the ‘real’ windows, and can be replaced as needed when they begin to fail or lose <br />functionality. <br />3. Sound Insulation <br />One thing that came to mind after our site visit: your concern regarding street noise (which seems to be one <br />of the core reasons for your project) may not be ‘fixed’ by replacing the windows. For the sake of your
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