1. 13546 Brick Road_COA 2025-0805 PACKET

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Erie Insurance Group April 22, 2025 Page 3 vinyl siding at south-facing gable end, and paint the affected surfaces of the south wall 160 square feet. f) Reconstruct the east CMU wall of the attached garage; replace 16 square feet of 8 inches in thickness hollow core CMU, remove and replace east-facing entry door, replace 16 feet wide overhead garage door, replace the overhead garage door header, replace the overhead garage door trim, and paint the affected surfaces of the east wall 200 square feet. g) Repair the gypsum wallboard cracks in the ceiling and west wall of the master bathroom and the ceiling of the kitchen; approximately 100 linear feet. h) Repaint the ceilings and wall repair areas at the master bathroom and kitchen, approximately 400 square feet. OBSERVATIONS The residence was a two-story wood-framed structure building over a stone and masonry basement foundation. The dwelling s exterior walls were brick, and the south-facing gable ends were covered with vinyl siding. The roof slopes of the building were covered with asphalt composition shingles. A turret was at the second story of the house, and the roof slopes of the turret were covered with EPDM. For the purposes of this report, the residence was assumed to face north. An attached two-car garage was located along the south side of the residential building, the exterior walls of the garage were hollow core CMU, and the roof slopes of the garage were covered with asphalt composition shingles. An overhead garage door and entry door were in the east wall of the garage. According to Mr. Horvath, they have owned the property since 2024, and the residential building was constructed in 1875. Mr. Horvath stated a large, mature tree fell on the property and struck the west side of the building, the southwest corner of the second story, the west-facing roof slope of the first story, and the west-facing roof slope of the attached garage. The impact from the tree limbs did not result in structural damage to the east, west, and north exterior walls, the floor framing, the windows, and doors of the residential building, did not produce shifting walls or result in fractured door and window frames in the house. Mr. Horvath believed the impact from the tree limb resulted in potential damage to the foundation walls, racking of the building in its entirety, fractured the wood framing of the roof structure, shifting of the house, shifting in the attached garage, and cracks in the ceilings and walls throughout the building. Mr. Horvath was concerned about racking of the building, cracks in the window header of the basement, potential damage to the building foundation, and movement in the wood posts of the east