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Category:
Exterior Rehabilitation
Winner:
Hayes Design Birmingham, Mich.
Homeowner:
Mark Reynolds
Location:
Detroit, Mich.
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Built in 1900 in what is now the Indian Hills Historic District, the once prominent William Kales House was purchased by Mark Reynolds in 1997. Run as a rooming house since the 1940s, the house had been neglected. Many rooms were uninhabitable due to water damage-a 4´ x 10´ section of the second floor sunroom simply fell off into the backyard. Pigeons had moved into the third floor because much of the glass had fallen out of the rotted window frames. The first task for Mark and Hayes Design was to keep water out of the house. A new cedar roof and flashing were installed. Then the house was reshingled; all trim was scraped of its paint; all 50 windows were removed and all rotten pieces were patched with epoxy then reputtied and restrung. Reynolds tore off the unsalvageable sun porch. He then added new copper gutters and storm doors.
 
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